Cedar Grove, 1790 Federal style house in Edgefield, South Carolina - $824k

South Carolina

Nov 9

Cedar Grove for sale in Edgefield, South Carolina. Built in 1790, Federal style plantation house, gardens laid out by botanist Andrew Michaux, elaborately carved mantelpieces, 5 bedrooms, servants’ quarters. $824,000.

Cedar Grove 1790 Federal style house Edgefield South Carolina - front view

House overview

Cedar Grove is a historic plantation home located near Edgefield SC. It was built in 1790 and is a large two story Federal home with white clapboard exterior and high gable roof.

It features a double-tiered portico with delicate Amamesque detail. Many architectural features, including a barrel vaulted hallway, elaborately carved mantelpieces. The front parlor retains an early hand-painted French wallpaper.

The property features a landscape of tall cedars, as well as old English boxwoods and travel of an original rose garden like at John Blocker’s fathers home. The gardens at Cedar Grove were reputedly laid out by Andrew Michaux, the renewed botanist who had designed the gardens at Middleton Place in Charleston, SC.

The famous English boxwoods of Cedar Grove were sold during the Great Depression to the Rockefeller family and planned in the gardens of the Governor’s Palace in Williamsburg, VA.

Also on the property are the contributing servants’ quarters and original kitchen.

House details

Bedrooms: 5
Bathrooms: 4
Interior area: 4,000 sqft
Lot size: 19.76 Acres
Year built: 1790
Style: Federal
State: South Carolina
Price: $824,000
Photos and info: Pendarvis Co.
Contact: Judy C Pendarvis, Weichert, Realtors - Pendarvis Co.
- Tel: (803) 645-4106
- Email: jupendar@aol.com
Address: 1365 Us Highway 25 N, Edgefield, SC 29824