Ensor-Keenan House

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Ensor-Keenan House
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Ensor-Keenan House, September 2012
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Location801 Wildwood Ave., Columbia, South Carolina
Coordinates 34°0′34″N80°58′39″W / 34.00944°N 80.97750°W / 34.00944; -80.97750 Coordinates: 34°0′34″N80°58′39″W / 34.00944°N 80.97750°W / 34.00944; -80.97750
Area11.2 acres (4.5 ha)
Builtc. 1870 (1870)
Architectural styleItalianate
MPS Columbia MRA
NRHP reference No. 79003360 [1]
Added to NRHPMarch 2, 1979

Ensor-Keenan House is a historic home located at Columbia, South Carolina. It built about 1870, and is a 1+12-story, Italianate style frame dwelling. It features a central projecting pavilion with a steeply pitched hipped roof and full width front porch. It was the home of Dr. Joshua Fulton Ensor, second medical superintendent of the State Asylum (South Carolina State Hospital). [2] [3]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. [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.). "Ensor-Keenan House" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved 2014-01-07.
  3. "Ensor-Keenan House, Richland County (801 Wildwood Ave., Columbia)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 2014-01-07.