Marshfield (Trenton, South Carolina)

Marshfield

Marshfield, March 2012
Location Youngblood Rd. northwest of Trenton, near Trenton, South Carolina
Coordinates 33°45′25″N 81°52′6″W / 33.75694°N 81.86833°W / 33.75694; -81.86833Coordinates: 33°45′25″N 81°52′6″W / 33.75694°N 81.86833°W / 33.75694; -81.86833
Area 4 acres (1.6 ha)
Built c. 1831 (1831), 1909
Architectural style Mid 19th Century Revival
NRHP Reference # 94001561[1]
Added to NRHP January 9, 1995

Marshfield, also known as Old Marsh Home Place, is a historic plantation house located near Trenton, Edgefield County, South Carolina. The original house, built about 1831, rests on a foundation of brick and granite rocks. The house is an L-shaped, one-story frame residence with additions and alterations made in the late-19th and early-20th centuries. Also located on the property are the contributing early-19th century shed or “smokehouse”; an early 19th-century house, constructed of hand-hewn and pegged timbers and containing a stone fireplace; the Marsh family cemetery; and the archaeological remains of additional outbuildings.[2][3]

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

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ Carrie Clark (August 1994). "Marshfield" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved 20 October 2012.
  3. ↑ "Marshfield, Edgefield County (Youngblood Rd., Trenton vicinity)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 20 October 2012.


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