James Carnes House

James Carnes House, also known as "The Myrtles," is a historic home located at Bishopville, Lee County, South Carolina. It was built about 1836, and is a two-story, Greek Revival style frame house. It has a gable roof, weatherboard siding, brick foundation and stuccoed exterior end brick chimneys. The house features a large, two-story, pedimented portico on the front façade, with four larger square, frame columns with Doric order motif capitals. A large 1+1⁄2-story addition was added to the rear about 1900, when the house was made into a boarding house.[2][3]

James Carnes House
James Carnes house, February 2013
James Carnes House is located in South Carolina
James Carnes House
James Carnes House is located in the United States
James Carnes House
Location200 S. Main St., Bishopville, South Carolina
Coordinates34°12′59″N 80°15′7″W
Area3.5 acres (1.4 ha)
Built1836 (1836)
Architectural styleGreek Revival, Vernacular Greek Revival
MPSBishopville MRA
NRHP reference No.86000051[1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 9, 1986

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.[1]

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. unknown (n.d.). "James Carnes House" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved June 14, 2014.
  3. "James Carnes House, Lee County (200 S. Main St., Bishopville)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved June 14, 2014.
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