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Jonathan Lucas, Jr., the builder of the house, was born in England and developed milling machines for rice, which led to a boom in rice planting in South Carolina. [2] [3] [4] In 1893, the home began operating as medical facility called Riverside Infirmary, part of Memorial Hospital. [5] It was also, for time, referred to as the Old Jennings House.
Black River Plantation House, also known as Rice Hope Plantation, Black River; and International Paper Company House, is a historic home located near Georgetown in Georgetown County, South Carolina. It was built in 1919, and is a 2 + 1 ⁄ 2-story, Neo-Classical Revival frame house. It is clad in weatherboard and has a hipped roof.
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Milldam Rice Mill and Rice Barn, also known as Kinloch Plantation, is a historic rice plantation property and national historic district located near Georgetown, Georgetown County, South Carolina. The district encompasses 1 contributing building, 1 contributing site, and 3 contributing structures.
Chicora Wood served as a home base for his network of rice plantations, which produced 840,000 pounds of rice in 1850 and 1,500,000 pounds by 1860. 401 slaves worked the plantation in 1850, increasing to 630 by 1860. The house was built in Greek Revival style, on a raised basement typical of the region.
The Smith family continued the mortuary business in the 1940s and a family named Collins bought it in the 1980s and renamed it Smith Collins funeral home until 2015. The Holliday House was a ...
[2] [5] [6] In 1845, the plantation set the "world's record for rice" production of 110 bushels per acre with each bushel weighing 43.75 lb (19.8 kg). [7] [8] During this period, the average production in South Carolina was of the order of 40 bushels per acre. [9] In 1851, the plantation was sold to James Latta.
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