Hunter House

NE of Ridgeway, Ridgeway, South Carolina

Historic home in the Ridgeville, SC vicinity

Photo

Hunter House, Facade

South Carolina Department of Archives and History

View this photo at nationalregister.sc.gov

Map

Coordinates:
+34.32431, -80.93436
34°19'28" N, 80°56'04" W

Quadrangle map:
Ridgeway

Description

The Hunter House is a locally significant example of an early nineteenth-century residence on a raised basement with elements of the Federal style on both the interior and exterior. The Hunter House is a one-and-one-half story, weatherboarded building on a raised brick basement. The L-shaped house, which is said to have been constructed before 1820, has a gable roof and exterior end chimneys. The roof is covered with standing seam metal. The chimneys and the exterior of the basement level are stuccoed. The five-bay façade features a pedimented porch sheltering the three central bays. The porch rests on stuccoed piers. The roof of the porch is supported by square wood posts connected by elliptical arches and a plain balustrade. A flight of wooden steps with a plain balustrade leads to the porch. The façade beneath the porch is sheathed in flushboard. The house has an ell on the rear and a small wing on the east elevation. Listed in the National Register December 6, 1984.

National Register information

Status: Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on December 6, 1984
Reference number: 84000588
Area of significance: Architecture
Level of significance: State
Evaluation criteria: C - Design/Construction
Property type: Building
Historic function: Single dwelling
Current function: Single dwelling
Period of significance: 1800-1824
Significant year: ca. 1820

Update Log

September 5, 2014: Photo imported by Michael Miller
October 31, 2013: Updated by Michael Miller: Added "Description" & "Overview"

Sources

Michael Miller - michael_a_miller [at] yahoo [dot] com
South Carolina Department of Archives and History
National Register database - Reference number 84000588