[[ARCHITECTURE]] [[Anderson]] [[Buildings and [[Structures]]]] [[Greene]] [[History]] [[Sumter]] [[borough]] [[house]] [[plantation]] [[wiki-architecture]] # Borough House Plantation Borough House Plantation, also known as Borough House, Hillcrest Plantation and Anderson Place, is an historic plantation on South Carolina Highway 261, 0.8 miles (1.3 km) north of its intersection with U.S. Route 76/US Route 378 in Stateburg, in the High Hills of Santee near Sumter, South Carolina. A National Historic Landmark, the plantation is noted as the largest assemblage of high-style pisé (rammed earth) [[Structures]] in the United States. The main house and six buildings on the plantation were built using this technique, beginning in 1821. The plantation is also notable as the home of Confederate Army General Richard H. Anderson. Description and history The original house built in 1758 served at different times during the American Revolution as headquarters for both British General Lord Cornwallis and Continental Army General Nathanael Greene. The second house was built in 1820 of rammed earth by William Wallace Anderson, M.D. It was designed by architect A.C. Jones. On October 7, 1821, Anderson's wife, the former Mary Jane Mackensie, gave birth at home to their son, Richard H. Anderson. He later served as a Confederate Army general in the American Civil War. Stateburg was originally called Stateborough, as when the town was laid out, Borough House was the only residence in it. In 1850–1852, Dr. Anderson chaired the committee that built the Church of the Holy Cross of rammed earth across the road from Borough Hall. It was also designed by Jones. In 1851, Joel Roberts Poinsett, physician, American statesman and botanist (for whom the poinsettia is named), died while visiting Dr. Anderson. He was buried in the churchyard across the road. On March 23, 1972, Borough Hall plantation was added to the National Register of Historic Places and declared a National Historic Landmark. It is also part of the defined Stateburg Historic District, as is the Church of the Holy Cross. See also List of National Historic Landmarks in South Carolina National Register of Historic Places listings in Sumter County, South Carolina References External links History of Church & Joel R. Poinsett Paper on Rammed Earth with a History of Church of the Holy Cross Borough House Plantation, Sumter County (SC Hwy 261, Stateburg vicinity), at South Carolina Department of Archives and History Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. SC-362, "Borough House, West Side State Route 261, about .1 mile south side of junction with old Garners Ferry Road, Stateburg, Sumter County, SC", 66 photos, 4 color transparencies, 30 measured drawings, 55 data pages, 7 photo caption pages HABS No. SC-242, "Borough House, Dr. Anderson's Office", 8 photos, 2 measured drawings, 8 data pages, 1 photo caption page HABS No. SC-345, "Borough House, Playhouse", 4 photos, 4 data pages, 1 photo caption page HABS No. SC-346, "Borough House, Hay Barn", 5 photos, 4 data pages, 1 photo caption page HABS No. SC-363, "Borough House, Dependency", 1 photo, 1 measured drawing, supplemental material HABS No. SC-364, "Borough House, Dry Well Shelter", 4 photos, 10 data pages, 1 photo caption page HABS No. SC-365, "Borough House, Hooper Tombs", 1 photo, 5 data pages HABS No. SC-366, "Borough House, Kitchen-Storehouse", 10 photos, 1 measured drawing, 9 data pages, 1 photo caption page HABS No. SC-367, "Borough House, School", 12 photos, 12 data pages, 1 photo caption page HABS No. SC-368, "Borough House, Weaving House", 4 photos, 9 data pages, 1 photo caption page HABS No. SC-369, "Borough House, Cook's House", 3 photos, 11 data pages, 1 photo caption page HABS No. SC-511, "Borough House, Chicken Brooder", 4 photos, 2 photo caption pages TopoQuest map of Borough Plantation