It was the home of James McBride Dabbs, author and leading advocate for social justice and civil rights (1896-1970).

The house was built in 1858, and is a two-story, frame vernacular Greek Revival dwelling with twin facades.

Each facade features a two-story, full width, pedimented portico supported by six paneled piers.

According to Edith Mitchell Dabbs the land under Rip Raps Plantation was "given to Peter Mellette" in the 1750s.

This article about a property in Sumter County, South Carolina on the National Register of Historic Places is a stub.