Mayfair Plantation - Jenkinsville, Fairfield County, South Carolina

Mayfair Plantation – Jenkinsville – Fairfield County



Mayfair Plantation House - Fairfield County, South Carolina
— Mayfair Plantation © Charles Norwood Crumpton —
(Do Not Use Without Written Consent)

Basic Information

  • Location – Near Jenkinsville, Fairfield County

    Mayfair Plantation is located on the west side of SC 358, approximately six miles south of the junction at Highway 215.

  • Origin of name – ?

  • Other names – ?

  • Current status – The house is privately owned and has been restored (4).


Mayfair Plantation 1985 - Fairfield County, South Carolina
— Mayfair Prior to Restoration • National Register of Historic Places, 1985 —

Timeline

  • ? – Earliest known date of existence

  • 1824 – The house built by Colonel William Alston as a wedding gift for his daughter when she married Burrell Brown Cook. Cook was a planter and served in the South Carolina General Assembly (2).

  • 1883 – Thompson Chappell purchased the plantation (2) (5).

  • ? – Bruce Hough became the plantation's next owner (4).

  • ? – Mayfair's next owner was Helen Douglas Chappell Crumpton (4).

  • 1985 – Anacal Corporation owned Mayfair (1, p. 1).

  • ? – S.C. McMeekin purchased Mayfair Plantation (2).

    Interesting note: During photographer Teri Leigh Teed's visit to the plantation in 2006, Mrs. McMeekin told her that Albert Einstein once visited Mayfair.


Mayfair Plantation Second Story Porch 2006 - Fairfield County, South Carolina
— Second Story Porch of Mayfair Plantation © Teri Leigh Teed, 2006 —
(Do Not Use Without Written Consent)

Land

  • Number of acres – 10 in 1985 (1, p. 1)

  • Primary crop – ?

Mayfair Plantation Front Door Window 2006 - Fairfield County, South Carolina
— Mayfair Plantation Front Door Window © Teri Leigh Teed, 2006 —
(Do Not Use Without Written Consent)

Slaves

  • Number of slaves – ?

Buildings

  • House is Federal style, two-story frame construction that has recently been restored (4).

Mayfair Plantation Staircase Detail 2006 - Fairfield County, South Carolina
— Mayfair Plantation Staircase Detail © Teri Leigh Teed, 2006 —
(Do Not Use Without Written Consent)

References & Resources

  1. National Register of Historic Places
    Nomination form - PDF - submitted in 1985
    Photographs, architectural overview

  2. Historic sites of Fairfield County: Click here - Mayfair Plantation numbered 84

  3. Map of Western Fairfield County: Click here - Mayfair Plantation numbered 84

  4. Information contributed by Lynn Griffith

  5. Information contributed by Thomas Boswell, whose third great-grandfather was owner Thompson Chappell.


Mayfair Plantation Side of House - Fairfield County, South Carolina
— Side of Mayfair Plantation © Charles Norwood Crumpton —
(Do Not Use Without Written Consent)





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