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 Map showing the location of one of Nesbitt’s Mills.  Sloan – Epton Spartanburg Co Map ca. 1869. Courtesy of the Cobb Collection – Other Side of the River Museum, 2016

Map showing the location of one of Nesbitt’s Mills.  Sloan – Epton Spartanburg Co Map ca. 1869. Courtesy of the Cobb Collection – Other Side of the River Museum, 2016

 The site marked “Hill” is that of the Mt. Shoal’s Plantation house, owned at that time by members of the Hill Family. Sloan – Epton Spartanburg Co Map ca. 1869. Courtesy of the Cobb Collection – Other Side of the River Museum, 2016

The site marked “Hill” is that of the Mt. Shoal’s Plantation house, owned at that time by members of the Hill Family. Sloan – Epton Spartanburg Co Map ca. 1869. Courtesy of the Cobb Collection – Other Side of the River Museum, 2016

 Nesbitt’s P.O. and Mill site.  Sloan – Epton Spartanburg Co Map ca. 1869. Courtesy of the Cobb Collection – Other Side of the River Museum, 2016

Nesbitt’s P.O. and Mill site.  Sloan – Epton Spartanburg Co Map ca. 1869. Courtesy of the Cobb Collection – Other Side of the River Museum, 2016

 Early view of Mt. Shoals – Courtesy of the Coleman – Meek Collection

Early view of Mt. Shoals – Courtesy of the Coleman – Meek Collection

 Gertrude Hill Going, Edna Hill Gresham, Belle Hill Gresham (L-R) Image taken at the back door of Mt. Shoals Plantation in 1896 – Courtesy of the Coleman – Meek Collection

Gertrude Hill Going, Edna Hill Gresham, Belle Hill Gresham (L-R) Image taken at the back door of Mt. Shoals Plantation in 1896 – Courtesy of the Coleman – Meek Collection

 Mrs. Josephine B. Irby (daughter of W.H. Irby),  lived at Mt. Shoals from 1924 – 1972.  Image taken ca. 1924.  Courtesy of the Coleman – Meek Collection

Mrs. Josephine B. Irby (daughter of W.H. Irby),  lived at Mt. Shoals from 1924 – 1972.  Image taken ca. 1924.  Courtesy of the Coleman – Meek Collection

 Mr. and Mrs. Bidleman – Parents of Josephine B. Irby of Enoree, S.C. Josephine Lillian Bidleman was born in Bloomsburg Columbia, Co., Penn, on Aug. 22, 1896. Her parents, pictured are: Josiah Ralston Bidleman and Della Brink.

Mr. and Mrs. Bidleman – Parents of Josephine B. Irby of Enoree, S.C. Josephine Lillian Bidleman was born in Bloomsburg Columbia, Co., Penn, on Aug. 22, 1896. Her parents, pictured are: Josiah Ralston Bidleman and Della Brink.

 Parlor at Mt. Shoals, Enoree, S.C., summer of 1900. Faye Hill at her grand piano, sheet music – “The Lord is My Sheperd”.  She was a well known pianist in S.C.  Note the manner of which the pictures are hung in the “Rustic Style” of the period.  Coleman – Meek Collection.

Parlor at Mt. Shoals, Enoree, S.C., summer of 1900. Faye Hill at her grand piano, sheet music – “The Lord is My Sheperd”.  She was a well known pianist in S.C.  Note the manner of which the pictures are hung in the “Rustic Style” of the period.  Coleman – Meek Collection.

 See rear of image for ID under the More Information link. Merriman Montgomery Hill (1876-1904), James Gordon Hill, Rebecca Cooper Hill, Bernard’s Two Children, Nancy Ann Billing Hill, Nora Johnson, Deborah Hill Charles C. Hill (166 – 1908), Bernard Breckenridge Hill (1869-1937).  Image taken on front steps of the plantation, ca. 1900.  Coleman – Meek Collection

See rear of image for ID under the More Information link.
Merriman Montgomery Hill (1876-1904), James Gordon Hill, Rebecca Cooper Hill, Bernard’s Two Children, Nancy Ann Billing Hill, Nora Johnson, Deborah Hill Charles C. Hill (166 – 1908), Bernard Breckenridge Hill (1869-1937).  Image taken on front steps of the plantation, ca. 1900.  Coleman – Meek Collection

Mountain Shoals Plantation – James Nesbitt House and Mills

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Images of the grounds at Mountain Shoals in the late 1970s, revealing important historic landscape patterns and planting preferences. Courtesy of the Meek Collection – 2016

Enoree, S.C.

City Directories and History: (James Nesbitt House) Mountain Shoals is significant for its associations with prominent individuals in Spartanburg County and as a notable example of a vernacular interpretation of the Federal style, Carolina – I House. Constructed in the early 1800s, the exact construction date is uncertain. James Nesbitt bought the property in 1836 and resided there until his death in 1875. Nesbitt was a manufacturer, merchant, farmer, large landowner and an active participant in local civic affairs. The house is a two-story frame

residence set over a raised brick basement stuccoed to resemble granite. Especially notable decorative elements of Mountain Shoals include the use of tripartite windows, the unusual “wheat design” balustrade on the front porch, the notable interior overmantels and paneled wainscot. Also significant is its use of interior deceit painting as a Mountain Shoals Plantationdecorative element in imitation of maple, mahogany and granite. Also located on the property is the original one-story frame well house and the cut granite well in addition to a ca. 1815 one-story log cabin which was moved here from a neighboring property. The nominated acreage also includes the early garden area associated with the house which is enclosed by a fence featuring granite posts and portions of the original spindle and picket railings. The granite foundations of several of the structure’s early outbuildings also remain. Listed in the National Register April 24, 1979.

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(Courtesy of South Carolina Department of Archives and History)

 

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Images of Mountain Shoals in ca. 1980s. Courtesy of the SC Dept. of Archives and History

Images of Mountain Shoals in ca. 1980s. Courtesy of the SC Dept. of Archives and History

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