Darby Plantation (Edgefield, South Carolina)

Darby Plantation
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	1150 Augusta Road, Trenton, SC
Coordinates	33°44′55″N 81°52′55″W / 33.74861°N 81.88194°W / 33.74861; -81.88194Coordinates: 33°44′55″N 81°52′55″W / 33.74861°N 81.88194°W / 33.74861; -81.88194
Built	c. 1842
Architectural style	Greek Revival
NRHP Reference #	74001851[1]
Added to NRHP	Aug. 13, 1974

Darby Plantation plantation house was built by Nathaniel Lipscomb Griffith, the father of Anne Patience Griffith, at the time of her marriage to Edgefield lawyer Milledge Luke Bonham. It has a deep wraparound porch supported by twelve columns. The main rooms are twenty feet by twenty feet with twelve foot ceilings, and the house is built of pine. When Bonham returned from the United States' war with Mexico, he was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. At the otbreak of the Civil War, Bonham was put in charge of South Carolina's volunteer army and served with distinction. In 1862, he resigned his commission and became governor of South Carolina. In 1863, the house was sold to Confederate Secretary of the Treasury George Trenholm. During the Civil War, the house was used as a storage place for some of the items from the Charleston Museum. Since 1878, the plantation has been owned by the Wise family.^[2]

The house was listed in the National Register August 13, 1974.^[3]

References

1. ↑ National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 
2. ↑ Paul M. Franklin; Nancy Mikula (2006). South Carolina's Plantations and Historic Homes. Voyageur Press. p. 91. Retrieved Nov 27, 2012. 
3. ↑ "Darby Plantation, Edgefield County (U.S. Hwy. 25, Trenton vicinity)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved Nov 27, 2012. 

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