Balwearie

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Balwearie is significant as an example of early nineteenth-century brick construction. Family tradition holds that the house was constructed ca. 1822, but alterations resulting from an 1886 storm make it difficult to document this date based on stylistic characteristics. Balwearie is believed to have been named after the Douglass family castle in Scotland. The first known owner of the house was James Douglass, a wealthy planter. Following his death, the property was purchased in 1868 by his nephew, prominent physician Dr. Thomas Goulding Douglass. Balwearie is a one and one-half story, brick and frame residence with a gabled roof and cross-gabled front porch. The front gable is supported by six paneled wooden posts and has a turned balustrade. The gable ends feature boxed cornices with returns and central, paired, louvered windows with plain surrounds. The first story is of masonry construction; half-story is sheathed in weatherboard. Two interior chimneys pierce the roof ridge. A rear porch was converted into a kitchen in 1975. Listed in the National Register December 6, 1984.

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19th Century (37,742)
Brick (42,462)
Built 1822 (103)
Built during 1820s (1,815)
Fairfield County MRA (24)
Fairfield County, South Carolina (52)
House (27,618)
Private owner (54,398)
South Carolina (2,147)
Winnsboro, South Carolina (19)

Update Log 

• August 29, 2014: Photo imported by Michael Miller
• October 31, 2013: Updated by Michael Miller: Added "Description" & "Overview"

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• Michael Miller - michael_a_miller [at] yahoo [dot] com
• South Carolina Department of Archives and History
• National Register database - Reference number 84000593

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