Reidville Academy Faculty House
National Register Listing
Street Address:
Jct. of College and Main Sts., Reidville, SC (Spartanburg County)
NRHP Nomination
Record Number:
S10817742042
Description and Narrative:
The Reidville Academy Faculty House is significant as an excellent example of mid-nineteenth century Greek Revival residential architecture with late-nineteenth century Victorian alterations. It is a two-story brick raised cottage with exterior brick walls covered with stucco and scored to look like large blocks of stone. One unusual feature of the house is that the east, or left, elevation has never been covered with stucco. The house is also significant for its association with the Reidville Male Academy and Reidville Female Academy, institutions that played a major role in education in upcountry South Carolina from 1858 to 1905. The academies were founded by Reverend Robert Hardin Reid (1821-1907), a Presbyterian clergyman and educator. The faculty house was built ca. 1860 as the residence for the principal of the Reidville Male High School. Both the male and female high schools remained open during the Civil War, and Reverend Reid persuaded Federal troops not to burn the schools when they camped briefly near Reidville at the end of the war in 1865. Listed in the National Register September 4, 1997.
Period of Significance:
1905;circa 1860
Level of Significance:
Local
Area of Significance:
Education;Architecture
National Register Determination:
listed
Date of Certification:
September 4 1997
