Roseville Plantation, Antebellum plantation in Florence County, US
Roseville Plantation is a two-story, lateral-gabled, weatherboard-clad house near Florence, South Carolina. Built in 1771 and renovated around 1835 and 1910, it partly uses mortise-and-tenon hand-hewn and peeled log construction. The house sits at the end of a tree-lined dirt driveway on a broad, sparsely landscaped lawn, on a brick pier foundation recently enclosed with stuccoed concrete block, and has a broad, one-story, hip-roofed wraparound veranda.
Roseville Plantation was built in 1771, then renovated around 1835 and again around 1910. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997. The plantation is the final resting place of Ada White Bacot.
The house is the final resting place of Ada White Bacot, whose grave lies on the grounds. The name Roseville is attached to the property rather than to a nearby town, and the house stands at the end of a tree-lined dirt drive, a layout visitors can still trace today.
The site is accessible to visitors through records available in the National Archives and State Historic Preservation Office databases. Those planning a visit should check in advance since some areas may have restricted access.
The house is the final resting place of Ada White Bacot, whose grave lies on the grounds. Part of the structure is mortise-and-tenoned hand-hewn and peeled log construction, visible evidence of 1771 building methods retained through the 1835 and 1910 renovations.
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