James Carnes House Explained

James Carnes House
Location:200 S. Main St., Bishopville, South Carolina
Coordinates:34.2164°N -80.2519°W
Architecture:Greek Revival, Vernacular Greek Revival
Added:January 9, 1986
Refnum:86000051

James Carnes House, also known as "The Myrtles," is a historic home located at Bishopville, Lee County, South Carolina. It was built about 1836, and is a two-story, Greek Revival style frame house. It has a gable roof, weatherboard siding, brick foundation and stuccoed exterior end brick chimneys. The house features a large, two-story, pedimented portico on the front façade, with four larger square, frame columns with Doric order motif capitals. A large -story addition was added to the rear about 1900, when the house was made into a boarding house.[1] [2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: unknown. James Carnes House. National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory . n.d.. pdf . June 14, 2014.
  2. Web site: James Carnes House, Lee County (200 S. Main St., Bishopville) . National Register Properties in South Carolina . South Carolina Department of Archives and History . June 14, 2014.