Valencia (Ridgeway, South Carolina)

Valencia
Location Northwest of Ridgeway on County Road 106, near Ridgeway, South Carolina
Coordinates 34°19′40″N 80°59′0″W / 34.32778°N 80.98333°WCoordinates: 34°19′40″N 80°59′0″W / 34.32778°N 80.98333°W
Area 2 acres (0.81 ha)
Built 1834
Governing body Private
NRHP Reference # 71000779[1]
Added to NRHP May 6, 1971

Valencia is a historic plantation home located near Ridgeway, Fairfield County, South Carolina. It was built in 1834, and is a large two-story frame house on a brick pier foundation. The house features a hipped roof, two mammoth chimneys, and a broad one-story piazza with unique elliptical arches. Valencia was built by Edward Gendron Palmer, a leader in civic, political, and religious life of Ridgeway and Fairfield County.[2][3]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2010-07-09.
  2. Ben F. Hornsby (December 1971). "Valencia" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved 5 July 2012.
  3. "Valencia, Fairfield County (S.C. Sec. Rd. 106, Ridgeway vicinity)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 5 July 2012.