Rawl-Couch House

Rawl-Couch House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Front of the house

Location	22 Short St., Batesburg, South Carolina
Coordinates	33°54′29″N 81°33′14″W / 33.90806°N 81.55389°W / 33.90806; -81.55389Coordinates: 33°54′29″N 81°33′14″W / 33.90806°N 81.55389°W / 33.90806; -81.55389
Area	2.1 acres (0.85 ha)
Built	1893
Architectural style	Queen Anne
MPS	Batesburg-Leesville MRA
NRHP Reference #	82003883^[1]
Added to NRHP	July 6, 1982

The Rawl-Couch House is located in Batesburg-Leesville, South Carolina.^[2]^[3]

Construction

This two-story, asymmetrical frame dwelling is the area's most distinctive Queen Anne residence.^[3] The house was originally constructed in 1893 as a Methodist school, then enlarged and remodeled in its present style in 1908 by John Jacob Rawl, using modified George F. Barber plans to include the one room school house as the new dining room. The house has a one story wraparound porch, supported by turned posts, with an elaborate arched spindle frieze and turned balusters. A three story shingle clad turret, with a conical roof rises at the left side of the facade; it is a balanced by a gabled pavilion on the right, with an intricately sawn bargeboard. A second floor balcony between the turret and the pavilion has a spindle frieze, repeating that of the main porch. The foundation of the house is brick; the roof is original sheet metal shingles. Two corbeled chimneys pierce the central block's steep hip roof. A multi-paned transom and side lights frame the front door.

History

John Jacob Rawl and his son David built the house for his widowed daughter-in-law, Mrs. Annie Rawl, who had been married to his son, Ed. Ed Rawl died in an accident at one of his father's planing/lumber factories in Florida. In the 1930s, the house was purchased by D.E. Couch as a family home. It was renovated and updated during the 1980s, and in 1984 the home was entered into the National Register of Historic Places,^[1] along with most of the downtown and several other notable homes in the immediate area.

References

1 2 Staff (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ "Rawl-Couch House" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved 24 July 2012.
1 2 "Rawl-Couch House, Lexington County (520 Short St., Batesburg)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 24 July 2012.

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