Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Farmfield Plantation House is a two-and-one half story frame residence built in 1854 for William Ravenel, a prominent Charleston businessman and banker. It is significant as a largely unaltered antebellum plantation house, one of the few in St. Andrew’s Parish which survived the American Civil War. The interior has been modified, but the house and immediate environment retain integrity from the time of William Ravenel. The house has a heavy timber braced frame, a high brick pier foundation, weatherboard siding, and a gable roof. The house has a longitudinal plan with its main entrance at the gable end, a composition reflective of the Greek Revival temple format.Farmfield Plantation once included most of the property between U.S. Highway 17 and Folly Road, but most of it has been subidivided. Its construction was described by Rose Pringle Ravenel, the daughter of the builder, in her book Piazza Tales. Today, the house is surrounded on three sides by suburban development. In 2002, an easement to the Lowcountry Open Land Trust was placed on the remaining six acres to ensure no further subdivisions.The house was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on October 29, 1982.. }
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- Farmfield_Plantation_House abstract "Farmfield Plantation House is a two-and-one half story frame residence built in 1854 for William Ravenel, a prominent Charleston businessman and banker. It is significant as a largely unaltered antebellum plantation house, one of the few in St. Andrew’s Parish which survived the American Civil War. The interior has been modified, but the house and immediate environment retain integrity from the time of William Ravenel. The house has a heavy timber braced frame, a high brick pier foundation, weatherboard siding, and a gable roof. The house has a longitudinal plan with its main entrance at the gable end, a composition reflective of the Greek Revival temple format.Farmfield Plantation once included most of the property between U.S. Highway 17 and Folly Road, but most of it has been subidivided. Its construction was described by Rose Pringle Ravenel, the daughter of the builder, in her book Piazza Tales. Today, the house is surrounded on three sides by suburban development. In 2002, an easement to the Lowcountry Open Land Trust was placed on the remaining six acres to ensure no further subdivisions.The house was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on October 29, 1982.".