Mount Hope (Ridgeway, South Carolina)
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| Location | South Carolina Highway 34, near Ridgeway, South Carolina |
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| Coordinates | 34°17′58″N 80°59′18″W / 34.29944°N 80.98833°WCoordinates: 34°17′58″N 80°59′18″W / 34.29944°N 80.98833°W |
| Area | 3 acres (1.2 ha) |
| Built | c. 1836 |
| MPS | Fairfield County MRA |
| NRHP Reference # | 84000589[1] |
| Added to NRHP | December 6, 1984 |
Mount Hope is a historic home located near Ridgeway, Fairfield County, South Carolina. It was built about 1836, and is a 1 1/2-story, vernacular weatherboarded building on a raised brick basement. It has a gable roof and three pedimented dormers. Also on the property are a frame smoke house (c. 1850) and a tenant house (c. 1875). It was the home of Dr. John Peyre Thomas, a prominent physician and amateur scientist.[2][3]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.[1]
References
- 1 2 Staff (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
- ↑ unknown (n.d.). "Mount Hope" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved 5 July 2012.
- ↑ "Mount Hope, Fairfield County (S.C. Hwy. 34, Ridgeway vicinity)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 5 July 2012.
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