Puritan Farm

Puritan Farm
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Silo at Puritan Farm, November 2012
Location	West of St. Matthews, near St. Matthews, South Carolina
Coordinates	33°39′48″N 80°48′56″W / 33.66333°N 80.81556°WCoordinates: 33°39′48″N 80°48′56″W / 33.66333°N 80.81556°W
Area	6 acres (2.4 ha)
Built	1820-1825
NRHP Reference #	74001829[1]
Added to NRHP	July 25, 1974

Puritan Farm, also known as Keitt-Whaley-Pearlstine House, is a historic plantation house located near St. Matthews, Calhoun County, South Carolina. It was built between 1820 and 1825, and is a large white two-story clapboard frame I-house. It has a pedimented second floor porch addition, two connecting rear wings, and a full-width front porch with six square columns. The main block of the house is one-room deep with a central hall on each floor. The house was the residence of Congressman Laurence M. Keitt, a leader of the South Carolina secessionist movement. Keitt was born in this house in 1824 and maintained it as his residence until his death in 1864.^[2][3]

It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.^[1]

References

1. National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
2. "Puritan Farm, Calhoun County (St. Matthews vicinity)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 25 February 2014.
3. John W. Califf, III & Jeanne W. Ulmer (January 1973). "Puritan Farm" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places nomination. NRHP. Retrieved 25 February 2014.