Rauch, Charlton, House
National Register Listing
Street Address:
Main and Cedar Sts., Lexington, SC (Lexington County)
NRHP Nomination
Record Number:
S10817732048
Description and Narrative:
The Charlton Rauch House, constructed ca. 1886, is a two-and-one-half story, weatherboarded frame vernacular Queen Anne style house with an irregular plan and a gable roof. A one-story wing is attached to the rear. Features of the house include a one-story, hip roofed porch surmounted by a second-story, shed-roofed porch on the façade, a two-story polygonal bay with a tent roof on the left of the façade, and a hip-roofed, three-story, projecting polygonal bay on the right elevation with a recessed porch on the third story. All roofs are covered with pressed metal shingles. The porches are ornamented with sawn friezes and balustrades and turned posts with sawn brackets. A locally important example of the Queen Anne style, the house was designed and built by Frank Smithdeal for Charlton Rauch. Rauch operated a livery stable on North Lake Drive on the site of the WPA Community Hall and was a cotton buyer and dealer in general merchandise. Listed in the National Register November 22, 1983.
Period of Significance:
circa 1886
Level of Significance:
Local
Area of Significance:
Architecture
National Register Determination:
listed
Date of Certification:
November 22 1983
