Burton House

National Register Listing

Street Address:

Address Restricted (Newberry County)

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NRHP Nomination

Record Number:

S10817736024

Description and Narrative:

The Burton House is exemplary of the antebellum planter’s house in Newberry County, showing the adaptation of classical elements to vernacular form. An early owner of the house, 1856-1858, was William Walter Houseal, a prominent Newberry merchant and public official. In 1888 the Burton family bought the house and it has remained in that family to the time of nomination. Built ca. 1857, this building is a rectangular two-story weatherboarded Greek Revival residence with a gable roof. A central two-story pedimented portico dominates the façade. This portico has two square wood pillars on each tier, with responding pilasters at the junction of the porch and building. A plain balustrade connects the pillars on both levels of the portico. The second-story porch door is surmounted by a three-light transom. A six-light transom surmounts the first-story door, which is also flanked by sidelights. The house was moved to its present site in the 1920s, a distance of approximately one hundred yards. Listed in the National Register November 26, 1980.

Period of Significance:

1925;circa 1857

Level of Significance:

State

Area of Significance:

Architecture

National Register Determination:

listed

Date of Certification:

November 26 1980

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