Corley, C. E., House

National Register Listing

Street Address:

808 S. Lake Dr., Lexington, SC (Lexington County)

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NRHP Nomination Form

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Record Number:

S10817732046

Description and Narrative:

Built ca. 1895, the C.E. Corley House reveals influences of the Queen Anne style. The house is composed of a two-story, L-shaped main block with a single story ell on the rear. It has a gable roof and weatherboard siding. There is a one-story porch on the façade in the turn of the "L." The porch features a gabled and pedimented projecting porch entry, an attached gazebo under a conical wood shingled roof, and turned posts with brackets and turned balustrade. Other distinguishing features are a semicircular bay on the left of the first story, a twelve-inch wide baseboard circumscribing the house above the brick foundation, corbeled chimneys, and a flat scalloped cornice board on the gable ends. The nominated property includes three historic outbuildings: a smokehouse, woodshed, and tenant house, all frame with weatherboard siding and of the approximate age of the main house. The house was built by Charles Edward Corley, a prominent local builder. Corley was also a farmer and public official who served as county supervisor and magistrate. Listed in the National Register November 22, 1983.

Period of Significance:

circa 1895

Level of Significance:

Local

Area of Significance:

Architecture

National Register Determination:

listed

Date of Certification:

1983-11-22

Date of Boundary Increase:

No Boundary Increase

Location:

Lexington County;Lexington City

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