Colvin–Fant–Durham Farm Complex Explained

Colvin–Fant–Durham Farm Complex
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Location:Eastern side of South Carolina Highway 22, approximately 1 mile west of its junction with South Carolina Highway 16, near Chester, South Carolina
Coordinates:34.5814°N -81.2622°W
Built:c., 1890
Architecture:Greek Revival, Federal, Transitional Fed/Gk Revival
Added:July 30, 1992
Refnum:92000961

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.[1] [2]

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

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Suzanne S. Pickens and Richard L. Mattson. Colvin–Fant–Durham Farm Complex. National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory . January 1991. pdf . 17 March 2014.
  2. Web site: 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 . 17 March 2014.