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Colonel John Gotea Pressley House

Coordinates: 33°40′17″N 79°50′8″W / 33.67139°N 79.83556°W / 33.67139; -79.83556
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Colonel John Gotea Pressley House
Colonel John Gotea Pressley House, January 2013
Colonel John Gotea Pressley House is located in South Carolina
Colonel John Gotea Pressley House
Colonel John Gotea Pressley House is located in the United States
Colonel John Gotea Pressley House
Location216 N. Academy St., Kingstree, South Carolina
Coordinates33°40′17″N 79°50′8″W / 33.67139°N 79.83556°W / 33.67139; -79.83556
Area1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built1855 (1855)
Architectural styleGreek Revival
MPSKingstree MRA
NRHP reference No.97000534[1]
Added to NRHPJune 10, 1997

Colonel John Gotea Pressley House, also known as the Pressley-Hirsch-Green House and Wylma M. Green House is a historic home located at Kingstree, Williamsburg County, South Carolina. It was built in 1855, and is a 1+12-story, weatherboard-clad Greek Revival style frame dwelling. The front facade features a “rain porch” and a dormer with a Palladian window. It was the home of Colonel John Gotea Pressley, a prominent local attorney, judge, and Confederate regimental field officer.[2][3] It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.[1]

Pressley was born May 24, 1833.[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Andrew W. Chandler and Peggy G. Hamby (March 1996). "Colonel John Gotea Pressley House" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved 2014-07-01.
  3. ^ "Colonel John Gotea Pressley House, Williamsburg County (216 North Academy St., Kingstree)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 2014-07-01.
  4. ^ Cathcart, William (April 2001). The Baptist Encyclopedia - Vol. 2. ISBN 9781579789107.