Pomaria (Summer–Huggins House)
Pomaria | |
Pomaria, March 2012 | |
| Location | Southeast of Pomaria on U.S. Route 176, near Pomaria, South Carolina |
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| Coordinates | 34°15′15″N 81°23′8″W / 34.25417°N 81.38556°W |
| Area | 2.1 acres (0.85 ha) |
| Built | c. 1825, 1840 |
| Architectural style | Greek Revival, Gothic, Carpenter Gothic |
| NRHP reference No. | 79003321[1] |
| Added to NRHP | April 24, 1979 |
Pomaria, also known as the Summer–Huggins House, is a historic plantation house located near Pomaria, Newberry County, South Carolina. It was built about 1825, and is a two-story, frame dwelling on a raised basement with Greek Revival and Federal style design elements. It features a two-story, projecting pedimented portico. Also on the property are the contributing log smokehouse, a board and batten privy, and a Carpenter Gothic post office, which served as the first post office in the Dutch Fork. Pomaria Nurseries were begun on the plantation in 1840.[2][3]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[1]
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Michele Barovsky and Nancy Fox (January 1979). "Pomaria" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved June 29, 2014.
- ^ "Pomaria, Newberry County (U.S. Hwy. 176, Pomaria vicinity)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved June 29, 2014.