Calhoun-Gibert House

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Calhoun-Gibert House
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Calhoun-Gilbert House, March 2012
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LocationSC Sec. Rd. 33-60, Willington, South Carolina
Coordinates 33°58′20″N82°28′25″W / 33.97222°N 82.47361°W / 33.97222; -82.47361 Coordinates: 33°58′20″N82°28′25″W / 33.97222°N 82.47361°W / 33.97222; -82.47361
Area8.2 acres (3.3 ha)
Builtc. 1852 (1852), c. 1908
ArchitectWilliam Jones
Architectural styleGreek Revival, Classical Revival
NRHP reference No. 96000220 [1]
Added to NRHPMarch 12, 1996

Calhoun-Gibert House is a historic home located at Willington in McCormick County, South Carolina. It was built about 1856 and was originally a one-story Greek Revival style dwelling.

About 1908, the home was enlarged to two stories, and it was modified to incorporate Classical Revival design elements. It features a full-width, one-story hipped roof porch and a projecting pedimented portico. Also on the property are a contributing frame garage, a two-story frame cattle barn, a board-and-batten smoke house, a hay barn, and a potato barn.

The house is associated with the Calhoun family, a family of McCormick County planters and businessmen. [2] [3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996. [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. Geraldine M. Ware and J. Tracy Power (March 1995). "Calhoun-Gibert House" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved 28 June 2014.
  3. "Calhoun-Gibert House, McCormick County (S.C. Sec. Rd. 60, Willington )". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 28 June 2014.