Valencia is a historic plantation house located near Ridgeway, Fairfield County, South Carolina. It was built in 1834, and is a large two-story frame house on a brick pier foundation. The house features a hipped roof, two mammoth chimneys, and a broad one-story piazza with unique elliptical arches. Valencia was built by Edward Gendron Palmer, a leader in civic, political, and religious life of Ridgeway and Fairfield County.[2][3]
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| Location | Northwest of Ridgeway on County Road 106, near Ridgeway, South Carolina |
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| Coordinates | 34°19′40″N 80°59′0″W / 34.32778°N 80.98333°W |
| Area | 2 acres (0.81 ha) |
| Built | 1834 |
| NRHP reference No. | 71000779[1] |
| Added to NRHP | May 6, 1971 |
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.
- ^ Ben F. Hornsby (December 1971). "Valencia" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved 5 July 2012.
- ^ "Valencia, Fairfield County (S.C. Sec. Rd. 106, Ridgeway vicinity)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 5 July 2012.
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