Wilds Hall

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Wilds Hall
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LocationW of CR 228 off SC 34, Springville, South Carolina
Coordinates 34°19′5″N79°50′33″W / 34.31806°N 79.84250°W / 34.31806; -79.84250 Coordinates: 34°19′5″N79°50′33″W / 34.31806°N 79.84250°W / 34.31806; -79.84250
Area5.7 acres (2.3 ha)
Built1839 (1839)
MPS Springville MRA
NRHP reference No. 85003142 [1]
Added to NRHPOctober 10, 1985

Wilds Hall, also known as the Peter A. Wilds House and Wilson House, is a historic home located at Springville, Darlington County, South Carolina. It was built about 1839, and enlarged to its present size about 1850. It is a 2+12-story, rectangular, weatherboard clad, frame residence with gabled roof. It sits on a low stuccoed brick pier foundation. Also on the property are four associated outbuildings. Peter Wilds was a wealthy planter owning 111 slaves in 1860. This house was lived in by four generations of the Wilds family over a 130-year period. [2] [3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. [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. unknown (n.d.). "Wilds Hall" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
  3. "Wilds Hall, Darlington County (W of S.C. Sec. Rd. 228 off S.C. Hwy. 34, Springville)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 17 March 2014.