Oaklyn Plantation

Oaklyn Plantation
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Location	Junction of S. Charleston Rd. (South Carolina Highway 35) and Pocket Rd. (South Carolina Highway 173), near Darlington, South Carolina
Coordinates	34°16′46″N 79°46′52″W / 34.27944°N 79.78111°WCoordinates: 34°16′46″N 79°46′52″W / 34.27944°N 79.78111°W
Area	2,584 acres (1,046 ha)
Built	1886
Architectural style	Classical Revival, Gothic Revival, Federal
NRHP Reference #	94001630[1]
Added to NRHP	February 2, 1995

Oaklyn Plantation is a historic plantation and national historic district located near Darlington, Darlington County, South Carolina. The district encompasses 40 contributing buildings, 6 contributing sites, 2 contributing structures, and contributing object. It was one of the major plantation establishments of the county and as the seat of the Williamson family for more than 200 years.

The property contains a 19th-century Federal-style plantation house (c. 1830s) with early 20th-century alterations, an avenue of oaks, and a flower garden; related domestic service buildings, including a brick kitchen, smokehouse, privy, garage, and servants’ house; various 19th-century and early-20th century agricultural buildings including tobacco curing barns, tobacco packhouses, livestock barns, vehicle and equipment sheds, an engine-powered grist mill, a sawmill, a planer, a 19th-century cotton gin, and a drive through barn and scales for mixing guano; 19th- and early 20th-century tenant houses; the remains of a 19th-century canal, a marl pit (min), charcoal making pits, underground drainage lines, open water wells, and a narrow gauge road (tram road); a 19th-century pecan grove and grape arbor; and agricultural fields and pastures.^[2][3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.^[1]

References

1. National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
2. Robert P. Stockton; Andrew W. Chandler & Edward B. Tolson (n.d.). "Oaklyn Plantation" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
3. "Oaklyn Plantation, Darlington County (S.C. Hwy. 35 (S. Charleston Rd.) at S.C. Hwy. 173 (Pocket Rd.), Darlington vicinity)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 17 March 2014.