Rice House

Historic Property

Alternate Name:

Unknown

Street Address:

Old Buncombe Rd. (SC 18), W side, approx. 2.5 mi. NW of int. w/ Hwy 176, SC (Union County)

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Site Number:

0294

Control Number:

U/87/0294

Date Surveyed:

December 9 2004

Construction Date:

circa 1840

Historic Use:

Residential/Domestic

Current Use:

Residential/Domestic

Historic Core Shape:

Rectangular

Number of Stories:

2

Construction Method:

frame

Exterior Walls Materials:

Weatherboard

Foundation Materials:

Not Visible

Roof Shape:

gable, lateral

Roof Materials:

composition shingle

Porch Width:

façade

Porch Shape:

gable

National Register Determination:

eligible;

Signficant Architectural Features:

The home has a two- porch on the main façade with a four-over-four window with sidelights in the gable end, paired exterior end stuccoed chimneys, central entry door with sidelights and transom, nine-over-nine double hung sash windows, gable ell on the north façade with gable entry porch over entry door with transom, and rear shed rooms. There are multiple frame outbuildings around the home.

Historical Information:

Originally known as the Reuben Rice House, this home was constructed in what was known as the Goshen Hill section of Union County in 1840. It sits about 25 yards south of the old Columbia Stage Coach Road or Old Buncombe Road. To the right of the walk is evidence of a formal garden that has boxwood bushes transplanted in 1846 by an English landscape gardener. Lumber used to construct the house was hauled from Prosperity to the grounds by wagon. This was once the home of Colonel Robert Lowrey Coleman, officer of the Confederate Army and grandfather of William Coleman. He was also a contractor and member of the firm Rice and Coleman who completed the Columbia Canal and the Spartanburg-Asheville Railroad at Tuxedo Station.

Quadrangle Name:

Sedalia

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