Basic Information

• Location – Lexington County

  1 mile north of Zion Lutheran Church on west side of road

• Origin of name – Named for early owner George Lorick

• Other names – ?

• Current status – House moved in 1995 and is used as the Lake Murray Country Visitors Center and Museum.
  

Timeline

• ? – Earliest known date of existence

• 1840 – House built

• 1853 – George Lorick owned the plantation until his death in this year (Contributed by J.R. Fennell).
  

Land

• Number of acres – 7,650 in 1850 (Contributed by J.R. Fennell)
  

• Primary crops – Corn, sweet potatoes, and cotton (Contributed by J.R. Fennell from the 1850 Federal Census Agricultural Schedule).

Owners

• Alphabetical list – Byrum, George Lorick (?-1853), Love

Slaves

• Number of slaves – ?

Buildings

• House donated to and moved in 1995 by the Lake Murray Recreation and Tourism Association. It is now used as the Lake Murray Country Visitors Center and Museum by the Capital City / Lake Murray Country Regional Tourism Board.
  

Web Resources

• ?

Print Resources

• Carolina W. Todd and Sidney Wait, South Carolina: A Day at a Time (Orangeburg, SC: Sandlapper Publishing Company, 2008)
  
  

Contact Information

• Capital City / Lake Murray Country Regional Tourism Board
  2184 North Lake Drive
  Columbia, SC 29212
  

  Telephone: 803-781-5940
  Website: Click here