The Perry-McIlwain-McDow House, also known as Fairview Farm, is a historic residence located at 2297 Douglas Road, approximately five miles south of Lancaster, South Carolina. Constructed circa 1840, the house reflects the early settlement and agricultural development of Lancaster County. The property is associated with the McIlwain and McDow families, descendants of Scots-Irish settlers who arrived in the region during the mid-eighteenth century and acquired extensive landholdings through early land grants. Family tradition attributes the construction of the house to Mary A. Perry, a daughter of Andrew McIlwain. The residence stands as an important reminder of the area’s early rural settlement and the development of prosperous family farms during the nineteenth century.

Architecturally, the Perry-McIlwain-McDow House is an exceptionally intact one-and-one-half-story, heavy timber-frame residence designed in the Greek Revival style. Its weatherboard exterior features a temple-front entrance portico with four wooden columns, a recessed porch with balustrade, and a central entrance framed by sidelights and a transom. The interior retains notable historic features, including heart-pine floors, raised-panel doors, original window glass, horsehair plaster, and exposed hand-hewn structural timbers. Brick chimneys rise from elevated fieldstone foundations, reflecting traditional construction methods of the period. Also known as Fairview Farm, the property was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on September 8, 2011, in recognition of its architectural significance and its contribution to the preservation of Lancaster County’s historic rural landscape.