Millford Plantation
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(Front) Millford, 1 mile west, is the finest Greek Revival house in S.C. and one of the finest in America. It was built from 1839 to 1841 for John Laurence Manning (1816-1889), a planter, state legislator, and governor 1852-54, and his wife Susan Hampton Manning, a daughter of Gen. Wade Hampton I. Some contemporaries who thought it extravagant called the mansion “Manning’s Folly.
” (Reverse) The three-story, stucco-over-brick house features a massive portico with six fluted Corinthian columns. Notable interior features include a dome and oculus over a circular stair, and double parlors. Many elaborate interior finishes are designs from Minard Lefever’s Beauties of Modern Architecture (1835).
Millford was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1973. Sponsored by the Classical American Homes Preservation Trust, 2012
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