Carroll Place

Carroll Place
Location Junction of Quaker and Wire Rds., near St. George, South Carolina
Coordinates 33°7′39″N 80°38′8″W / 33.12750°N 80.63556°W / 33.12750; -80.63556Coordinates: 33°7′39″N 80°38′8″W / 33.12750°N 80.63556°W / 33.12750; -80.63556
Area 1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built 1820 (1820)
Built by Kroger, Joseph
Architectural style Georgian
NRHP Reference # 74001849[1]
Added to NRHP July 25, 1974

Carroll Place, also known as Old Carroll Place, is a historic plantation house located near St. George, Dorchester County, South Carolina. It was built about 1820, and is a plain two-story, Georgian I-house dwelling. It is sheathed in clapboard single house and rests upon low brick pillars. It has a hip roofed verandah supported by six wooden posts. Its builder, Joseph Koger, was prominent in the political affairs of the area. Located on the property is a grave marker dating from 1837 that marks the graves of three Koger children.[2][3]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Staff (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. William H. Brabham (January 1974). "Carroll Place" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved 5 July 2012.
  3. "Carroll Place, Dorchester County (Jct. of Quaker & Wire Rds., St. George vicinity)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 5 July 2012.


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