Fairfield Plantation

Fairfield Plantation, also known as the Lynch House, is a historic plantation about 5 mi (8 km) east of McClellanville in Charleston County, South Carolina. It is adjacent to the Wedge Plantation and just north of Harrietta Plantation, located just off US Highway 17 near the Santee River. The plantation house was built around 1730 and was named to the National Register of Historic Places on September 18, 1975. The house is believed to have been built by the Lynch family around 1730. In 1758, Jacob Motte, son of Jacob Motte who was provincial treasurer, and his wife Rebecca Brewton Motte obtained the house. Their daughters, Elizabeth and Frances, both married Thomas Pinckney in succession and the house was left to Pinckney. Pinckney then left the house to his son, Thomas Pinckney Jr who in turn left it to his nephew, Captain Thomas Pinckney. The plantation has remained in the Pinckney family for over 200 years. Architecturally, it is a Georgian style, clapboard house on a raised basement, with central pedimented porches on the south and north elevations supported by six Doric columns. The house has a hip roof and two cross-shaped interior chimneys. It originally had four rooms on the main floor and two rooms on the second floor facing the river; after Jacob Motte acquired the house, the second floor was squared out by adding two additional rooms. The south facade has a pair of nine over nine lights on each side of the door, with six over six lights above on the second floor. The east and west elevations each have three four over four lights on the first floor with shorter six over six lights above. In the late 19th century bay windows were added, though they were subsequently removed toward the end of the 20th century. The first floor has four rooms, with barrel-vaulted fireplaces with high mantels in the front rooms, and the basement floor plan matches the first floor. The upper floor has four rooms with small fireplaces.

The house at Fairfield Plantation is believed to have been built by the Lynch family around 1730. In 1758, Jacob Motte, son of Jacob Motte who was provincial treasurer, and his wife Rebecca Brewton Motte obtained the house. Their daughters, Elizabeth and Frances, both married Thomas Pinckney in succession and the house was left to Pinckney. Pinckney then left the house to his son, Thomas Pinckney Jr who in turn left it to his nephew, Captain Thomas Pinckney. The plantation has remained in the Pinckney family for over 200 years. It was named to the National Register of Historic Places on September 18, 1975.

• 1975

  The plantation was named to the National Register of Historic Places on September 18, 1975.

• 1758

  Jacob Motte and his wife Rebecca Brewton Motte obtained the house.

• 1730

  The plantation house is believed to have been built by the Lynch family.

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