Lyles-Gudmundson House

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Lyles-Gudmundson House
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Columbia, South Carolina
Coordinates 33°59′32″N81°00′55″W / 33.99222°N 81.01528°W / 33.99222; -81.01528 Coordinates: 33°59′32″N81°00′55″W / 33.99222°N 81.01528°W / 33.99222; -81.01528
Area0.5 acres (0.20 ha)
Built1918 (1918)-1922
ArchitectBrite, James
Architectural styleClassical Revival
MPS Columbia MRA
NRHP reference No. 79003364 [1]
Added to NRHPMarch 2, 1979

Lyles-Gudmundson House is a historic landmark home located in Columbia, South Carolina. It was built between 1918 and 1922, and is a two-story Classical Revival style brick dwelling. The home was a wedding gift for Evelyn Robertson Lyles, the daughter of Edwin Wales Robertson. A banker who is credited with much of Columbia's early twentieth century development, Robertson commissioned New York City architect James Brite to design his daughter's home as part of his Wales Garden neighborhood. Brite - a native North Carolinian who died in 1942 - was also the architect of The Braes in Glen Cove, New York and the famous Darlington Mansion near Mahwah, New Jersey.

Construction began in 1918, but was delayed because of difficulty in obtaining materials from Europe. It features the iconic semicircular side portico with four two-story high fluted marble columns and a full entablature. [2] [3]

The 6,000 square foot home features a pool and courtyard, all-original windows, four wood-burning fireplaces, and 10-foot ceilings. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. [1] The home was constructed during the 1918 Influenza pandemic (1918-1920), and was recently sold in May 2020 during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic to the third family to own the home in nearly a century.

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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.). "Lyles-Gudmundson House" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved 2014-01-07.
  3. "Lyles-Gudmunson House, Richland County (1917 Seneca, Ave., Columbia, SC)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 2014-01-07.