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Colvin–Fant–Durham Farm Complex

Coordinates: 34°34′53″N 81°15′44″W / 34.58139°N 81.26222°W / 34.58139; -81.26222
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Colvin–Fant–Durham Farm Complex
Colvin–Fant–Durham Farm Complex, April 2012
Colvin–Fant–Durham Farm Complex is located in South Carolina
Colvin–Fant–Durham Farm Complex
Colvin–Fant–Durham Farm Complex is located in the United States
Colvin–Fant–Durham Farm Complex
LocationEastern side of South Carolina Highway 22, approximately 1 mile west of its junction with South Carolina Highway 16, near Chester, South Carolina
Coordinates34°34′53″N 81°15′44″W / 34.58139°N 81.26222°W / 34.58139; -81.26222
Area19.5 acres (7.9 ha)
Builtc. 1835 (1835), 1890
Architectural styleGreek Revival, Federal, Transitional Fed/Gk Revival
NRHP reference No.92000961[1]
Added to NRHPJuly 30, 1992

Colvin–Fant–Durham Farm Complex, also known as the Nicholas Colvin House and Durham House, is a historic home and farm complex and national historic district located near Chester, Chester County, South Carolina. The district encompasses six contributing buildings. The house was built about 1835, and is a vernacular farmhouse with transitional Federal and early Greek Revival detailing. The house consists of a two-story, hall and parlor plan, frame main block and a one-story, frame dining room and kitchen ell, which was added in the late-19th century. The property also includes a smokehouse, well house/power house, mule barn, tenant house, and a log cottonseed house.[2][3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Suzanne S. Pickens and Richard L. Mattson (January 1991). "Colvin–Fant–Durham Farm Complex" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved March 17, 2014.
  3. ^ "Colvin–Fant–Durham Farm Complex, Chester County (S.C. Hwy. 522 near jct. with S.C. Hwy. 16, Chester vicinity)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved March 17, 2014.