James Carnes House

James Carnes House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
James Carnes house, February 2013
Location	200 S. Main St., Bishopville, South Carolina
Coordinates	34°12′59″N 80°15′7″W / 34.21639°N 80.25194°WCoordinates: 34°12′59″N 80°15′7″W / 34.21639°N 80.25194°W
Area	3.5 acres (1.4 ha)
Built	1836
Architectural style	Greek Revival, Vernacular Greek Revival
MPS	Bishopville MRA
NRHP Reference #	86000051[1]
Added to NRHP	January 9, 1986

James Carnes House, also known as "The Myrtles," is a historic home located at Bishopville, Lee County, South Carolina. It was built about 1836, and is a two-story, Greek Revival style frame house. It has a gable roof, weatherboard siding, brick foundation and stuccoed exterior end brick chimneys. The house features a large, two-story, pedimented portico on the front façade, with four larger square, frame columns with Doric order motif capitals. A large 1 1/2-story addition was added to the rear about 1900, when the house was made into a boarding house.^[2][3]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.^[1]

References

1. National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
2. unknown (n.d.). "James Carnes House" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved June 2014. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
3. "James Carnes House, Lee County (200 S. Main St., Bishopville)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved June 2014. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)