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Millford, one mile west, is the finest Greek Revival house in South Carolina and one of the finest in America. It was built from 1839 to 1841 for John Laurence Manning (1816-1889), a planter, state legislator, and governor from 1852 to 1854, and his wife Susan Hampton Manning, a daughter of Gen. Wade Hampton I. Some contemporaries who thought it extravagant called the mansion "Manning's Folly." The three-story, stucco-over-brick house features a massive portico with six fluted Corinthian columns. Noted interior features include a dome and oculus over a circular stair, and double parlors. Many elaborate interior finishes are designs from Minard Lafever's Beauties of Modern Architecture (1835). Millford was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1973.
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