High Point (Jenkinsville, South Carolina)

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LocationSouth Carolina Highway 215, near Jenkinsville, South Carolina
Coordinates 34°14′47″N81°14′56″W / 34.24639°N 81.24889°W / 34.24639; -81.24889
Areac. 5.5 acres (2.2 ha)
Builtc. 1800 (1800), c. 1870
MPS Fairfield County MRA
NRHP reference No. 84000576 [1]
Added to NRHPDecember 6, 1984

High Point is a historic home located near Jenkinsville, Fairfield County, South Carolina. The original section was built about 1800, and is a two-story, five-bay, frame farmhouse with later expansions. A two-story rear ell was built about 1870. It features a one-story, shed-roofed porch across the front façade supported by square posts. Also on the property are the contributing family cemetery, a frame smoke house, and a frame barn. [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.). "High Point" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved 5 July 2012.
  3. "High Point, Fairfield County (S.C. Hwy. 215, Jenkinsville vicinity)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 5 July 2012.