Chicora Wood Plantation, former rice plantation in Georgetown County, South Carolina, United States

Chicora Wood Plantation is a Greek Revival mansion in South Carolina built on raised foundations, with tall columns and a symmetrical facade. The estate includes several outbuildings such as a rice mill, smokehouse, and kitchen structures that together demonstrate the functional layout of a 19th-century plantation operation.

Originally founded as Matanzas between 1732 and 1736, the estate developed into a major rice-producing plantation. Robert Francis Withers Allston took over in the 1820s and expanded it into a hub for a network of rice farms, while his daughter Elizabeth Allston Pringle later managed the property from 1896 and recorded her experiences in published writings.

Elizabeth Allston Pringle, who owned Chicora Wood from 1896 until her death there in 1921, wrote A Woman Rice Planter and Chronicles of Chicora Wood about life on the estate. The books describe rice cultivation and plantation routines at the turn of the 20th century. The rice mill complex survives among the outbuildings.

Chicora Wood lies along the Pee Dee River in Georgetown County, within the Pee Dee River Rice Planters Historic District. The 1819 house and surviving outbuildings, including the rice mill complex, stand on a raised basement; the grounds are unpaved, so plan for uneven walking surfaces and warm, humid Lowcountry weather.

Elizabeth Allston Pringle took over Chicora Wood in 1896 and ran it until her death there in 1921, writing A Woman Rice Planter and Chronicles of Chicora Wood about the work. The 1850 census recorded 401 enslaved people on the plantation, rising to 630 by 1860, when its rice crop reached 1,500,000 pounds.