David Houser House

David Houser House
David Houser House, November 2012
LocationWest of St. Matthews on U.S. Route 176, near St. Matthews, South Carolina
Coordinates33°40′37″N 80°50′8″W / 33.67694°N 80.83556°W / 33.67694; -80.83556
Area7 acres (2.8 ha)
Built1829 (1829)
Architectural styleFederal
NRHP reference No.80003656[1]
Added to NRHPNovember 25, 1980

David Houser House, also known as Oak Grove, is a historic home located near St. Matthews, Calhoun County, South Carolina, United States. It was built in 1829, and is a two-story, rectangular wood frame I-house with a gable roof and stuccoed brick chimney. It has a one-story front porch and rear addition. Also on the property are the original smokehouse, a part of the 19th century Dutch oven, a frame building believed to have once been bedrooms attached to the rear of the house, a barn, a servant's house, a workshop, and the family cemetery where David Houser is buried.[2][3]

It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "David Houser House, Calhoun County (U.S. Hwy. 176, St. Matthews vicinity)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved February 25, 2014.
  3. ^ Margaret Marion and Jeanne Ulmer (July 1980). "Col. Olin M. Dantzler House" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places nomination. NRHP. Retrieved February 25, 2014.