- Octagon House (Laurens, South Carolina)
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Octagon House
Zelotes Holmes House
Location: Laurens, South Carolina Coordinates: 34°29′57″N 82°0′5″W / 34.49917°N 82.00139°WCoordinates: 34°29′57″N 82°0′5″W / 34.49917°N 82.00139°W Built: 1859 Architect: Zelotes Lee Holmes Architectural style: Octagon Mode, Other Governing body: Private NRHP Reference#: 73001715[1] Added to NRHP: March 20, 1973 The Octagon House, also known as Zelotes Holmes House, is an historic octagonal house located at 619 East Main Street in Laurens, South Carolina. Designed and built in 1859 to 1862 by the Rev. Zelotes Lee Holmes, a Presbyterian minister and teacher, it is thought to be the first concrete house erected in South Carolina.[2] It was called the Zelotes Holmes House on the Historic American Buildings Survey.[3]
Also known as the Old Holmes House, the Old Watson House and the Holmes-Watson House, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places on March 20, 1973.[2][4]
See also
- List of Registered Historic Places in South Carolina
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2008-04-15. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html.
- ^ a b South Carolina Department of Archives and History listing for Octagon House
- ^ Historic American Building Survey
- ^ National Register listings for Laurens County
External links
- South Carolina Department of Archives and History listing for Octagon House
- Holmes Family History page for Zelotes Lee Holmes
- Zelotes Holmes House, 619 East Main Street, Laurens, Laurens County, SC: 2 color and 26 b&w photos, 9 drawings, 10 data pages, at Historic American Building Survey
U.S. National Register of Historic Places in South Carolina Lists by county Abbeville • Aiken • Allendale • Anderson • Bamberg • Barnwell • Beaufort • Berkeley • Calhoun • Charleston • Cherokee • Chester • Chesterfield • Clarendon • Colleton • Darlington • Dillon • Dorchester • Edgefield • Fairfield • Florence • Georgetown • Greenville • Greenwood • Hampton • Horry • Jasper • Kershaw • Lancaster • Laurens • Lee • Lexington • Marion • Marlboro • McCormick • Newberry • Oconee • Orangeburg • Pickens • Richland • Saluda • Spartanburg • Sumter • Union • Williamsburg • York
Lists by city Other lists Categories:- Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in South Carolina
- Buildings and structures in Laurens County, South Carolina
- Octagon houses in the United States
- South Carolina Registered Historic Place stubs
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