E. end of Rogers Court, Florence, South Carolina. County/parish: Florence.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places June 01, 2005. NRIS 05000517.
1 contributing building. 1 contributing structure.Also known as:
Blooming Grove, also known as the Mandeville-Rogers House, is a historic plantation house located near Florence, Florence County, South Carolina. It was originally constructed about 1790, with a two-story addition built between 1800 and 1820. It is an I-house form dwelling, with an Early Classical Revival two-story portico. Also on the property is a contributing brick-lined well. Blooming Grove is associated with Frank Mandeville Rogers (1857–1945), who promoted the growing of Bright Leaf tobacco in South Carolina. Rogers is believed to have owned 92 slaves.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/118997710