Cross Keys House Explained

Cross Keys House
Location:Southwest of Union on South Carolina Highway 49, Cross Keys, South Carolina
Coordinates:34.6342°N -81.7742°W
Built:c. -1814
Architecture:Georgian
Added:June 24, 1971
Refnum:71000811

Cross Keys House is a historic plantation house located at Cross Keys, Union County, South Carolina. It was built about 1812–1814, and is a two-story, five-bay, brick Georgian Colonial style dwelling. It features a gabled roof with identical pairs of end chimneys, a massive raised first-story portico, and date stones carved with the date of the house's completion (1814), original owner's initials (B.B.), and crossed keys thought to be the insignia of the builder.[1] [2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Nancy R. Ruhf . Cross Keys House . National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory . December 1970 . 2014-07-01.
  2. Web site: Cross Keys House, Union County (S.C. Hwy. 49, Cross Keys) . National Register Properties in South Carolina . South Carolina Department of Archives and History . 2014-07-01.