Plantation Plain House, Effingham County

Seeing a house like this always makes me stop. But this house is a mystery. The main section is the I-house, and the building at the rear was probably a kitchen. There’s an enclosed breezeway which connects the main section to a newer section [barely visible, at right.]

The windows have all been changed, and since they’re a valuable clue, I’m at a loss on that means of dating the house. The boxed returns at the chimney could indicate an antebellum element but I’m more inclined to guess 1870s or 1880s.

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