Century House (Ridgeway, South Carolina)

Century House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Century House, July 2012
Location	SC 34, Ridgeway, South Carolina
Coordinates	34°18′13″N 80°57′30″W / 34.30361°N 80.95833°WCoordinates: 34°18′13″N 80°57′30″W / 34.30361°N 80.95833°W
Area	1.9 acres (0.77 ha)
Built	c. 1853
Architectural style	Greek Revival
NRHP Reference #	71000777[1]
Added to NRHP	August 19, 1971

Century House, also known as Brick House and Beauregard’s Headquarters, is a historic plantation house located near Ridgeway, Fairfield County, South Carolina. It was built about 1853, and is a large, two-story brick house in the Greek Revival style. It features double-tiered, balustraded piazzas. During the American Civil War, Century House entertained and sheltered many refugees from Low Country South Carolina and Georgia and also served as the headquarters for General P. G. T. Beauregard and his staff when Columbia was evacuated upon the approach of Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman’s Army in 1865.^[2][3]

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

References

1. National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
2. Ben F. Hornsby (January 1971). "Century House" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved 5 July 2012.
3. "Century House, Fairfield County (S.C. Hwy. 34, Ridgeway)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 5 July 2012.