Valencia (Ridgeway, South Carolina)

Valencia
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	Northwest of Ridgeway on County Road 106, near Ridgeway, South Carolina
Coordinates	34°19′40″N80°59′0″W / 34.32778°N 80.98333°W / 34.32778; -80.98333
Area	2 acres (0.81 ha)
Built	1834 (1834)
NRHP reference No.	71000779 [1]
Added to NRHP	May 6, 1971

Valencia is a historic plantation house located near Ridgeway, Fairfield County, South Carolina. It was built in 1834, and is a large two-story frame house on a brick pier foundation. The house features a hipped roof, two mammoth chimneys, and a broad one-story piazza with unique elliptical arches. Valencia was built by Edward Gendron Palmer, a leader in civic, political, and religious life of Ridgeway and Fairfield County. ^{[2] [3]}

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1971. ^[1]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. Ben F. Hornsby (December 1971). "Valencia" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved July 5, 2012.
3. "Valencia, Fairfield County (S.C. Sec. Rd. 106, Ridgeway vicinity)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved July 5, 2012.