John Calvin Owings House

John Calvin Owings House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

John Calvin Owings House, HABS Photo, November 1986 – March 1987

Location	787 W. Main St., Laurens, South Carolina
Coordinates	34°29′38″N 82°1′43″W / 34.49389°N 82.02861°W / 34.49389; -82.02861Coordinates: 34°29′38″N 82°1′43″W / 34.49389°N 82.02861°W / 34.49389; -82.02861
Area	5 acres (2.0 ha)
Built	1896 (1896)
Built by	Barber,George F. & Co.
Architectural style	Queen Anne
NRHP Reference #	78002520^[1]
Added to NRHP	February 23, 1978

John Calvin Owings House is a historic home located at Laurens, Laurens County, South Carolina. It was designed by noted architect George Franklin Barber and built in 1896. It is a 2 1/2-story, Queen Anne style frame dwelling. It features high multiple roofs, turrets, oriels, cresting, turned spindles, and porches. The projecting front gable includes a decorated second-story portico. Also on the property are four contributing outbuildings.^[2]^[3]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.^[1]

References

1 2 Staff (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ Ruth K. LaForge, Mary Ann Eddy, and Steve Smith (August 1977). "John Calvin Owings House" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved June 2014.
↑ "John Calvin Owings House, Laurens County (787 W. Main St., Laurens)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved June 2014.

External links

Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. SC-606, "John Calvin Owings House, 787 West Main Street, Laurens, Laurens County, SC", 21 photos, 4 color transparencies, 3 data pages, 3 photo caption pages
Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. SC-606-A, "John Calvin Owings House, Outbuildings, 787 West Main Street, Laurens, Laurens County, SC", 2 photos, 1 photo caption page

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