Hatton House (The 1892 House) The Hatton House, ca. 1892, is an excellent example of a late nineteenth century, South Carolina upcountry house in a Folk Victorian or vernacular late Italianate style. Though the gabled-ell cottage is a prominent type in this rural area, the Hatton House is larger, has particularly ornate millwork, and was the first house in the Pomaria area to be electrified. The construction of the house represents the blending of local carpentry tradition, mass produced millwork, and modern technology. The house was designed and constructed by local contractor Calvin Cannon. The brackets and much of the other exterior decorative trim was crafted by G.B. Aull, a local master carpenter. Two other buildings on the property are contributing resources: the Delco House, a ca. 1892 building that housed equipment to electrify the house; and a ca. 1875 cabin, known as “Uncle Tobias’s Cabin,” which was a tenant house on the property. Listed in the National Register October 1, 1990. - Bill Fitzpatrick's Photographs of The Magnificent Historic Register Landmarks of South Carolina

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Oakland Mill

The Oakland Mill is significant architecturally as an essentially intact and significant textile mill complex that played a central role in the economic life of Newberry throughout most of the twentieth century. The textile mill employed hundreds of local workers and, along with Newberry Cotton Mills was the financial backbone of the community. Architecturally, it stands as an example of a Romanesque Revival style-influenced textile mill designed and built by the prolific mill-engineering firm of Lockwood, Greene and Company of Boston and Greenville, South Carolina. The building experienced many of the alterations typical of twentieth century textile mills, alterations that reflect changes in industrial technology, processing, innovation, and labor practices. Oakland Mill was built initially between 1910 and 1912; however, successive building expansion campaigns in 1949-1950 and 1950-1951 literally doubled the size and operations of the mill. The 1950-1951 expansion was completed according to plans by Shelby, North Carolina, architect Fred M. Simmons. The design of the 1950-1951 expansion was carried out in an atypical method that duplicated the altered and in-filled window bay and roofline details found in the 1910-1912 and 1949-1950 sections of the building. The complex includes the main mill building and other contributing resources including: a one-story brick office building, a two-story brick boiler house with a brick smokestack and auxiliary building, two masonry and concrete warehouses, two wood-frame auxiliary storage buildings, a railroad spur, two water towers, and a reservoir. Oakland Mill and its successor operations remained in the building until the 2000s. Oakland Mill was the last mill to close its doors in the Newberry area, and is the only extant textile mill in the community today. Listed in the National Register June 15, 2011.

Cousins House

(John Elmore House) Constructed ca. 1880 by C.C. “Cam” Davis for John Elmore, this Second Empire residence is a two-story dwelling, originally with a lower façade of weatherboards under a second story shingled mansard. The mansard was recovered with weatherboards when the original shingles required replacement because of deterioration. Other intact Victorian elements of the house are a front and right side wraparound porch having a lattice frieze, turned posts and balustrade. A pedimented projecting entranceway extends from the porch. The house is the only example of the Second Empire style of architecture appearing in the city locality. The high quality of the interior woodwork is typical of “Cam” Davis’s work in Newberry. Listed in the National Register November 26, 1980.

Coateswood

(Job Johnstone House) Coateswood, originally the home of Chancellor Job Johnstone, was built in 1841 by Phillip Schoppert. Schoppert and his father, George, master builders with trained craftsmen working for them, built many of the houses in Newberry. Johnstone was a prominent leader in political, social, and economic affairs in antebellum Newberry District. The gabled roof Greek Revival style house was originally three stories; the third floor, however was removed and the roof lowered about 1940, probably for heating reasons. The first floor is stucco over brick and the second level is clapboard. Two monumental Roman Doric columns support a gabled portico, while two smaller square columns support a balcony on the second floor. The front door has sidelights and an elliptical fanlight, as does the door on the second floor. Three outbuildings are located to the rear of the house: a garage, a well house, and a building referred to as the Long House. The Long House, probably built prior to construction of the main house, was used as a kitchen and plantation office. The house was possibly named for John and Henry Coate who laid out Newberry Court House Village in the late 18th century or Marmaduke Coate, surveyor in the antebellum years. Listed in the National Register April 28, 1975.

Folk-Holloway House

The Folk-Holloway House is an important example of a common southern house type, the “I-House,” (a two-story, single pile dwelling with a central hall plan and one-story rear shed rooms) with regional features such as the recessed front porch deck and freestanding columns (a rain or “Carolina” type porch). The house was built ca. 1835 for John Adam Folk (1799-1855), a prominent local businessman and farmer. Atypical features include the triple entry and exterior wainscoting. The building is of pegged wood construction sheathed in wood clapboard. The lateral gable roof is covered with a standing seam metal roof. Though relatively plain, the house’s detailing exhibits characteristics of both the Federal and Greek Revival movements. The porch’s transitional Federal-Greek Revival wainscoting indicates its usage as an outdoor room and denotes the economic ability of the owner to achieve the finest detailing. The interior wood graining and imported hardware are indicative of the same level of sophistication. The intact original mantelpieces are of a very simple vernacular Federal design. Listed in the National Register July 30, 1992.

Francis B. Higgins House

The Francis B. Higgins House exemplifies the introduction of Federal and Greek Revival design elements into the South Carolina vernacular building tradition. The house is also significant as the oldest documented dwelling in Newberry. Built ca. 1820 by Francis B. Higgins, Newberry attorney, planter, and county commissioner in equity, this two-story weatherboarded residence consists of an “I” form with a projecting central portico. Four full-length square wood pillars support a pedimented gable having triglyph details. Six bays divide both floors on the front façade. A central lower door is framed with multi-paned transom and sidelights with the whole surrounded by a panel and molding architrave. A modern ornamental iron balustrade spans the porch floor and extends the entrance stair sides. Windows on the lower façade are nine over nine with six over six sash on the second floor. Chimneys of stuccoed brick are at the ends of the gabled roof. Listed in the National Register November 26, 1980.

George Mower House

Built in 1893 by “Cam” Davis for George S. Mower, this Queen Anne dwelling is an ornamented two-story weatherboarded residence with prominent polygonal end turrets. A pedimented dormer with three-over-one windows breaks the front slope of the sheet metal shingled roof. Polygonal turrets pierce a lower story wraparound porch and frame a second story balcony porch. Both porches are detailed with projecting center pediments, trued balustrades and Doric colonettes above paneled wood pedestals. The left turret, level with the roof, features an applied garland frieze and balustrade crest. The right turret, under a metal shingled tent roof, features imbricated shingles covering a third floor, above the weatherboarded lower two floors. A uniquely molded chimney stack extends from one turret wall and penetrates the turret roof. The varied textures comprising the ornamentation of this large asymmetrical residence qualify it as the city’s only authentic Queen Anne specimen. Constructed at a cost of $10,000, the house was built as the residence of George Mower, prominent Newberry attorney, director of Newberry Cotton Mills, and member of the South Carolina House of Representatives (1888-1890, 1910-16) and the South Carolina Senate (1893-1904). Listed in the National Register November 26, 1980.

Hatton House

(The 1892 House) The Hatton House, ca. 1892, is an excellent example of a late nineteenth century, South Carolina upcountry house in a Folk Victorian or vernacular late Italianate style. Though the gabled-ell cottage is a prominent type in this rural area, the Hatton House is larger, has particularly ornate millwork, and was the first house in the Pomaria area to be electrified. The construction of the house represents the blending of local carpentry tradition, mass produced millwork, and modern technology. The house was designed and constructed by local contractor Calvin Cannon. The brackets and much of the other exterior decorative trim was crafted by G.B. Aull, a local master carpenter. Two other buildings on the property are contributing resources: the Delco House, a ca. 1892 building that housed equipment to electrify the house; and a ca. 1875 cabin, known as “Uncle Tobias’s Cabin,” which was a tenant house on the property. Listed in the National Register October 1, 1990.

Ike Reighley House

Built ca. 1885 by Newberry attorney Lambert W. Jones, this large asymmetrical Victorian residence is a two-story weatherboarded dwelling with a front and left side ornamental wraparound porch on the lower story. Two high twin front gables extend from a rectangular block. The gables have cornice returns, narrow four-over-four single windows and a “stick”-like motif above the windows. Bracketed and turned wood posts, connected by a plain railing, detail the narrow one-over-one lights. This building, with its unusual front gable motif is the only house in Newberry to display the “stick” influence of the period. Later additions, harmonious to the original fabric, extend from the rear façade. The house was purchased in 1898 by Ike Reighley, whose descendants, at the time of nomination, still owned and occupied the house. Listed in the National Register November 26, 1980.

Jacob Bedenbaugh House

The Jacob Bedenbaugh House, built circa 1860, is significant in social history due to the original owners, Jacob and Sarah Bedenbaugh, being an interracial couple who weathered the prejudices of a society that was bent on keeping whites and blacks as separate as possible. This couple lived in defiance of the prevailing social mores during the Civil War, Reconstruction, and Jim Crow eras, as interracial relationships were considered “unnatural” during this period. While the couple may have been able to marry during the Civil War and Reconstruction periods, finding someone who was willing to conduct the ceremony would have been difficult. Following the adoption of 1895 South Carolina state constitution, the couple was forever barred from marrying. While participating in an interracial relationship was not specifically against the law, the couple was indicted and tried for fornication in July 1890. The prosecution of the couple reflects the extent to which South Carolina courts went to keep interracial couples from being together in a time when the black population was being continually disenfranchised. The home has been continuously owned by the same family since its original construction. Jacob Bedenbaugh purchased the property in 1858 and the two-story I-house was constructed shortly thereafter. Sometime between 1860 and 1864, Jacob Bedenbaugh entered into a relationship with a mulatto woman named Sarah. The couple never married, although Sarah took the Bedenbaugh name. They remained together for approximately 42 years and produced eight children. Jacob died in 1915 and Sarah died in 1936. Additionally, most of the home’s major alterations were completed by 1936. Listed in the National Register October 6, 2011.

Hatton House

(The 1892 House) The Hatton House, ca. 1892, is an excellent example of a late nineteenth century, South Carolina upcountry house in a Folk Victorian or vernacular late Italianate style. Though the gabled-ell cottage is a prominent type in this rural area, the Hatton House is larger, has particularly ornate millwork, and was the first house in the Pomaria area to be electrified. The construction of the house represents the blending of local carpentry tradition, mass produced millwork, and modern technology. The house was designed and constructed by local contractor Calvin Cannon. The brackets and much of the other exterior decorative trim was crafted by G.B. Aull, a local master carpenter. Two other buildings on the property are contributing resources: the Delco House, a ca. 1892 building that housed equipment to electrify the house; and a ca. 1875 cabin, known as “Uncle Tobias’s Cabin,” which was a tenant house on the property. Listed in the National Register October 1, 1990.

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