Wade Hampton Hicks House Explained

Wade Hampton Hicks House
Location:313 W. Home Ave., Hartsville, South Carolina
Coordinates:34.3739°N -80.0797°W
Built:c., 1919
Architecture:Bungalow/craftsman
Added:September 8, 1994
Area:less than one acre
Refnum:94001127

Wade Hampton Hicks House is a historic home located at Hartsville, Darlington County, South Carolina. It was built in 1901, and expanded with a second story in 1919. It is a two-story, three-bay, rectangular American Craftsman inspired residence, set upon a brick foundation. It has a hipped roof with wide overhangs and exposed rafter tails and a one-story hipped roof wraparound porch. Also on the property is a small wooden carriage house/smokehouse, constructed about 1901. It was the home of Wade Hampton Hicks (1874-1945), prominent Hartsville farmer and businessman who founded W.H. Hicks and Son Feed and Seed Company.[1] [2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: J. Tracy Power and Andrew W. Chandler. Wade Hampton Hicks House. National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory . June 1994 . pdf . 17 March 2014.
  2. Web site: Wade Hampton Hicks House, Darlington County (313 W. Home Ave., Hartsville). National Register Properties in South Carolina . South Carolina Department of Archives and History . 17 March 2014.