Askins, W. T., House
National Register Listing
Street Address:
178 S. Acline Ave., Lake City, SC (Florence County)
NRHP Nomination
Record Number:
S10817721001
Description and Narrative:
The W.T. Askins House is significant as an excellent intact example of Folk Victorian residential architecture and for its association with William Thomas Askins (1859-1932), a prominent merchant and farmer of Lake City and lower Florence County. The house is a frame two-story, gable-front-with-wing dwelling. Clad with shiplap siding, this L-shaped house is set upon a brick pier foundation which has been filled with a pierced brick enclosure and features a cross-gabled roof. W.T. Askins purchased several lots in and around Lake City in the early 1890s, building and operating five stores downtown, including W.T. Askins and Sons, a general mercantile business. Askins also maintained a loading dock at the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad depot and operated several farms on the outskirts of the town. The W.T. Askins House was built ca. 1895 using lumber harvested from his nearby farms. Askin’s major business was W.T. Askins and Sons, though he and three of his sons were later also quite active in tobacco and truck farming in the area. Two outbuildings contribute to the nomination, a gable-front garage and a smokehouse. Listed in the National Register May 26, 1995.
Period of Significance:
circa 1895
Level of Significance:
Local
Area of Significance:
Architecture
National Register Determination:
listed
Date of Certification:
May 26 1995
