Milford Plantation, Porter's Lodge, Wedgefield-Rimini Road, Pinewood

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bellum plantations in 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 stucco-on-brick, one-story building is rectangular in plan, wide by in length, in the form of a small Greek temple. At the north front a pair of fluted Greek Ionic columns in antis form a shallow entrance porch, preceded by three steps between cheek blocks. A rectan- gular central doorway without trim contains a four-panel wooden door. On each of the long sides are two rectangular windows without trim, provided with louvered shutters; the south wall is blank.

A slightly projecting plain frieze extends around the top of the walls, crowned by a simple cornice, pedimented at the north and south ends. There is a plain water table. The stucco surfaces are marked off with simulated stone joints. The lodge is situated on a small mound on a wooded slope northeast of the plantation house, alongside the driveway a short distance inside the entrance gateway. It appears to be in good condition on the exterior, and is undergoing minor repairs as of this date. MILFORD PLAItfTATION PORTER'S LODGE HABS No. (Page 2) Prepared by John C. Poppeliers Architectural Historian National Park Service Harley J. McKee Professor of Architecture Syracuse University April 28,