Octagon House (Laurens, South Carolina)

	Octagon House
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	Zelotes Holmes House
Location	619 East Main Street,; Laurens, South Carolina
Coordinates	34°29′57″N 82°0′5″W / 34.49917°N 82.00139°W
Built	1859
Architect	Zelotes Lee Holmes
Architectural style	Octagon Mode
NRHP reference No.	73001715
Added to NRHP	March 20, 1973

The Octagon House, also known as Zelotes Holmes House, is a historic octagonal house located in Laurens, South Carolina, United States.^[2]^[3] 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.^[3] It was called the Zelotes Holmes House by the Historic American Buildings Survey.^[4]

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.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
^ Caughman, Wright (August 24, 1972). "Octagon House" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved July 22, 2012.
^ ^a ^b "Octagon House, Laurens County (619 E. Main St., Laurens)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved July 22, 2012.
^ "Zelotes Holmes House (catalog record)". Historic American Buildings Survey. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress. Retrieved February 27, 2014.