Stewart, James, House

National Register Listing

Street Address:

Address Restricted (Lexington County)

Alternate Name:

Stewart's Corner

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NRHP Nomination

Record Number:

S10817732044

Description and Narrative:

The James Stewart House, which is believed to have been constructed ca. 1850, is a rectangular, one-and-one-half story, frame cottage with a gable roof and two interior chimneys. The house is sheathed in weatherboard siding and the roof is covered with metal shingles. A porch with a high gable supported by square wood posts shelters the three central bays of the five-bay façade. The central entrance with transom and sidelights is flanked by two windows. The house, at the time of nomination, was one of the few intact antebellum houses in Lexington. It was the home of the town’s only known nineteenth century furniture makers, Samuel James Stuart (Stewart). This land was in a curve of the stagecoach road from Columbia to Augusta and has for many years been known as Stuart’s or Stewart’s Corner. However, to avoid demolition, the house was sold and moved ca. 1991 from its original location on West Main Street in Lexington to its current site in the vicinity of Red Bank. Listed in the National Register November 22, 1983.

Period of Significance:

circa 1850

Level of Significance:

Local

Area of Significance:

Architecture

National Register Determination:

listed

Date of Certification:

November 22 1983

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