White Plains
National Register Listing
Street Address:
N of CR 177 and NE of CR 389, Springville, SC (Darlington County)
Alternate Name:
Thomas P. Lide House; Blackmon House
NRHP Nomination
Record Number:
S10817716013
Description and Narrative:
(Thomas P. Lide House) White Plains, also known as the Thomas P. Lide House, is one of the most substantial homes in Springville and is the only remaining building of that community west of Black Creek. White Plains is a square, frame, weatherboard-clad residence with a low-pitched hip roof. The foundation, once brick piers, has been infilled with cement block. The house, which is said to have been constructed ca. 1822, has undergone several periods of significant remodeling. The first, in about 1839, was when Thomas P. Lide purchased the house and the second, in the late 1840s or early 1850s was undertaken with the assistance of a northern architect named J.L. Klickner. Much of the ornament and character of the building resulted from the latter effort by Klickner. The house was originally L-shaped. Lide enclosed what was a rear piazza and squared the house by adding a central rear hall. The principle façade of the house presents a symmetrical handling of the fenestration with five bays on the first story and four on the second. There are three outbuildings in the immediate vicinity of the house; a single-pen log crib with gable roof is probably antebellum, and the other two are of modern construction. Thomas Lide was one of the most active and involved members of the Springville community. He was a member of the state House of Representatives and the Senate, a trustee of Furman University, and director of the Cheraw and Darlington Railroad. Listed in the National Register October 10, 1985.
Period of Significance:
1822
Level of Significance:
Local
Area of Significance:
Architecture;Social History
National Register Determination:
listed
Date of Certification:
October 10 1985
