Robert Barnwell Allison House

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Robert Barnwell Allison House
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Robert Barnwell Allison House, July 2012
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Location404 Chesterfield Ave., Lancaster, South Carolina
Coordinates 34°43′2″N80°45′43″W / 34.71722°N 80.76194°W / 34.71722; -80.76194 Coordinates: 34°43′2″N80°45′43″W / 34.71722°N 80.76194°W / 34.71722; -80.76194
Area0.5 acres (0.20 ha)
Built1897 (1897)
ArchitectLangley & White
Architectural styleQueen Anne
MPS Lancaster County MPS
NRHP reference No. 89002148 [1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 4, 1990

Robert Barnwell Allison House is a historic home located at Lancaster, Lancaster County, South Carolina. It was built in 1897, and is a rectangular, two-story, frame clapboard covered Queen Anne style dwelling. It has a tall, hipped roof with intersecting gables and diamond novelty shingle covered gable ends. [2] [3]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1990. [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. J. Tracy Power and Frank Brown, III (July 1989). "Robert Barnwell Allison House" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved June 8, 2014.
  3. "Robert Barnwell Allison House, Lancaster County (404 Chesterfield Ave., Lancaster)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved June 8, 2014.