Mount Hope (Ridgeway, South Carolina)

Mount Hope
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	South Carolina Highway 34, near Ridgeway, South Carolina
Coordinates	34°17′58″N 80°59′18″W
Area	3 acres (1.2 ha)
Built	c. 1836 (1836)
MPS	Fairfield County MRA
NRHP reference No.	84000589[1]
Added to NRHP	December 6, 1984

Mount Hope is a historic home located near Ridgeway, Fairfield County, South Carolina. It was built about 1836, and is a 1+1⁄2-story, vernacular weatherboarded building on a raised brick basement. It has a gable roof and three pedimented dormers. Also on the property are a frame smoke house (c. 1850) and a tenant house (c. 1875). It was the home of Dr. John Peyre Thomas, a prominent physician and amateur scientist.^[2][3]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.^[1]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. unknown (n.d.). "Mount Hope" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved 5 July 2012.
3. "Mount Hope, Fairfield County (S.C. Hwy. 34, Ridgeway vicinity)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 5 July 2012.