Oak Manor, Sumter County

Oak Manor plantation house (ca. 1860) near Livingston, Sumter County, is another variant on the so-called “I” type plantation house. It is fronted by a two-tiered front veranda and topped by a rooftop observatory. The home was documented by Historic American Buildings Survey in 1935, when this photo was taken. Today the house stands abandoned.

Photo courtesy of the Library of Congress, Historic American Buildings Survey