David Houser House Explained

David Houser House
Location:West of St. Matthews on U.S. Route 176, near St. Matthews, South Carolina
Coordinates:33.6769°N -80.8356°W
Architecture:Federal
Added:November 25, 1980
Refnum:80003656

David Houser House, also known as Oak Grove, is a historic home located near St. Matthews, Calhoun County, South Carolina, United States. It was built in 1829, and is a two-story, rectangular wood frame I-house with a gable roof and stuccoed brick chimney. It has a one-story front porch and rear addition. Also on the property are the original smokehouse, a part of the 19th century Dutch oven, a frame building believed to have once been bedrooms attached to the rear of the house, a barn, a servant's house, a workshop, and the family cemetery where David Houser is buried.[1] [2]

It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: David Houser House, Calhoun County (U.S. Hwy. 176, St. Matthews vicinity). National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. 25 February 2014.
  2. Web site: Margaret Marion and Jeanne Ulmer. July 1980 . Col. Olin M. Dantzler House. National Register of Historic Places nomination. NRHP. 25 February 2014.