— Columns Plantation © National Register of Historic Places —

Basic Information

• Location – Mars Bluff, Florence County

  5001 Rankin Plantation Road

• Origin of name –?
  

• Other names – Rankin-Harwell House

• Current status – Privately owned
  

Timeline

• ? – Earliest known date of existence when owned by William Rogers Johnson (National Register, p. 3)
  

• 1857 – House built by Johnson using timber harvested from and brick manufactured on the plantation grounds (National Register, p. 3)
  

• 1893 – Johnson lived at the Columns until his death in this year (National Register, p. 3).
  

• 1974 – James Harwell was owner of record (National Register, p. 1).
  

Land

• Number of acres – ?

• Primary crop – Cotton, corn, tobacco (National Register, p. 2)
  

Owners

• Chronological list – William Rogers Johnson (?-1893), James Harwell (1974)

Slaves

• Number of slaves – ?

Buildings

• The 1857 house is still standing but not open on a regular basis. It features 22 tapered Doric columns made of brick (Facebook).
  

Web Resources

• National Register of Historic Places
  – Nomination form - PDF - submitted in 1974
  – Photographs, architectural overview
  

• The Columns: Facebook page

Print Resources

• ?

Contact Information

• The Columns Plantation
  5001 Rankin Plantation Road
  Florence, SC 29506
  

  Telephone: 843-662-6350
  Facebook page: Click here