Mount Hope
SC 34, Ridgeway, South Carolina
Historic home near Ridgeway, SC
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Description
Mount Hope is significant as a relatively intact example of nineteenth century vernacular architecture in Fairfield County and for its association with Dr. John Peyre Thomas, a prominent physician and amateur scientist. Dr.Thomas reportedly ordered the construction of Mount Hope in 1836 for $1,025 by a Mr. Killian, along with the construction of a kiln for making brick and tiles for the basement floor. Thomas graduated from South Carolina College, completed a medical degree in New York, and obtained one of the earliest medical licenses in South Carolina. His “Diary of Weather and Occurrences” provided one of the earliest meteorological chronicles for interior South Carolina. Mount Hope is a one-and-one-half story, weatherboarded, frame residence on a raised basement. Three pedimented dormers with nine-over-nine windows pierce each slope of the gabled roof. Front and rear elevations have porches supported by 8-foot high masonry piers. The front porch features flush wall boards with a chair rail, a plain balustrade, pilasters, and six cedar columns. The rear elevation features two shed rooms which flank the porch, which has been screened. Side elevations display twin double-shouldered chimneys laid in Flemish bond. Outbuildings include a ca. 1850 frame smokehouse and a ca. 1875 tenant house. 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
- 84000589
- Areas of significance
- Health/Medicine; Architecture
- Level of significance
- State
- Evaluation criteria
- C - Design/Construction; B - Person
- Property type
- Building
- Historic functions
- Single dwelling; Secondary structure
- Current functions
- Single dwelling; Secondary structure
- Periods of significance
- 1850-1874; 1825-1849
- Significant year
- 1836
- Number of properties
- Contributing buildings: 3
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 84000589 (Search for documents)
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