Keziah Goodwyn Hopkins Brevard House

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Keziah Goodwyn Hopkins Brevard House
LocationAddress Restricted
Nearest city Eastover, South Carolina
Area4 acres (1.6 ha)
Builtc. 1820 (1820), c. 1850
Architectural styleItalianate, Greek Revival
MPS Lower Richland County MRA
NRHP reference No. 86000535 [1]
Added to NRHPMarch 27, 1986

Keziah Goodwyn Hopkins Brevard House, also known as Alwehav ("All We Have"), is a historic plantation house located in rural Richland County, South Carolina, near Eastover. The original house was built about 1820, and enlarged to its present size about 1850. It is a large, two-story, vernacular Greek Revival style residence with Italianate features. Also on the property are the remnants of a water tower (c. 1908), a frame stable, a barn, three frame sheds, a well, and four modern shed buildings. The property also has a number of unique horticultural specimens. [2] [3]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. [1] Keziah Brevard was a widowed plantation mistress. [4]

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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.). "Keziah Goodwyn Hopkins Brevard House" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved 2014-01-07.
  3. "Keziah Goodwyn Hopkin Brevard House, Richland County (Address Restricted)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 2014-01-07.
  4. "Keziah Brevard Journal, 1860-1861" . Retrieved 4 October 2014.