Shirley, Obediah House

Historic Property

Alternate Name:

Unknown

Street Address:

Bagwell Rd., W side, approx. 1/2 mi. N of int. w/ SC 252;(Anderson County)

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Site Number:

0157

Control Number:

U/07/0157

Date Surveyed:

May 2 2002

Category:

Building

Construction Date:

circa 1826

Alteration Date:

1850

Historic Use:

Residential/Domestic

Current Use:

Vacant/Not In Use

Historic Core Shape:

Rectangular

Number of Stories:

2

Construction Method:

log/frame

Exterior Walls Materials:

Weatherboard

Foundation Materials:

Stone Piers

Roof Shape:

gable, end to front

Roof Materials:

shingle

Porch Width:

full façade

Porch Shape:

shed

National Register Determination:

listed

Signficant Architectural Features:

The home has two exterior end composite chimneys and one-story gable ell on the rear façade. Window openings are covered with one-piece wooden shutters with hand-hewn wrought iron hinges. Weatherboard on the left end of the first story has been removed to expose the original log cabin.

Historical Information:

Obediah Shirley and his wife Jane Armstrong moved to the Honea Path area property in 1826 and probably built the first phase of this house shortly after. Shirley was a cotton farmer, and inherited Honea Path-area lands from his father-in-law. He also quarried blue granite in the 1850s which he sold to the Columbia-Greenville Railroad for bridge construction. The quarry was probably in operation only a few years. The Shirleys lived in the house until 1889, when Obediah died.

Source of Historical Information:

US Department of the Interior, National Park Service, "Obediah Shirley House," National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form, 3 September 1999, 8:7; Interview with Jim Pinson, 2 May 2002.

Quadrangle Name:

Honea Path

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