Ketchin Building

National Register Listing

Street Address:

231 S. Congress St., Winnsboro, SC (Fairfield County)

Alternate Name:

Fairfield County Historical Museum

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NRHP Nomination

Record Number:

S10817720018

Description and Narrative:

(Fairfield County Museum) The Ketchin Building was built about 1830 by Richard Cathcart and is a highly unusual example of Federal architecture in central South Carolina. The house was sold to George Williamson Livermore Ladd in 1852 and was used as a school for girls until closed by the Civil War. In 1862, the property was sold to Philip E. Porcher, and was again sold in 1874 to Priscilla Ketchin. This Federal style three-story brick building is five bays wide and exhibits a hipped roof, a double front door crowned by a transom, string courses, sash windows, and hand-hammered hardware. The front foundation wall is cut granite; the others are rubbed granite, veneered with brick. The walls are eighteen inches thick to the third floor and fourteen inches thick from that point to the roof. The brick on the front wall is Flemish bond, the side and rear walls are of common bond. The flat arches over the window openings are made of wedge shaped bricks with rubbed surfaces. All floors have central halls that extend through the house with two rooms on either side. A fireplace for each room is provided through one of the four chimneys. The plastered hallways and high-ceilinged rooms are decorated with wainscoting, cornices, and mantels with sunburst designs. Listed in the National Register December 18, 1970.

Period of Significance:

circa 1830

Level of Significance:

Local

Area of Significance:

Architecture;Agriculture

National Register Determination:

listed

Date of Certification:

December 18 1970

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