Sullivan House
National Register Listing
Street Address:
10 mi. W of Laurens on U.S. 76, Laurens, SC (Laurens County)
Alternate Name:
Tumbling Shoals
NRHP Nomination
Record Number:
S10817730003
Description and Narrative:
(Tumbling Shoals) The Sullivan House was built in 1838 and typifies the first post-pioneer permanent settlement in the lower Carolina Piedmont. It reflects the origin, diffusion, and economic attainment of the folk settlers of the piedmont during the first half of the nineteenth century. In the Piedmont, the folk house type is a two-story structure, two rooms in length, and one room deep with gables to each side. This is usually a rural dwelling and referred to as an “I-House.” The “I-House,” as typified by the Sullivan House, had its origin in the Middle Atlantic area, notably southern Pennsylvania, and was one of the traits that the settlers carried with them over a wide area. Since the original two-over-two unit was built in 1838, the house has undergone a number of periodic modifications, but it has not been remodeled or altered to any appreciable degree. The basic integrity of the original structure has been maintained. The modifications have taken the form of appendages that were added to the house one at a time as the family grew in size. Judging from the interior décor, the last room of the house was built or modified during the early part of the twentieth century. The few ruined outbuildings that survive on the property date from the late nineteenth or the twentieth century. Listed in the National Register May 22, 1973.
Period of Significance:
1838
Level of Significance:
Local
Area of Significance:
Architecture;Other
National Register Determination:
listed
Date of Certification:
May 22 1973
