Gippy Plantation
National Register Listing
Street Address:
366 Avenue of Oaks, Vicinity of Moncks Corner, SC (Berkeley County)
NRHP Nomination
Record Number:
S10817708027
Description and Narrative:
Gippy Plantation is a large, two-and-one-half story wooden dwelling constructed in the 1850s in the Greek Revival style. The dwelling is architecturally significant as a rare example of its type in Berkeley County and remains a representative example of Greek Revival plantation architecture in the region despite some early twentieth-century alterations. Gippy retains a high degree of historic integrity through its preserved mid-19th century character, intact adjacent oak allée, and nineteenth-century outbuildings. Original character-defining features of the dwelling include its symmetrical floor plan, weatherboard siding, columned portico with central tripartite pediment window, cornice with mutule blocks, and a low-pitch, gable roof featuring dual gable-end interior masonry chimneys. In 1928, Philadelphia businessman Nicholas G. Roosevelt purchased the plantation and hired well-known Charleston architecture firm Simons & Lapham to restore and update the home. These alterations were in keeping with the Colonial Revival style that peaked in popularity during the 1920s and 1930s and are part of the overall significance of the property. The dwelling experienced late twentieth-century alternations, such as roof and window replacements, but remains significant for both its original Greek Revival character and as a representation of the early twentieth-century work of the Charleston firm Simons and Lapham. Listed in the National Register June 23, 2016.
Period of Significance:
1858 – 1859;1928 – 1929
Level of Significance:
Local
Area of Significance:
Architecture;Landscape Architecture
National Register Determination:
listed
Date of Certification:
June 23 2016
