Milford Plantation, Water Tower, Wedgefield-Rimini Road, Pinewood

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plantations of South Carolina. PART I. HISTORICAL INFORMATION A. Physical History: 1. Original and subsequent owners (chain of title): John Lawrence Manning. 2. Date of erection: c. PART II. ARCHITECTURAL INFORMATION This structure, originally a water tower whose tank was supplied by means of a hydraulic ram from a spring, is of brick thick at the base. The exterior lower diameter is the tower tapers uniformly toward the top, where the brick wall terminates in a simple denticulated cor- nice. All exterior brickwork is covered with stucco marked off with joints to simulate stone work.

At the top is a hexagonal wooden belfry, consisting of a low base of two steps, polygonal Doric piers at the corners, two-part entablature with a dentil course serving as bed mould for the cornice, and low pyramidal roof. At the base is a wide rectangular doorway containing a pair of board- and-batten doors, each hung on two strap hinges. The doors are probably replacements. The whole is about thirty feet high, and in good condition. It is located on axis south of the house.. MILFORD FLOTATION WATER TOWER HABS No. (Page 2) PART III. PROJECT INFORMATION These records are part of a co-operative photo-data project undertaken by the Historic American Buildings Survey and Mr. Harold Cooledge of the faculty of the School of Architecture, Glemson University, denison. South Carolina.

The project was originally arranged by Supervisory Architect Historic Structures^ Charles E. Peterson in HABS archi- tectural historian John C. Poppeliers did much of the preliminary research for architectural and historical writeups in March of the written documentation was completed by Professor Harley J. McKee of Syracuse University, in Photographs of the buildings were taken in i960 by Mr. Jack E. Boucher. Prepared by John C. Poppeliers Architectural Historian National Park Service March Harley J. McKee Professor Of Architecture Syracuse University April 28, * "^Slss'-'fosffiSa 'ASH;?