Ketchin Building

Ketchin Building, also known as the Fairfield County Historical Museum, is a historic building located at Winnsboro, Fairfield County, South Carolina. It was built about 1830, and is a three-story, five-bay, Federal style brick building with a hipped roof.^[2][3] Originally built as a dwelling by Richard Cathcart in 1830, it was sold in 1852 and was used as Catherine Stratton Ladd's Winnsboro Female Institute until closed by the American Civil War.^[2][4][5]

Ketchin Building
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Ketchin Building, July 2012
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Location	231 S. Congress St., Winnsboro, South Carolina
Coordinates	34°22′33″N 81°5′8″W
Area	0.4 acres (0.16 ha)
Built	c. 1830 (1830)
Architectural style	Federal
NRHP reference No.	70000588[1]
Added to NRHP	December 18, 1970

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.^[1]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. Norman McCorkle (August 1970). "Ketchin Building" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved July 5, 2012.
3. "Ketchin Building, Fairfield County (231 S. Congress St., Winnsboro)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved July 5, 2012.
4. Inmann, Christiane (2009). Forbidden fruit : a history of women and books in art. Munich, New York: Prestel. p. 100. ISBN 978-3-7913-4077-7.
5. "SC Historic Properties Record : National Register Listing : Ketchin Building [S10817720018]". schpr.sc.gov. Retrieved July 30, 2023.

External links

• Fairfield County Chapter of the South Carolina Genealogical Society