Myrtle Moor

Myrtle Moor
Nearest city Sumter, South Carolina
Area 4.5 acres (1.8 ha)
Architectural style Greek Revival, Federal
NRHP Reference # 83002210[1]
Added to NRHP January 13, 1983

Myrtle Moor is a historic plantation house located near Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina. It was built about 1825-1840, and is a large, two-story, "L"-shaped" frame farmhouse embellished with vernacular interpretations of the Federal and Greek Revival styles.. The front façade features a one-story full shed roof porch supported by six chamfered wooden posts. Also on the property are the contributing commissary, a barn, and a speculated servant’s quarters/kitchen.[2][3]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Staff (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. Suzanne Pickens Wylie, Martha Walker Fullington, and Chris Kolbe (November 1982). "Myrtle Moor" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved 2014-07-01.
  3. "Myrtle Moor, Sumter County". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 2014-07-01.


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