07/14/2026
The Lorick House
circa 1840
Built in 1840 by George Lorick, who was considered to be one of the area's wealthiest farmers - owned 7,650 acres of land and 132 slaves, according to the 1850 U.S. census. The original two-story plantation home featured four large rooms, two on each floor, with a hipped lower porch and an enclosed center porch on the second floor. The kitchen and bathroom were separate structures behind the house.
During General Sherman's infamous Civil War march through the South, Union troops held an encampment at the Lorick Plantation. When the troops left, they drug hot coals from the dining room fireplace across the wooden floors in an attempt to burn the house down. Fortunately, the Lorick family returned in time to extinguish the fires, though some damage remains visible today where floorboards were replaced.
The home remained in the Lorick family until William J. Fullbright bought it in 1937. After Fullbright's death in 1943, his widow sold the house to Harold P. Lorick, who then restored it, adding new flooring, wings, porches and even a race track to the property while preserving its original design.
In 1952, Frederick Benjamin Green bought the home and named it "Green Acres." The Greens' daughter, Helen Green Love, and her husband, James K. Love Jr., relocated to the home in 1964, where they lived until 1994. That year, Mrs. Love donated the home to the Lake Murray Tourism and Recreation Association - now known as the Capital City/Lake Murray Country Regional Tourism Board - to be used as a visitors center.
In 1995, the house was moved approximately five miles from its original site on St. Andrews Road to its current location. The house was moved in one piece, a process that took seven hours. After its relocation, extreme care was given in restoring the home to its original condition. The home features heart of pine floors and ceilings, hand-hewn stairs and porch railings, and four fireplaces.
Source: Capital City Lake Murray Country
Lake Murray Country
