John Calvin Owings House

	John Calvin Owings House
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	John Calvin Owings House, HABS Photo, November 1986 – March 1987
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Location	787 W. Main St., Laurens, South Carolina
Coordinates	34°29′38″N 82°1′43″W / 34.49389°N 82.02861°WCoordinates: 34°29′38″N 82°1′43″W / 34.49389°N 82.02861°W
Area	5 acres (2.0 ha)
Built	1896
Built by	Barber, George F. & Co.
Architectural style	Queen Anne
NRHP reference No.	78002520
Added to NRHP	February 23, 1978

John Calvin Owings House is a historic home located at Laurens, Laurens County, South Carolina. It was designed by architect George Franklin Barber and built in 1896. It is a 2 1/2-story, Queen Anne style frame dwelling. It features high multiple roofs, turrets, oriels, cresting, turned spindles, and porches. The projecting front gable includes a decorated second-story portico. Also on the property are four contributing outbuildings.^[2]^[3]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.^[1]

References[]

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ Ruth K. LaForge; Mary Ann Eddy; Steve Smith (August 1977). "John Calvin Owings House" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved June 2014. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
^ "John Calvin Owings House, Laurens County (787 W. Main St., Laurens)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved June 2014. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)

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Media related to John Calvin Owings House at Wikimedia Commons

Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. SC-606, "John Calvin Owings House, 787 West Main Street, Laurens, Laurens County, SC", 21 photos, 4 color transparencies, 3 data pages, 3 photo caption pages
Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. SC-606-A, "John Calvin Owings House, Outbuildings, 787 West Main Street, Laurens, Laurens County, SC", 2 photos, 1 photo caption page

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

[nrhpinv-2] Ruth K. LaForge; Mary Ann Eddy; Steve Smith (August 1977). "John Calvin Owings House" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved June 2014. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)

[scdah-3] "John Calvin Owings House, Laurens County (787 W. Main St., Laurens)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved June 2014. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)

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