Columns Plantation Mars Bluff Florence County
Basic Information
- Location Mars Bluff, Florence County
5001 Rankin Plantation Road
- Origin of name ?
- Other names Rankin-Harwell House; the Harwell House at Rankin Plantation
- Current status Privately owned; available for special events and tours with prior reservation (3)
Timeline
- ? Earliest known date of existence when owned by William Rogers Johnson (1, p. 3)
- 1857 House built by Johnson using timber harvested from and brick manufactured on the plantation grounds (1, p. 3)
- 1893 Johnson lived at the Columns until his death in this year (1, p. 3).
- 1974 James Harwell was owner of record (1, p. 1).
Land
Slaves
- Number of slaves ?
Buildings
- The 1857 house is still standing but not open on a regular basis. It features 22 tapered Doric columns made of brick (2).
References & Resources
- National Register of Historic Places
Nomination form - PDF - submitted in 1974
Photographs, architectural overview
- The Columns: Facebook page
- Information contributed by Michael Mascari.
- SCIWAY's South Carolina Picture Project: Rankin-Harwell House
Contact Information
- The Columns Plantation
5001 Rankin Plantation Road
Florence, SC 29506
Telephone: 843-662-6350
Facebook page: Click here