Cross Keys House


Cross Keys House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Cross Keys House, March 2012
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Location	Southwest of Union on South Carolina Highway 49, Cross Keys, South Carolina
Coordinates	34°38′3″N 81°46′27″W / 34.63417°N 81.77417°W / 34.63417; -81.77417Coordinates: 34°38′3″N 81°46′27″W / 34.63417°N 81.77417°W / 34.63417; -81.77417
Area	5 acres (2.0 ha)
Built	c. 1812 (1812)-1814
Architectural style	Georgian
NRHP Reference #	71000811^[1]
Added to NRHP	June 24, 1971

Cross Keys House is a historic plantation house located at Cross Keys, Union County, South Carolina. It was built about 1812-1814, and is a two-story, five bay, brick Georgian Colonial style dwelling. It features a gabled roof with identical pairs of end chimneys, a massive raised first-story portico, and date stones carved with the date of the house’s completion (1814), original owner’s initials (B.B.), and crossed keys thought to be the insignia of the builder.^[2]^[3]

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

References

1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ Nancy R. Ruhf (December 1970). "Cross Keys House" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved 2014-07-01.
↑ "Cross Keys House, Union County (S.C. Hwy. 49, Cross Keys)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 2014-07-01.

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