CHRISTOPHER ORR'S residential

Historic Property

Alternate Name:

Butler House

Street Address:

407 South Manning St., Anderson, SC

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Site Number:

S108042001400057

Date Surveyed:

May 1971

Category:

Building

Construction Date:

circa 1832

Historic Use:

Residential/Domestic

Current Use:

Residential/Domestic

Construction Method:

Wooden Frame

Signficant Architectural Features:

First house in town to have marble mantels. Basement rooms were used as Office apartments. OUTBUILDINGS:

Historical Information:

Shortly after building a tavern on the south side of the courthouse square in 1832, Christopher Orr built a home on Benson Street, some 50 yards away. It is considered first in town to have marble mantels. The basement rooms were used as office apartments. Orr was father of James L. Orr, judge, governor of SC and minister to Russia. In 1844, the house was moved to its present location, several blocks away but within the original town boundary, and is a private residential.

Source of Historical Information:

See NR info (Anderson HD)

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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