Rose Hill Plantation House


Rose Hill Plantation House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Rose Hill Plantation House in 1986
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Nearest city	Bluffton, South Carolina
Coordinates	32°17′42″N 80°52′31″W / 32.29500°N 80.87528°W / 32.29500; -80.87528Coordinates: 32°17′42″N 80°52′31″W / 32.29500°N 80.87528°W / 32.29500; -80.87528
Area	11.7 acres (4.7 ha)
Built	1858, 1946-1949
Architect	1858, unknown; 1946-1949, Willis Irvin
Architectural style	Carpenter Gothic
NRHP Reference #	83002185^[1]
Added to NRHP	May 19, 1983

Rose Hill Plantation House is an historic Carpenter Gothic house located on US 278 in Bluffton, South Carolina.^[2]^[3] It was begun in 1858 for Dr. John Kirk and Caroline Kerk, his wife, but construction was interrupted by the Civil War and not resumed until after World War II when it was renovated and finished by architect Willis Irvin for John Sturgeon and Florence Sturgeon, his wife. On May 19, 1983, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places.^[4]^[5]

References

↑ National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ Wylie, Suzanne Pickens; John E. Wells; Iva Roberts Welton (February 1, 1993). "Rose Hill Plantation House" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved 9 June 2012.
↑ "Rose Hill Plantation House, Beaufort County (U.S. Hwy. 278, Bluffton vicinity)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 9 June 2012.
↑ National Park Service (2008-04-15). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ South Carolina Department of Archives and History listing for Rose Hill Plantation House

External links

Rose Hill Mansion website

U.S. National Register of Historic Places in South Carolina

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