Balwearie

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Balwearie
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Balwearie, July 2012
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LocationWest of Winnsboro on South Carolina Highway 34, near Winnsboro, South Carolina
Coordinates 34°26′55″N81°14′28″W / 34.44861°N 81.24101°W / 34.44861; -81.24101
Area2.2 acres (0.89 ha)
Builtc. 1822 (1822), 1886
MPS Fairfield County MRA
NRHP reference No. 84000593 [1]
Added to NRHPDecember 6, 1984

Balwearie is a historic plantation house located near Winnsboro, Fairfield County, South Carolina. It is a 1+12-story, brick and frame residence with a gabled roof and cross-gabled front porch. The first story is of brick construction; half-story is sheathed in weatherboard. The front gable is supported by six paneled wooden posts. The house was constructed about 1822, but altered following an 1886 storm. A rear porch was converted into a kitchen in 1975. [2] [3]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. unknown (n.d.). "Balwearie" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved 5 July 2012.
  3. "Balwearie, Fairfield County (S.C. Sec. Rd. 22, Lebanon vicinity)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 5 July 2012.