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 22 July 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 22 July 2012.
^ "Zelotes Holmes House (catalog record)". Historic American Buildings Survey. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress. Retrieved February 27, 2014.

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Media related to Zelotes Holmes House at Wikimedia Commons

Holmes Family History page for Zelotes Lee Holmes
Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. SC-376, "Zelotes Holmes House, 619 East Main Street, Laurens, Laurens County, SC", 26 photos, 2 color transparencies, 9 measured drawings, 10 data pages, 4 photo caption pages

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.

[nrhpinv-2] Caughman, Wright (August 24, 1972). "Octagon House" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved 22 July 2012.

[scdah-3] "Octagon House, Laurens County (619 E. Main St., Laurens)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 22 July 2012.

[4] "Zelotes Holmes House (catalog record)". Historic American Buildings Survey. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress. Retrieved February 27, 2014.

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