Wilds-Edwards House

Wilds--Edwards House
Location 120 Edwards Ave., Darlington, South Carolina
Coordinates 34°17′54″N 79°52′33″W / 34.29833°N 79.87583°W / 34.29833; -79.87583Coordinates: 34°17′54″N 79°52′33″W / 34.29833°N 79.87583°W / 34.29833; -79.87583
Area 2.7 acres (1.1 ha)
Built 1856 (1856)
Architectural style Italianate
MPS City of Darlington MRA
NRHP Reference # 88000034[1]
Added to NRHP February 10, 1988

The Wilds-Edwards House is an antebellum residence in the city of Darlington, South Carolina. It is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.[2]

Wilds-Edwards House was built around 1856 by Col. Samuel H. Wilds and designed by J.L. Klickner in the Italianate style. The house was purchased from the Wilds estate in 1870 by the Hon. Berryman Wheeler Edwards, a graduate of Harvard Law School (1853), Confederate veteran, and state senator (1886–89). It remained in the Edwards family until the 1990s.

According to local tradition, the Wilds-Edwards house was not destroyed by Sherman's army because Klickner was in the detachment sent to burn Darlington and persuaded the captain of the raiding company to delay its destruction. In the meantime, the Union troops encountered General Joseph Wheeler's cavalry and were unable to return to Darlington.[3]

References

  1. ↑ National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ http://www.nationalregister.sc.gov/darlington/S10817716026/index.htm
  3. ↑ Carl Julien and James McBride Dabbs, Pee Dee Panorama (Columbia, S.C.: University of South Carolina Press, 1951), p. 116.
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