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Oaklyn Plantation, Darlington County
(S.C. Hwy. 35 (S. Charleston Rd.) at S.C. Hwy. 173 (Pocket Rd.), Darlington vicinity)
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Plantation House
Facade
Plantation House
Right Oblique
Plantation House
Right Rear Oblique
Plantation House
Left Rear Oblique
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Outbuilding
New Kitchen
Outbuilding
Smokehouse
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Outbuilding
Dressing Room
Outbuilding
Servants' House
Outbuilding
Grist Mill
Outbuilding
Mule Barn
Outbuilding
Pack House
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Outbuilding
Corn Barn
Outbuilding
Overseer's House
Plantation Industrial
Complex
Cotton Gin and
Seed House
Plantation Industrial
Complex
Cotton Gin with
New Addition
Plantation Industrial
Complex
Planing Mill

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Oaklyn Plantation, straddling the Old Charleston Road at Black Creek is of historical significance as one of the major plantation establishments of the county and as the seat of the Williamson family for more than 200 years. The district includes 49 contributing resources and 19 non-contributing resources. At the present time, the property contains a nineteenth century plantation house (ca. 1830s) with early twentieth century alterations, an avenue of oaks, and a flower garden; related domestic service buildings, including a brick kitchen, smokehouse, privy, garage, and servants’ house; various nineteenth century and early twentieth century agricultural buildings including tobacco curing barns, tobacco packhouses, livestock barns, vehicle and equipment sheds, an engine-powered grist mill, a sawmill, a planer, a nineteenth century cotton gin, and a drive through barn and scales for mixing guano; nineteenth and early twentieth century tenant houses; the remains of a nineteenth century canal, a marl pit (min), charcoal making pits, underground drainage lines, open water wells, and a narrow gauge road (tram road); a nineteenth century pecan grove and grape arbor; and agricultural fields and pastures. Listed in the National Register February 2, 1995.

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