Colvin-Fant-Durham Farm Complex
National Register Listing
Street Address:
SC 22 E side, approx. 1 mi. W of jct. with SC 16, Chester, SC (Chester County)
Alternate Name:
Durham House;Nicholas Colvin, Jr. House
NRHP Nomination Form
Record Number:
S10817712015
Description and Narrative:
(Nicholas Colvin House; Durham House) Composed of one of Chester County's most intact vernacular farmhouses with transitional Federal and early Greek Revival detailing, as well as a variety of outbuildings, the Colvin-Fant-Durham Farm Complex is an outstanding example of a nineteenth and early twentieth century farmstead. The period of significance, ca. 1835 to ca. 1940, represents the continued operation of this farm by Nicholas Colvin, Jr., and his direct descendants, and is embodied by the residence and extant outbuildings. The ca. 1835 vernacular hall and parlor plan farmhouse with its transitional Federal and early Greek Revival detailing is a remarkably well-crafted example of vernacular domestic architecture from the period. The house consists of a two-story, frame main block and a one-story, frame dining room and kitchen ell, which was added in the late nineteenth century. The main block is two rooms deep and three bays wide, with a composition shingle (over original wood shingles), lateral gable roof that breaks over the rear first and second story rooms in a shallow pitched, catslide configuration. A one-story engaged shed-roofed porch on the façade shelters two doorways. The house rests on a stone-pier foundation. The property also includes a smokehouse, well house/power house, mule barn, tenant house, and a log cottonseed house. Listed in the National Register July 30, 1992.
Period of Significance:
circa 1835;circa 1890;circa 1835 – 1940
Level of Significance:
Local
Area of Significance:
Architecture;Agriculture
National Register Determination:
listed
Date of Certification:
1992-07-30
Date of Boundary Increase:
No Boundary Increase
Location:
Chester County;Chester City
