Jeter, Governor Thomas B. House

Historic Property

Alternate Name:

Unknown

Street Address:

203 Thompson Blvd., Union SC (Union County)

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Site Number:

0788

Control Number:

U/87/0788

Tax Number:

73-7-7-21

Date Surveyed:

January 28 2005

Construction Date:

1859

Historic Use:

Residential/Domestic

Current Use:

Residential/Domestic

Historic Core Shape:

L

Number of Stories:

2.5

Construction Method:

frame

Exterior Walls Materials:

Weatherboard

Foundation Materials:

Not Visible

Roof Shape:

cross gable

Roof Materials:

composition shingle

Porch Width:

façade

Porch Shape:

hip

National Register Determination:

listed;

Signficant Architectural Features:

The home has a front projecting gable wing on the left side of the main façade containing bay windows on the first and second floors, scalloped bargeboard beneath the eaves, double entry door with sidelights and transom, four-over-four double hung sash windows, and hip porch on the south façade. There are several associated outbuildings. 12-02-1974

Historical Information:

Thomas Jeter served in the South Carolina House of Representatives from 1872-1882. He was president pro-tempore of the Senate from 1877-1880. In September 1880 he became governor of SC when Governor William Simpson was named Chief Justice of the SC Supreme Court. He only served for 2 months. Jeter was also president of the Spartanburg and Union Railroad, a Trustee of South Carolina College and a member of the SC Railroad Commission.

Source of Historical Information:

Catawba Regional Planning Council. Historic Sites Survey, Union County. November 1976. pp. 21.

Quadrangle Name:

Union West

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