Grove Plantation

National Register Listing

Street Address:

SW of Adams Run off SC 174 (Charleston County)

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NRHP Nomination

Record Number:

S10817710103

Description and Narrative:

The Grove Plantation, a late Federal-style structure featuring polygonal rooms, was built ca. 1828 by George Washington Morris. After Morris’ death ca. 1857, the plantation became the property of John Berkeley Grimball, a planter and member of the South Carolina Senate. The Grove is an excellent example of the later Federal period house in the lowcountry. Basically a raised cottage configuration, the house incorporates unusual feature of polygonal rooms with projecting symmetrical polygonal bays into its plan. Equally refined proportions are found in the slender Doric polygonal columns of the hexastyle piazza, the acanthus leaf embellishments of the mantels, and the dentated moldings of the cornices. Various alterations such as the curved staircase and the enclosed ends of the north piazza have been sympathetic to the original design of the house. The house is surrounded by a large lawn which includes numerous live oaks. Immediately to the east are several outbuildings of an undetermined age which have been converted into residences and guest cottages. Listed in the National Register August 25, 1978.

Period of Significance:

1828;19th century

Level of Significance:

State

Area of Significance:

Agriculture;Architecture

National Register Determination:

listed

Date of Certification:

August 25 1978

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