National Register of Historic Places

Cedar Grove

Edgefield, Edgefield County, South Carolina
Listed
October 13, 1971
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
71000772

About this property

Cedar Grove is a historic plantation house located near Edgefield, Edgefield County, South Carolina. It was built between 1790 and 1805, and is a large two-story, Federal style house with a white clapboard exterior and high gable roof. It features a double-tiered portico with delicate Adamesque detail. This home has many unusual architectural features including a barrel-vaulted hallway, elaborately carved mantelpieces, and the right front parlor retains an early hand-painted French wallpaper. The property features a landscape of tall cedars, as well as old English boxwoods and traces of an original rose garden like at John Blocker's father's home, the Blocker House. The gardens at Cedar Grove were reputedly laid out by Andre Michaux, the renowned botanist who had designed the gardens at Middleton Place in Charleston, South Carolina. The famous English boxwoods of Cedar Grove were sold during the Great Depression to the Rockefeller family and placed in the gardens of the Governor's Palace in Williamsburg, Virginia. Also on the property are the contributing servant's quarters and original kitchen. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971. As of 2024, it is owned by Brian Branton, an attorney and lobbyist, originally from North Carolina.

Location

Edgefield, Edgefield County, South Carolina
33.84669, -81.97911

Categories

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Sources

Property data from the National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service (public domain).

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When was Cedar Grove listed on the National Register?

Cedar Grove was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 13, 1971.

What type of historic resource is Cedar Grove?

Cedar Grove is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

What is the period of significance for Cedar Grove?

The period of significance for Cedar Grove is recorded as the industrial era.

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