Frazier-Pressley House
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Frazier-Pressly House
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| Location: | Abbeville, South Carolina |
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| Architectural style: | Octagonal mode |
| Governing body: | Local |
Frazier-Pressly House is an octagon house that is a contributing property in the Cedar Springs Historic District, in Abbeville, South Carolina.
The Frazier-Pressly House is a three-story, stuccoed brick building. It is believed that is was built for Captain James W. Frazier in 1852 to 1856. The house has three octagonal elements joined with a connecting hallway. There is a two story, brick extension to the rear. The facade has four three-story brick columns. The house has five brick chimneys. It originally had a widow's walk on the top of the central octagon. The house has eleven major rooms. Each of the floors of each octagon is a single room. The plan of the house is believed to be unique in the United States.
The Frazier-Pressly House gets its name from first owner, Captain James W. Frazier and from Dr. Joseph Lowry Pressly, James Frazier's son-in-law. Capt. Frazier bequeathed the house to his daughter, Tallulah H. Frazier Pressly at the time of his death in 1875. Dr. and Mrs. Pressly live there until their deaths and then their son, Harlan David Pressly inherited the house. Harlan's wife, Dessie Whetstone Pressly lived in the house until her death March 13, 1966.
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- Frazier-Pressly House, Intersection County Roads 33,112 & 47, Abbeville vicinity, Abbeville County, SC: 13 photos, 2 data pages, at Historic American Building Survey
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