Midway Plantation, Plantation house in Fort Motte, Calhoun County, United States
Midway Plantation is a plantation house near Fort Motte in Calhoun County, South Carolina. The original plantation was built about 1785, though little of that structure remains; the present two-story antebellum frame façade was added about 1859 with Greek Revival and Federal influences. Its front has a pediment and a two-tiered portico with four Tuscan order columns on both levels, and a rear wing and porch were added around 1900.
The original Midway plantation was built about 1785, and little of that structure remains. The present two-story frame façade was added about 1859, combining Greek Revival and Federal influences, and a rear wing and porch followed around 1900. It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.
The name Midway refers to the house's position between the Congaree and Wateree rivers, a landmark for travellers on the road near Fort Motte. The main block took its present form around 1859, when the two-tiered portico with four Tuscan columns was added to the earlier 1785 core.
Midway Plantation stands near Fort Motte in Calhoun County, South Carolina, and is a private rural property rather than a site with regular visiting hours. The house is a two-story frame building whose front façade dates to about 1859, with a rear wing and porch added around 1900. Anyone planning to see it should arrange access in advance with the owners; otherwise the building is viewed from the road.
The 1859 front façade is not the oldest part: the original Midway plantation was built about 1785, and little of that structure remains. The two-tiered portico carries four Tuscan order columns on each level, beneath a pediment.
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