Bivings-Converse House
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Bivings-Converse House | |
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Bivings-Converse House, January 2012 | |
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| Location | 1 Douglas St., near Glendale, South Carolina |
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| Coordinates | 34°56′34″N 81°50′12″W / 34.94278°N 81.83667°WCoordinates: 34°56′34″N 81°50′12″W / 34.94278°N 81.83667°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | c. 1836 |
| Architectural style | Mid 19th Century Revival, Roman Revival |
| NRHP Reference # | 95000638[1] |
| Added to NRHP | May 26, 1995 |
Bivings-Converse House is a historic home located near Glendale, Spartanburg County, South Carolina. It was built about 1836, and is a 2 1/2-story frame mansion in a vernacular Roman Revival (or Greek Revival) style. It has a gable roof and front and rear porches with fluted Roman Doric order columns. About 1890, two Victorian bays and a kitchen wing was added. It was the home of Dr. James Bivings (1781-1869), prominent local textile pioneer, and Dexter Edgar Converse (1829-1899), industrialist, textile entrepreneur, and founder of Converse College.[2][3]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.[1]
References
- 1 2 Staff (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
- ↑ Martin E. Meek and J. Tracy Power (March 1995). "Bivings-Converse House" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved 2014-07-01.
- ↑ "Bivings-Converse House, Spartanburg County (1 Douglas St., Glendale vicinity)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 2014-07-01.
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