National Register of Historic Places

Rip Raps Plantation

Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina
Listed
December 12, 1978
Type
District
Period
Listed
Ref No.
78002532

About this property

Rip Raps Plantation, also known as the James McBride Dabbs House, is a historic plantation house and national historic district located near Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina. It was the home of James McBride Dabbs, author and leading advocate for social justice and civil rights (1896-1970). It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. The structure encompasses four contributing buildings, three contributing sites, and two contributing structures. The house was built in 1858, and is a two-story, frame vernacular Greek Revival dwelling with twin facades. Each facade features a two-story, full width, pedimented portico supported by six paneled piers. Also on the property are a log smokehouse (c. 1830), a two-story carriage house (c. 1830), and a barn. According to Edith Mitchell Dabbs the land under Rip Raps Plantation was "given to Peter Mellette" in the 1750s. It was subsequently purchased by the great-grandfather of James McBride Dabbs. After James McBride Dabbs' death it was willed to his wife, Edith Mitchell Dabbs, and subsequently their son, Richard W. Dabbs (1945–2022), after Edith passed in 1991. Upon Richard Dabbs death in 2022, he left the home to his children: Samuel H. Dabbs, Sophie M. Dabbs, and Nathan W. Dabbs Dabbs, James McBride. "Dabbs, James McBride, 1896-1970". Civil Rights Digital Library.

Location

Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina
33.90104, -80.14953

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Rip Raps Plantation was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on December 12, 1978.

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