| Japonica Hall | |
| Location: | S. Main St., Society Hill, South Carolina |
| Coordinates: | 34.5058°N -79.8597°W |
| Architect: | Wilson, Charles Coker |
| Architecture: | Beaux Arts, American Renaissance |
| Added: | December 21, 1989 |
| Refnum: | 89002153 |
Japonica Hall, also known as the Major J.J. Lucas House, is a historic home located at Society Hill, Darlington County, South Carolina. It was built in 1896–1897, and is a -story over basement brick residence with a rusticated first story and a second story. It is in the Beaux Arts style with a facade reminiscent of Italian Renaissance palazzos. It has a projecting hipped-roof central entrance bay and a one-story Tuscan order verandah. It was the home of Major James Jonathan Lucas, a prominent local railroad builder and businessman. Lucas, who represented Charleston in the state House of Representatives from 1856 to 1862, was a prominent Confederate artillery officer in the defense of Charleston during the American Civil War.[1] [2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. It is located in the Welsh Neck-Long Bluff-Society Hill Historic District.