Blooming Grove (Florence, South Carolina)


Blooming Grove
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	Eastern end of Rogers Court, near Florence, South Carolina
Coordinates	34°16′06″N 79°42′51″W / 34.26833°N 79.71417°W / 34.26833; -79.71417Coordinates: 34°16′06″N 79°42′51″W / 34.26833°N 79.71417°W / 34.26833; -79.71417
Area	0.5 acres (0.20 ha)
Built	c. 1790 (1790)
Architectural style	Classical Revival
NRHP Reference #	05000517^[1]
Added to NRHP	June 1, 2005

Blooming Grove, also known as the Mandeville-Rogers House, is a historic plantation house located near Florence, Florence County, South Carolina. It was originally constructed about 1790, with a two-story addition built between 1800 and 1820. It is an I-house form dwelling, with a Early Classical Revival two-story portico. Also on the property is a contributing brick-lined well. Blooming Grove is associated with Frank Mandeville Rogers (1857-1945), who promoted the growing of Bright Leaf tobacco in South Carolina.^[2]^[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.^[1]

References

1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ Brian LaBrie (n.d.). "Blooming Grove" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved 5 July 2012.
↑ "Blooming Grove, Florence County (Rogers Court, off Pocket Rd., Florence vicinity)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 5 July 2012.

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