Pomaria (Summer-Huggins House)

Pomaria
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Pomaria, March 2012
Location	Southeast of Pomaria on U.S. Route 176, near Pomaria, South Carolina
Coordinates	34°15′15″N 81°23′8″W / 34.25417°N 81.38556°WCoordinates: 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 #	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

1. Staff (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
2. Michele Barovsky and Nancy Fox (January 1979). "Pomaria" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved June 2014.
3. "Pomaria, Newberry County (U.S. Hwy. 176, Pomaria vicinity)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved June 2014.