Ketchin Building
Ketchin Building, July 2012
Ketchin Building is located in South Carolina
Ketchin Building
Ketchin Building is located in the United States
Ketchin Building
Location231 S. Congress St., Winnsboro, South Carolina
Coordinates34°22′33″N 81°5′8″W / 34.37583°N 81.08556°W / 34.37583; -81.08556
Area0.4 acres (0.16 ha)
Builtc. 1830 (1830)
Architectural styleFederal
NRHP reference No.70000588[1]
Added to NRHPDecember 18, 1970

Ketchin Building, also known as the Fairfield County Historical Museum, is a historic building located at Winnsboro, Fairfield County, South Carolina. It was built about 1830, and is a three-story, five-bay, Federal style brick building with a hipped roof.[2][3] Originally built as a dwelling by Richard Cathcart in 1830, it was sold in 1852 and was used as Catherine Stratton Ladd's Winnsboro Female Institute until closed by the American Civil War.[2][4][5]

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

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ a b Norman McCorkle (August 1970). "Ketchin Building" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved 5 July 2012.
  3. ^ "Ketchin Building, Fairfield County (231 S. Congress St., Winnsboro)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 5 July 2012.
  4. ^ Inmann, Christiane (2009). Forbidden fruit : a history of women and books in art. Munich, New York: Prestel. p. 100. ISBN 978-3-7913-4077-7.
  5. ^ "SC Historic Properties Record : National Register Listing : Ketchin Building [S10817720018]". schpr.sc.gov. Retrieved 2023-07-30.

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U.S. National Register of Historic Places in South Carolina
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