Cornwell Inn, also known as Cornwell's, is a historic inn located near Blackstock, Chester County, South Carolina. The original portion was built about 1841, and is a 1+1⁄2-story, five-bay, heavy-timber frame and weatherboard Federal style building, with a double pitched gable roof. It has two exterior end chimneys with free-standing chimney stacks and ten-foot deep, full length porches on two sides. A 1+1⁄2-story, five-bay addition with a full basement was added shortly after the original construction. It is one of South Carolina's surviving early stagecoach stops on a main state road, the Charlotte to Charleston Road.[2][3]
Cornwell Inn | |
 Cornwell Inn, April 2012 | |
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| Location | Junction of U.S. Route 321 and South Carolina Highway 205, near Blackstock, South Carolina |
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| Coordinates | 34°36′27″N 81°10′42″W / 34.60750°N 81.17833°W |
| Area | 5 acres (2.0 ha) |
| Built | c. 1841 |
| Architectural style | Federal, Greek Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 94000044[1] |
| Added to NRHP | February 18, 1994 |
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Risher R. Fairey (May 1993). "Cornwell Inn" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
- ^ "Cornwell Inn, Chester County (U.S. Hwy. 321 at int. with S.C. Hwy. 205, Blackstock vicinity)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
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