Lanneau-Norwood House

Historic Property

Alternate Name:

[unknown]

Street Address:

417 Belmont Ave

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Site Number:

0025

Control Number:

U/45/0025

Date Surveyed:

February 26 2003

Category:

Building

Construction Date:

circa 1876

Historic Use:

Residential/Domestic

Current Use:

Residential/Domestic

Historic Core Shape:

Rectangular

Number of Stories:

2.5

Construction Method:

masonry

Exterior Walls Materials:

Brick

Roof Shape:

hip

Porch Width:

full facade

Porch Shape:

flat

National Register Determination:

listed

Signficant Architectural Features:

2-1/2 story, brick Second Empire style house; symmetrical façade w/central pavilion and tower and projecting corner pavilions; octagonal tower rises 1 1/2 stories above cornice and is capped by mansard roof w/2/2 dormers; corner pavilions capped by mansard roofs; attached full-width 1-story porch projects forward and is supported on slender square posts w/decorative cornice; round arched window openings w/stone lintels and sills; 2/2; double-leaf entry under arched transom; 3 detached outbuildings

Historical Information:

Built ca. 1876 for Charles Lanneau, the house is the finest surviving example of the Second Empire style in Greenville. Lanneau organized Huguenot Plaid Mill in 1882, an important early textile mill. The house was purchased in 1907 by John W. Norwood, a prominent banker and businessman.

Source of Historical Information:

NR nomination. Ebaugh 1970.

Quadrangle Name:

Greenville

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