Williams, Tom, House

National Register Listing

Street Address:

0.25 mi. W of Williams on SC 362 (Colleton County)

Alternate Name:

Tom Williams House

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NRHP Nomination

Record Number:

S10817715009

Description and Narrative:

This now enclosed example of the once common dogtrot style house was owned by and housed the family of Tom Williams, a much respected middle class farmer who donated land to the town, named in his honor, for a church and cemetery within the community. This one-story 19th century clapboard home on brick piers with a spraddle roof features six tapered, hand-hewn columns that support the front porch roof. Originally the central hall, or dogtrot, was left open to allow breezes to pass through the house. Each window is 6/6 double sash. A rear ell addition and breezeway (making the house ell-shaped) have been torn down and only one of the two original exterior corbeled cap chimneys at either end of the house remain. Listed in the National Register April 26, 1973.

Period of Significance:

1914;19th century

Level of Significance:

Local

Area of Significance:

Architecture

National Register Determination:

listed

Date of Certification:

April 26 1973

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