Timberhouse Explained

Timberhouse
Location:1427 Ebenezer Rd., Newberry, South Carolina
Coordinates:34.26°N -81.6042°W
Built:c.
Builder:Jacob Kibler
Architecture:Greek Revival
Added:November 26, 1980
Refnum:80003687

Timberhouse is a historic plantation house located at Newberry, Newberry County, South Carolina. It was built about 1858 by Jacob Kibler, and is a two-story, weatherboarded Greek Revival style dwelling. It features double-tiered full-width porches supported by six square wood pillars and exterior end chimneys.[1] [2]

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

Kibler, who built the residence, owned 68 slaves in 1850, eight years before Timberhouse was constructed.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: unknown . Timberhouse . National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory . n.d. . June 29, 2014.
  2. Web site: Timberhouse, Newberry County (1427 Ebenezer St., Newberry). National Register Properties in South Carolina . South Carolina Department of Archives and History . June 29, 2014.