Fox House (Lexington, South Carolina)


Fox House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
John Fox House, September 2011
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Location	232 Fox St., Lexington, South Carolina
Coordinates	33°59′14″N 81°14′23″W / 33.98722°N 81.23972°W / 33.98722; -81.23972Coordinates: 33°59′14″N 81°14′23″W / 33.98722°N 81.23972°W / 33.98722; -81.23972
Area	2.7 acres (1.1 ha)
Built	c. 1830 (1830)
Architectural style	German-Swiss Carpenter
NRHP Reference #	70000893^[1]
Added to NRHP	July 1, 1970

Fox House, originally known as the Classical and Theological Seminary of the Evangelical Lutheran Synod of South Carolina and Adjacent States, is a historic home located at Lexington, Lexington County, South Carolina. It was built about 1830, and is a two-story frame dwelling with an 11-foot deep porch across the front façade. The house is attached by breezeways to two dependencies, a kitchen and a housekeepers quarters. It was built for and housed the newly founded Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary, which started in 1830. This house was originally built as a faculty dormitory and classroom space. It was later owned by John Fox; county sheriff, clerk of court, and state senator.^[2]^[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1970.^[1]

References

1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ Mr. James W. Fant (May 1970). "Fox House" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved June 2014. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
↑ "Fox House, Lexington County (232 Fox St., Lexington)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved June 2014. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)

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