Church of the Holy Apostles Rectory
National Register Listing
Street Address:
1700 Hagood Ave., Barnwell, SC (Barnwell County)
Alternate Name:
Roberts House; Old Patterson House; The Rectory
NRHP Nomination
Record Number:
S10817706005
Description and Narrative:
An example of Gothic Revival architecture, the one-and-a-half story Rectory, circa 1857, is one of Barnwell’s few remaining antebellum structures. Similar in design to a structure in A.J. Downing’s Architecture of Country Houses, the Rectory illustrates the “Carpenter’s Gothic,” a symmetrical cottage popularized by Downing and A.J. Davis. The exterior walls are of cypress board and batten construction. The façade is characterized by two dormers, trimmed in bargeboard, one on each side of a projecting pointed arch bay with portico. The portico is supported by four built-up lattice columns. Built for Reverend Edwin Wagner, the first rector of Barnwell’s Church of the Holy Apostles, the Rectory has also been the home of men active in local and state political affairs. Subsequent owners served in the South Carolina House of Representatives, including James T. Aldrich (1878-1882, 1884-1889) and Dr. Angus Bethune Patterson (1906-1910). Patterson also served in the state senate from 1912-1916 and 1924-1928. Listed in the National Register November 21, 1974.
Period of Significance:
circa 1857;19th century
Level of Significance:
Local
Area of Significance:
Religion;Architecture;Military;Politics/Government;Philosophy
National Register Determination:
listed
Date of Certification:
April 13 1972
