Valencia (Ridgeway, South Carolina)

Valencia is a historic plantation house located near Ridgeway, Fairfield County, South Carolina. It was built in 1834, and is a large two-story frame house on a brick pier foundation. The house features a hipped roof, two mammoth chimneys, and a broad one-story piazza with unique elliptical arches. Valencia was built by Edward Gendron Palmer, a leader in civic, political, and religious life of Ridgeway and Fairfield County.[2][3]

Valencia
LocationNorthwest of Ridgeway on County Road 106, near Ridgeway, South Carolina
Coordinates34°19′40″N 80°59′0″W
Area2 acres (0.81 ha)
Built1834 (1834)
NRHP reference No.71000779[1]
Added to NRHPMay 6, 1971

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

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Ben F. Hornsby (December 1971). "Valencia" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved 5 July 2012.
  3. "Valencia, Fairfield County (S.C. Sec. Rd. 106, Ridgeway vicinity)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 5 July 2012.


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