Brice, Dr. Walter, House and Office
National Register Listing
Street Address:
NW of Winnsboro, SC (Fairfield County)
NRHP Nomination
Record Number:
S10817720005
Description and Narrative:
The Dr. Walter Brice House is significant as an unusually intact example of the residence of a prominent Fairfield County planter and physician before the Civil War. Dr. Walter Brice (1804 - ca. 1871 attended Mt. Zion College in Winnsboro and Jefferson College in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania. He graduated from the Charleston College of Medicine in 1831. In 1860 he owned 52 slaves, real estate totaling $25,500, and personal property valued at $5,289. The house (ca. 1840) is a two-story, weatherboarded frame, L-shaped building with a side gabled roof and exterior end chimneys. A two-tiered, pedimented veranda on the center front features a plain balustrade and four wooden pillars on both levels with a diamond muntined window in the pediment. Multi-paned sidelights and transom frame the second floor entrance, while the first story door features an elliptical traceried fanlight with traceried sidelights above recessed panels. The Greek Revival elements reflect awareness on the part of the builder of the stylistic details that were popular at the time. The Dr. Walter Brice Office sits southeast of the house. It is a ten-foot-by-twelve-foot weatherboarded frame building with gabled metal roof, stuccoed end chimney, and boxed cornice. Listed in the National Register December 6, 1984.
Period of Significance:
1840
Level of Significance:
State
Area of Significance:
Maritime History
National Register Determination:
listed
Date of Certification:
December 6 1984
