Thorntree (Kingstree, South Carolina)

Thorntree, also known as the Witherspoon House, is a historic plantation house located at Kingstree, Williamsburg County, South Carolina. It was built in 1749 by immigrant James Witherspoon (1700-1765), and is a two-story, five-bay, frame "I-house" dwelling with a hall and parlor plan and exterior end chimneys. It features full-length piazzas on the front and rear elevations. To preserve it, the house was moved from an inaccessible rural site to Kingstree on land donated as a memorial park, known as Fluitt-Nelson Memorial Park. The house has been restored to its 18th-century appearance and is open to the public by appointment with the Williamsburg Historical Society.[2][3][4]

Thorntree
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Thorntree, January 2007
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Location	SC 527, in Fluitt-Nelson Memorial Park, Kingstree, South Carolina
Coordinates	33°39′44″N 79°49′35″W
Area	15.1 acres (6.1 ha)
Built	1749 (1749)
Built by	Witherspoon, James
NRHP reference No.	70000606[1]
Added to NRHP	October 28, 1970

It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1970.[1]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. "Thorntree Plantation – Kingstree – Williamsburg County". South Carolina Plantations. Retrieved 3 December 2014.
3. Mrs. James W. Fant (August 1970). "Thorntree" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved 2014-07-01.
4. "Thorntree, Williamsburg County (S.C. Hwy 527, Kingstree)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 2014-07-01.