New Market (Greeleyville, South Carolina) Explained

New Market, also known as the McDonald-Rhodus-Lesesne House, is a historic home and national historic district located near Greeleyville, Williamsburg County, South Carolina. It encompasses 2 contributing buildings and 2 contributing sites. The house was built about 1820, and a one-story, frame extended Double Pen house over a raised brick basement. It features a typical "rain porch" on the front of the house supported by four tapered and chamfered wooden posts. Also on the property are a 1 1/2-story frame tobacco pack house (c. 1916), the foundation of a greenhouse, and a pecan avenue and grove (c. 1920).^{[1] [2]}

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Katherine Hurt Richardson. Clarkson Farm Complex. National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory . July 1996. pdf . 2014-07-01.
2. Web site: New Market, Williamsburg County (S.C. Hwy. 375, Greeleyville vicinity) . National Register Properties in South Carolina . South Carolina Department of Archives and History . 2014-07-01.