David Houser House

David Houser House

David Houser House, November 2012
Location West of St. Matthews on U.S. Route 176, near St. Matthews, South Carolina
Coordinates 33°40′37″N 80°50′8″W / 33.67694°N 80.83556°W / 33.67694; -80.83556Coordinates: 33°40′37″N 80°50′8″W / 33.67694°N 80.83556°W / 33.67694; -80.83556
Area 7 acres (2.8 ha)
Built 1829 (1829)
Architectural style Federal
NRHP Reference # 80003656[1]
Added to NRHP November 25, 1980

David Houser House, also known as Oak Grove, is a historic home located near St. Matthews, Calhoun County, South Carolina. It was built in 1829, and is a two-story, rectangular wood frame I-house with a gable roof and stuccoed brick chimney. It has a one-story front porch and rear addition. Also on the property are the original smokehouse, a part of the 19th century Dutch oven, a frame building believed to have once been bedrooms attached to the rear of the house, a barn, a servant’s house, a workshop, and the family cemetery where David Houser is buried.[2][3]

It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. "David Houser House, Calhoun County (U.S. Hwy. 176, St. Matthews vicinity)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 25 February 2014.
  3. Margaret Marion and Jeanne Ulmer (July 1980). "Col. Olin M. Dantzler House" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places nomination. NRHP. Retrieved 25 February 2014.


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