Guillebeau House is a historic home located in Hickory Knob State Resort Park near Willington in McCormick County, South Carolina. It was built in about 1764 and is a double-pen log house with one exterior chimney and two front entrances. It has a full-width, shed-roof porch.
Guillebeau House | |
 Guillebeau House, March 2012 | |
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| Location | Hickory Knob State Park, Willington, South Carolina |
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| Coordinates | 33°56′47″N 82°26′36″W / 33.94639°N 82.44333°W |
| Area | 3 acres (1.2 ha) |
| Built | c. 1764 |
| Architectural style | Log building |
| NRHP reference No. | 73002136[1] |
| Added to NRHP | March 7, 1973 |
Built by Andre Guillebeau (1739-1814) shortly after his arrival at the French Huguenot settlement known as New Bordeaux, the house was moved to Hickory Knob State Resort Park in about 1983. Included in the original NRHP listing was the contributing family cemetery.[2][3]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Nancy R. Ruhf (April 1972). "Guillebeau House" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved June 29, 2014.
- ^ "Guillebeau House, McCormick County (Hickory Knob State Park, S.C. Sec. Rd. 274, Hickory Knob vicinity)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved June 29, 2014.
Florence Gasparini Laratte, Trouver asile dans le Nouveau Monde. Le refuge du pasteur Jean‑Louis Gibert en Caroline du Sud en 1764 Seeking asylum in the New World: Pastor Jean-Louis Gibert in South Carolina, 1764
