Gunter-Summers House

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Gunter-Summers House
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Gunter-Summers House, August 2012
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Location841 Center St., West Columbia, South Carolina
Coordinates 33°59′24″N81°4′0″W / 33.99000°N 81.06667°W / 33.99000; -81.06667 Coordinates: 33°59′24″N81°4′0″W / 33.99000°N 81.06667°W / 33.99000; -81.06667
Area1 acre (0.40 ha)
Builtc. 1895 (1895)
MPS Lexington County MRA
NRHP reference No. 87001988 [1]
Added to NRHPNovember 10, 1987

Gunter-Summers House, also known as the Henry Jacob Summers House, is a historic home located at West Columbia, Lexington County, South Carolina. It was built in 1895, and is an I-house with Queen Anne style decorative elements with an Eastlake theme, notably the geometric banded frieze and geometric stained glass doors with running trim. [2] It is a two-story, frame dwelling and has weatherboard siding and a brick pier foundation. The front façade features a two-tiered, full-width front porch. Also on the property are a barn (c. 1900) and a smokehouse (c. 1910) with a braced overhanging front gable. [3] [4]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987. [1]

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