Ketchin Building, also known as the Fairfield County Historical Museum, is a historic building located at Winnsboro, Fairfield County, South Carolina. It was built about 1830, and is a three-story, five-bay, Federal style brick building with a hipped roof.[2][3] Originally built as a dwelling by Richard Cathcart in 1830, it was sold in 1852 and was used as Catherine Stratton Ladd's Winnsboro Female Institute until closed by the American Civil War.[2][4][5]
Ketchin Building | |
Location | 231 S. Congress St., Winnsboro, South Carolina |
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Coordinates | 34°22′33″N 81°5′8″W / 34.37583°N 81.08556°W |
Area | 0.4 acres (0.16 ha) |
Built | c. 1830 |
Architectural style | Federal |
NRHP reference No. | 70000588[1] |
Added to NRHP | December 18, 1970 |
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ a b Norman McCorkle (August 1970). "Ketchin Building" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved 5 July 2012.
- ^ "Ketchin Building, Fairfield County (231 S. Congress St., Winnsboro)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 5 July 2012.
- ^ Inmann, Christiane (2009). Forbidden fruit : a history of women and books in art. Munich, New York: Prestel. p. 100. ISBN 978-3-7913-4077-7.
- ^ "SC Historic Properties Record : National Register Listing : Ketchin Building [S10817720018]". schpr.sc.gov. Retrieved 2023-07-30.
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