Calmes-Young-Riser House

Historic Property

Alternate Name:

Brickhouse

Street Address:

NW corner of int. of SC66 & Stomp Springs Rd.

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Site Number:

2167

Control Number:

U/59/2167

Date Surveyed:

January 13 2003

Category:

Building

Construction Date:

circa 1830

Historic Use:

Residential/Domestic

Current Use:

Vacant/Not In Use

Historic Core Shape:

Rectangular

Number of Stories:

2.5

Construction Method:

masonry

Exterior Walls Materials:

Brick

Foundation Materials:

Stone

Roof Shape:

gable, lateral

Roof Materials:

composition shingle

National Register Determination:

eligible

Signficant Architectural Features:

The home has nine-over-nine windows, paired exterior end chimneys, arched entry with fanlight. The home is located at Brickhouse Crossroads across from Brick House Rd. and was obviously held as a local landmark for the area.

Historical Information:

The home was constructed by Doctor F.F. Calmes in the early 1800s. The property on which the home sits was on property that was part of a grant to a man named Pennington. The property was deeded to F.F. Calmes around 1782 by his father--William Calmes. Calmes moved to Newberry to practice medicine and sold the property to Major Samuel Young whose family had relocated to South Carolina from Pennsylvania. The property passed from Major young to his son Rev. William Young, a local Baptist minister who lived there until 1878. In 1903 the home was purchased by the Riser family and is still owned today by their descendants--the Shouses. Tradition says that the home was used as a stagecoach stop on the Whitmire-Joanna Road and gained prestige because Jefferson Davis stopped there briefly to water his horses on 30 April 1865.

Source of Historical Information:

Bolick, Julian. A Laurens County Sketchbook. 1973.

Quadrangle Name:

Newberry NW

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