Kensington Plantation

Kensington Plantation

1844 –

Plantations, Kensington Plantation

4 1/2" X 6 1/2" image with 'Kensington West. For Mrs. A.B. Rhett from Rich'd Singleton, 1892' handwritten on reverse. Large house with curved roof. Entrance is recessed with three arches. There are several people (women and children?) sitting on the front steps. There is a man on horseback to the right of the entrance and second man standing with his horse, under the trees, to the left.

Plantations, Kensington Plantation

5" X 7" image of house at Kensington plantation showing a front view with children sitting on the step. From list found with glass negative: '26 Kensington Plantation, next to Bosis, East branch of Cooper River, west side.'

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  • Title Kensington Plantation
  • Coverage 1844 –
  • Author
  • Keywords Greek revival remained the favored style for the plantation houses of the South Carolina elite, Matthew Richard Singleton broke with the prevailing fashion, transform his Lower Richland County plantation house into an elegant Italianate mansion, Headquarters Plantation, Charleston architect Edward C. Jones, Union Camp Corporation
  • Website Name South Carolina Encyclopedia
  • Publisher University of South Carolina, Institute for Southern Studies
  • URL
  • Access Date April 26, 2024
  • Original Published Date
  • Date of Last Update August 9, 2022
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