Banksia Hall

National Register Listing

Street Address:

108 Reynolds Rd., Barnwell, SC (Barnwell County)

Alternate Name:

Old Manville House; Manville House

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NRHP Nomination

Record Number:

S10817706002

Description and Narrative:

(Manville House) Banskia Hall presents a typical picture of a South Carolina upcountry style plantation house of ca. 1780-1800. The house is of simple Georgian design in the style common from Georgia to Pennsylvania in the late eighteenth century. The house is two-stories with rear shed projections and a wide, full façade piazza. Its solid square columns support the second level porch that was added prior to 1900. The kitchen was reconstructed about 1866 and connected via a breezeway to the rear elevation of this long leaf pine building. In 1950 a porch replaced the breezeway and two bathrooms were added. From 1865 until 1868 federal military forces that occupied the western lowcountry of South Carolina used the house. What is now the drawing room was used as the office in which an oath of allegiance to the United States was administered. Pardon was promised to those who had participated in the war if they would pledge allegiance to the Union and obedience to the laws of the United States. Listed in the National Register May 31, 1974.

Period of Significance:

1790;18th century;19th century;1780 – 1800

Level of Significance:

Local

Area of Significance:

Architecture;Military;Politics/Government

National Register Determination:

listed

Date of Certification:

May 31 1974

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