Hale-Elmore-Seibels House

National Register Listing

Street Address:

1601 Richland St., Columbia, SC (Richland County)

Alternate Name:

Seibels House; Picriccorn House

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NRHP Nomination

Record Number:

S10817740014

Description and Narrative:

(Seibels House) Possibly the oldest house in Columbia, the Seibels House was built entirely of hand-hewn timber by A. M. Hale on a portion of the Thomas Taylor Plantation. Due to loss of state and local records by fire, the exact date of the house cannot be determined. However, there is record of the date 1796 carved on one of the hand-hewn timbers in the basement. The house was later purchased by Captain Benjamin Elmore, who then sold it to Mr. John Jacob Seibels. It is two-and-one-half-stories with Georgian lines. The first story, with wide doorway and sidelights, is of brick with four large shuttered windows. The second story is clapboard with six unshuttered windows. Piazzas on the front and the west sides of the house are supported by slender Doric columns. Piazzas formerly extended on three sides; east piazza replaced ca. 1900 by the addition of a sun porch on the first floor and a room on the second floor. Other additions include extensions enlarging the first and second story rooms on the back northeast corner of the house. Mantel pieces are believed to be original. Listed in the National Register May 6, 1971.

Period of Significance:

circa 1796

Level of Significance:

Local

Area of Significance:

Architecture

National Register Determination:

listed

Date of Certification:

May 6 1971

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