Hart, John L., House

National Register Listing

Street Address:

E of CR 133 near Springville (Darlington County)

Alternate Name:

Goodson House

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NRHP Nomination

Record Number:

S10817716010

Description and Narrative:

(Goodson House) The John L. Hart House, believed to have been built circa 1856, is one of the last residences built in Springville before the Civil War. The house is a two-story, rectangular house with a central block and telescoping wings. The building is framed, clad in weatherboard, and is gable roofed with two ridgeline interior chimneys at the gable ends of the central block. The foundation is brick piers with fill. An unusually decorated, centered, three-fourths width, hip-roofed, one-story porch extends across the façade. Notable architectural features of the house include the unusual plan, the decorated porch, the board-and-batten stair hall, and the barrel-vaulted ceiling over the stair. The porch posts, balustrade, and fretwork are of an unusual design and belong stylistically to the latter decades of the nineteenth century and appear to have been added ca. 1870-1880. The rear elevation has had several appendages added. Hart is said to have moved to this house after an unsuccessful venture in carriage manufacturing in nearby Hartsville. At the outbreak of the war, Hart was commissioned an officer in the Confederate Army and was killed in action. Listed in the National Register October 10, 1985.

Period of Significance:

1856

Level of Significance:

Local

Area of Significance:

Architecture;Social History

National Register Determination:

listed

Date of Certification:

October 10 1985

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