Boone-Douthit House

Historic Property

Alternate Name:

Unknown

Street Address:

1000 Millwee Creek Rd.;(Anderson County)

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Site Number:

0010

Control Number:

U/07/0010

Date Surveyed:

March 5 2002

Category:

Building

Construction Date:

1849

Historic Use:

Residential/Domestic

Current Use:

Residential/Domestic

Historic Core Shape:

L

Number of Stories:

2

Construction Method:

frame

Exterior Walls Materials:

Weatherboard

Foundation Materials:

Brick Piers with Fill

Roof Shape:

gable, lateral

Roof Materials:

raised seam metal

Porch Width:

full façade

Porch Shape:

shed

National Register Determination:

listed

Signficant Architectural Features:

The home has several associated outbuildings including one with a central chimney. All are frame with raised seam metal roofing. The windows are nine over nine double hung sash. The form of the home is an extended hall and parlor with rear ell.

Historical Information:

The Boone family acquired this property on Milwee Creek in 1849 and constructed the house soon after. Members of the Boone family were farmers and one a physician. In 1857 the property and house passed to James Douthit, who was a farmer and served as a corporal in the Confederate Army. His daughter taught school and music in the house. The house later passed to this daughter, and her second husband at her death. Since his death in 1930, the house was occupied by a series of tenants.

Source of Historical Information:

US Department of the Interior, National Park Service, "Boone-Douthit House," National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form, 3 July 1997, 8:15-16.

Quadrangle Name:

Anderson North

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