Complex sentence: The "Refuge Plantation House", shaded by oak trees and protected from the river by a levee system, was erected with a view of the river, and remains today one of the best examples of a mid-nineteenth-century plantation house in Washington County.
Split into simpler sentences: The "Refuge Plantation House", shaded by oak trees and protected from the river by a levee system, was erected with a view of the river. The home remains today one of the best examples of a mid-nineteenth-century plantation house in Washington County.