Craig House (Lancaster, South Carolina)

Craig House is a historic home located near Lancaster, Lancaster County, South Carolina. The House was originally owned by John Craig, Esquire, whose family originated in southwestern Scotland, immigrated to South Carolina from Northern Ireland in 1772. After receiving a land grant in Lancaster County from King George III, Craig bought additional land in the Waxhaws in 1773.[2]

Craig House
Craig House (Lancaster, South Carolina) is located in South Carolina
Craig House (Lancaster, South Carolina)
Craig House (Lancaster, South Carolina) is located in the United States
Craig House (Lancaster, South Carolina)
LocationSouth Carolina Highway 185/Craig Dr., near Lancaster, South Carolina
Coordinates34°45′28″N 80°46′1″W
Builtc. 1860
MPSLancaster County MPS
NRHP reference No.90000093[1]
Added to NRHPFebruary 16, 1990

John Craig, Esquire and several of his sons fought in the Revolutionary War battles that occurred in the vicinity. The current Craig House dates from the early 1830s, and was originally a federal-style farmhouse. In 1901, it was significantly enlarged with a Victorian front addition by John Edgar and Amanda Drennan Craig, who were married in 1883 at Kilburnie, then the residence of the Drennans.[2]

John E. Craig Jr. inherited Craig house after the death of both parents in 1989. His twin brother Bill Craig restored the house over a two-year period. in 2002 a wing was added in the back to accommodate the furnishings of the vacated Manhattan apartment. The old kitchen was removed in 2015 and replaced with a two-story addition and elevator.

The fields and woods surrounding historic Craig House are all part of pre-Civil War Craig Farm, which included more than a thousand acres of the area between Highways 200 and 521 from Montgomery Lane to several miles north of Cane Creek. Craig Farm today consists of close to 400 acres, owned by the five siblings of the current Craig generation and Johannes Tromp, and is operated as a cattle farm by Bill Craig, the twin brother of Kilburnie partner John Craig.[2]

The House is a two-story, originally L-shaped, frame clapboard covered frame dwelling, with several rear additions. It features a porch and second story balcony.[3][4]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.[1]

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. "Kilburnie the Inn at Craig Farm".
  3. Power, J. Tracy; Frank Brown, III (October 12, 1989). "Craig House" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved 22 July 2012.
  4. "Craig House, Lancaster County (S.C. Sec. Rd. 185, Lancaster vicinity)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 22 July 2012.


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