Fox House

National Register Listing

Street Address:

232 Fox St., Lexington, SC (Lexington County)

Alternate Name:

Classical and Theological Seminary of the Evangelical Lutheran Synod of South Carolina and Adjacent States

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NRHP Nomination

Record Number:

S10817732001

Description and Narrative:

The Fox House was built for and housed the newly founded Southern Lutheran Seminary, the second oldest organized Lutheran theological school in the United States. The Lutheran Seminary started in 1830 when five young men journeyed to the home of Colonel John Eigleberger near Pomaria for instruction in theology from the Rev. John G. Schwartz. This being unsatisfactory to the Synod, a search was begun for a new site. This house was erected as a faculty dormitory with some classroom space. In 1855 the seminary was moved to Newberry. In 1858, the house was purchased by John Fox of Lexington, county sheriff, clerk of court, and state senator. The Fox House is a two-story frame building with an 11-foot porch across the front façade. Two dependencies, a kitchen and a housekeepers quarters, are attached to the rear by open breezeways. Three doors open on to the front porch and one to each breezeway. The house has two chimneys, each with four fireplaces. Seven of the eight mantels are original. Each of the two dependencies has its own end chimney. All doors and windows are original. The windows are six-over-nine throughout. Listed in the National Register July 1, 1970.

Period of Significance:

1832 – 1855;1832;1833;1855

Level of Significance:

Local

Area of Significance:

Architecture;Archeology: Historic - Aboriginal;Agriculture;Education;Landscape Architecture;Religion

National Register Determination:

listed

Date of Certification:

July 1 1970

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