Kensington

Kensington is a plantation on the Wateree River featuring a remarkable Italianate Revival house built in 1852-54. Designed by Charleston architects Edward C. Jones and Francis D. Lee, it was built for Matthew Richard Singleton (1817-1854) and Martha Kinloch Singleton (1818-1892). Jacob Stroyer described life as a slave there in his memoir, first published in 1879. Members of the Singleton, Hamer, and Lanham families owned Kensington until the late twentieth century, and though the house fell into disrepair, the land was farmed for many years. Kensington was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1971, sold to Union Camp, later International Paper, in 1981, restored in 1983-84, and opened for educational programs.

South Carolina · United States