The sever weather out of Miss. & Ark that was forecast to hit us in the early hours of this morning didn't materialize and the sun came out about 8;30. We drove north into the hill country on Hi way 11 to Oconee Station State Park. There we saw a stone block house or fort that was built in 1792 it was first a fort and then was a trading post & brickyard operated William Richards. Also on this site is brick house that built in 1805 by William Richards. From there we went to the Travelers Rest Inn just into Georgia but it was closed.
We then traveled east on hiway 123 to Clemson where we toured the Fort Hill Home of John C. Calhoun and Thomas G Clemson on the campus of Clemson University. This house was built 1825 and still is at its original site and has most of the furniture that the Calhouns and Clemsons had in it. It was added onto many times so is larger than the original house. We then went to the Hanover House owned by Clemson Univ. but no longer on the campus. This house was finished in 1716 by French Huguenot Paul de St. Julien in Berkely county. It is wooden house made from cypress wood and on a brick foundation. Being built of cypress it will never rot and deteriorate. It had been abandoned and was in the area where the lake bed would be when the Cooper Santee rivers were dammed for a hydro-electric plant in the 1940's. In 1941 Clemson college labeled and numbered each board as they dis assembled the house and reassembled it on the campus of Clemson. It was again moved in 1994 by house movers to its present location at the S Carolina Botanical Gardens.
The sever weather out of Miss. & Ark that was forecast to hit us in the early hours of this morning didn't materialize and the sun came out about 8;30. We drove north into the hill country on Hi way 11 to Oconee Station State Park. There we saw a stone block house or fort that was built in 1792 it was first a fort and then was a trading post & brickyard operated William Richards. Also on this site is brick house that built in 1805 by William Richards. From there we went to the Travelers Rest Inn just into Georgia but it was closed.
We then traveled east on hiway 123 to Clemson where we toured the Fort Hill Home of John C. Calhoun and Thomas G Clemson on the campus of Clemson University. This house was built 1825 and still is at its original site and has most of the furniture that the Calhouns and Clemsons had in it. It was added onto many times so is larger than the original house. We then went to the Hanover House owned by Clemson Univ. but no longer on the campus. This house was finished in 1716 by French Huguenot Paul de St. Julien in Berkely county. It is wooden house made from cypress wood and on a brick foundation. Being built of cypress it will never rot and deteriorate. It had been abandoned and was in the area where the lake bed would be when the Cooper Santee rivers were dammed for a hydro-electric plant in the 1940's. In 1941 Clemson college labeled and numbered each board as they dis assembled the house and reassembled it on the campus of Clemson. It was again moved in 1994 by house movers to its present location at the S Carolina Botanical Gardens.
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It is good to see you blogging again.
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