Ernest L. Hazelius House Explained

Ernest L. Hazelius House
Location:Fox St., Lexington, South Carolina
Coordinates:33.9872°N -81.2406°W
Built:c.
Added:May 11, 1973
Refnum:73001717

Ernest L. Hazelius House is a historic home located at Lexington, Lexington County, South Carolina. It was built about 1830, and is a one-story, rectangular frame dwelling with a hall and parlor plan and four small bedrooms across the rear. It was the home of Ernest L. Hazelius, a clergyman of the Lutheran Church, academician, philosopher, author, and educator.[1] [2] The house was also the location where the traveling evangelist Charlie Tillman wrote down the song "Give Me that Old Time Religion" after hearing African-American citizens singing it.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973 and became a part of the Lexington County Museum in 1974, where it serves as the museum's tour office.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Betty Myers . Tray Stephenson . Mary Ann Eddy . Ernest L. Hazelius House . National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory . January 1975 . pdf .
  2. Web site: Ernest L. Hazelius House, Lexington County (Fox St., Lexington) . National Register Properties in South Carolina . South Carolina Department of Archives and History .