Irby-Henderson-Todd House

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Irby-Henderson-Todd House
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Irby-Henderson-Todd House, February 2012
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Location112 Todd Ave., Laurens, South Carolina
Coordinates 34°29′28″N82°1′52″W / 34.49111°N 82.03111°W / 34.49111; -82.03111 Coordinates: 34°29′28″N82°1′52″W / 34.49111°N 82.03111°W / 34.49111; -82.03111
Area2.5 acres (1.0 ha)
Builtc. 1838 (1838), c. 1855, c. 1880
NRHP reference No. 83002200 [1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 8, 1983

Irby-Henderson-Todd House is a historic home located at Laurens, Laurens County, South Carolina. It was built about 1838 and was enlarged in both 1855 and 1880, and displays an architectural evolution from an antebellum farmhouse to a Classical Revival mansion with later Victorian details. Distinctive features include the two-story pedimented portico. Also on the property is a 19th-century well house (smokehouse). [2] [3]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. [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. John C. Blythe, Jr. and Mary Watson Edmonds (May 1983). "Irby-Henderson-Todd House" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved June 14, 2014.
  3. "Irby-Henderson-Todd House, Laurens County (112 Todd Ave., Laurens)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved June 14, 2014.