He built a 3 mi (4.8 km) track nearby under the current Maybank Highway.

[10][11] During this period, the plantation was called John's Island Stud as described in Harrison Fairfax's book of the same name.

[16] It was restored by Mr. and Mrs. Victor Morawetz with the assistance of the architects Simons and Lapham of Charleston.

[4][9][15] On May 18, 1938, Mr. Morawetz died, and the house was inherited by his wife who sold it to Mr. Claude Blanchard in 1943.

[17] It is a Georgian style, two-story brick house on a raised basement.

The south facade entrance comes into a three-bay drawing room on the left.

[4] In the 1931 restoration, a veranda was added to the east and a small two-story wing on the west with a kitchen and bedroom and bath.

A reconstructed simple entrance with pediment and two engaged Doric columns replaced a portico that was added in 1787.

[9] A watercolor of Fenwick Hall prior to restoration is at the Greenville County Museum of Art.