Blocker House (Edgefield, South Carolina)


Blocker House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

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Location	About 6 miles northwest of Edgefield on U.S. Route 25, near Edgefield, South Carolina
Coordinates	33°52′1″N 81°59′45″W / 33.86694°N 81.99583°W / 33.86694; -81.99583Coordinates: 33°52′1″N 81°59′45″W / 33.86694°N 81.99583°W / 33.86694; -81.99583
Area	9.9 acres (4.0 ha)
Built	1775-1790 by John Blocker, Sr.
NRHP Reference #	71000771^[1]
Added to NRHP	May 14, 1971

The Blocker House is a historic plantation house located near Edgefield, Edgefield County, South Carolina built circa 1790 by John Blocker, Sr. It is a two-story, clapboard dwelling with a one-story shed-roofed porch supported by four square columns. The property includes centuries old magnolia and cedar trees, a family cemetery, and several outbuildings.^[2]^[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.^[1]

References

1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ Ruhr, Nancy R. (1971). "Blocker House" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved 20 October 2012.
↑ "Blocker House, Edgefield County (U.S. Hwy. 25, Edgefield vicinity)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 20 October 2012.

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↑ The Story of Edgefield a 2010 publication by The Edgefield Historical Society. Page 69 with photo.

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