National Register of Historic Places

Ballentine-Shealy House

Lexington, Lexington County, South Carolina
Listed
November 22, 1983
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
83003858

About this property

Ballentine-Shealy House, also known as the Ballentine-Shealy-Slocum House, is a historic home located near Lexington, Lexington County, South Carolina. It was built in the late-18th or early-19th century, and is a 1+1⁄2-story, rectangular log building. It is sheathed in weatherboard and has a standing seam metal gable roof. It has shed rooms on the rear and a one-story shed-roofed front porch with an enclosed room. The house has a hall-and-parlor plan and an enclosed stair. An open breezeway connects the house to the kitchen (ca. 1870), which has a fieldstone and brick chimney and a side porch. Also on the property a dilapidated dairy, a small log barn, and a well house. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.

Location

Lexington, Lexington County, South Carolina
34.10493, -81.38188

Categories

ARCHITECTURE
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Sources

Property data from the National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service (public domain).

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When was Ballentine-Shealy House listed on the National Register?

Ballentine-Shealy House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on November 22, 1983.

What type of historic resource is Ballentine-Shealy House?

Ballentine-Shealy House is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

What is the period of significance for Ballentine-Shealy House?

The period of significance for Ballentine-Shealy House is recorded as the industrial era.

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