Octagon House

619 E. Main St., Laurens, South Carolina. County/parish: Laurens.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places March 20, 1973. NRIS 73001715.

1 contributing building.

Also known as:

  • Old Holmes House
  • Old Watson House

From Wikipedia:

Octagon House (Laurens, South Carolina)

The Octagon House, also known as Zelotes Holmes House, is a historic octagonal house located in Laurens, South Carolina, United States. Designed and built in 1859 to 1862 by the Rev. Zelotes Lee Holmes, a Presbyterian minister and teacher, it is thought to be the first concrete house erected in South Carolina. It was called the Zelotes Holmes House by the Historic American Buildings Survey.

Also known as the Old Holmes House, the Old Watson House and the Holmes-Watson House, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places on March 20, 1973.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/118998086

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