Lemuel Boozer House
Lemuel Boozer House | |
Lemuel Boozer House, August 2012 | |
33°59′6″N 81°14′32″W / 33.98500°N 81.24222°W / 33.98500; -81.24222 | |
Area | 1.5 acres (0.61 ha) |
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Built | c. 1820 (1820)-1830, 1840s |
Architectural style | Greek Revival, Federal, Raised Cottage |
NRHP reference No. | 77001231[1] |
Added to NRHP | August 16, 1977 |
Lemuel Boozer House, also known as the Boozer-Harmon House, is a historic home located in the town of Lexington in Lexington County, South Carolina. The home belonged to lawyer, politician, and judge Lemuel Boozer (1809-1870). It was built about 1828–1830 and is a one-story clapboard dwelling on a raised basement. It has a low-pitch gable roof and a tall basement of brick piers. A rear ell and wing were added in the 1840s.[2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977.[1] It is one of the oldest structures in the town of Lexington.
Lemuel Boozer
Lemuel Boozer was a lawyer who served as state representative, state senator, and lieutenant governor of South Carolina of South Carolina, and as a state circuit judge. Although Boozer was a slave owner, he did not support the Confederacy and helped Union soldiers escape from POW Camps.[3] Boozer also started a school on the rear of this property for freed slaves after the end of the Civil War.[4]
See also
- Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina
- List of lieutenant governors of South Carolina
- South Carolina General Assembly
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "NRHP Form" (PDF). www.nationalregister.sc.gov. 1977. Retrieved 2019-10-20.
- ^ Ancestry.com. U.S., Southern Claims Commission Allowed Claims, 1871-1880 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008.
- ^ Gadecki,Victoria Lynn. Looking Toward the Future through the Windows of the Past: A History of Lexington County SC School District 1. Donning Company Publishers 2010
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