Rankin-Harwell House – Florence County, South Carolina

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The Rankin-Harwell House is located in Mars Bluff, a small unincorporated community in Florence County. Built in 1857, the home was designed in the popular Greek Revival style and is considered to be one of the finest examples of antebellum architecture in South Carolina.

The original owner, William Rogers Johnson, was a successful physician, planter, and legislator who later served in the South Carolina House of Representatives and the South Carolina Senate. When Walter Rankin acquired the house in 1902, his wife quickly dubbed it “The Columns” in honor of the 22 Doric columns that support the structure. The house is also sometimes referred to as “Carolina Hall,” due to the fact that it was used as the model for the plantation house in the 1934 movie Carolina.

The Rankin-Harwell House was added to the National Register of Historic Places on October 9, 1974.

Many thanks to Robert B. Davis of Florence for sharing this photo.

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