ELIJAH WEBB BROWN HOUSE

Historic Property

Alternate Name:

Unknown

Street Address:

Anderson, SC

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Site Number:

S108042001400044

Date Surveyed:

May 1971

Category:

Building

Construction Date:

circa 1859

Historic Use:

Residential/Domestic

Historical Information:

This was the home of a son of pioneer Daniel Brown, who owned most of the land south of the original town. Among his brothers was Dr. Beniamin Franklin Brown, the first child born in the Town of Anderson. Already a prosperous merchant and cotton buyer Elijah Webb Brown at 21 enlisted in the Confederate forces and during Reconstruction was one of Hampton's Red Shirts. His mercantile association after the was was with Bleckley, Brown and Fretwell.

Source of Historical Information:

See NR info.

Survey:

Anderson - City, 1971 and 1978

Archives Location:

Box 14, Series 108042, Survey of historic resources (county by county data on surface properties), circa 1971-2014

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