Robinson-Hiller House

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Robinson-Hiller House
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Location113 Virginia St., Chapin, South Carolina
Coordinates 34°9′57″N81°21′20″W / 34.16583°N 81.35556°W / 34.16583; -81.35556 Coordinates: 34°9′57″N81°21′20″W / 34.16583°N 81.35556°W / 34.16583; -81.35556
Area2.4 acres (0.97 ha)
Built1902
Architectural style Queen Anne
NRHP reference No. 98000420 [1]
Added to NRHPMay 18, 1998

The Robinson-Hiller House in Chapin, Lexington County, South Carolina, was built in 1902. [2] [3] It is significant as a Queen Anne house and for being associated with Charles Plumber Robinson (1867-1944), a businessman who founded C.P. Robinson Lumber Company and other enterprises, and his wife Sarah "Eddie" Smithson Robinson, a "social activist and officer of the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union." In 1919, after the Robinsons left Chapin, the house was acquired by James Haltiwanger Hiller. [4]

It was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 1998. [1] It is currently a commercial spa.

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. Marshall, Dale M. (August 21, 1997). "Robinson-Hiller House" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved 24 July 2012.
  3. "Robinson-Hiller House, Lexington County (113 Virginia St., Chapin)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 24 July 2012.
  4. SCDAH writeup