Milford Plantation, Entrance Gateway, 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 gateway consists of four stucco (on brick) piers, the central opening being wide and the two side openings each 5E-4!I The piers are composed along a straight line; each is square at the base, and about seven feet high. They taper, and are crowned by a cavetto moulding (Egyptian gorge) and low plinth. Each opening is provided with a pair of iron gates; the design is simple, consisting of pickets^ top and bottom rails, and diagonal brace. They are of wrought iron, except for cast-iron finials on the pickets.

This gateway is located northeast of the plantation house, and a short distance northeast of the Porter's Lodge (HABS No. where the old driveway reaches a dirt road. They face northeast. The gates are in good condition but appear to be little used now; the approach to the plantation buildings is now from the southeast0 MILFORD PLANTATION ENTRANCE GATEWAY 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, Clemson University, Glemson, 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 re- search 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 I963 Harley J. McKee Professor of Architecture Syracuse University April 23,