Keil Farm


Keil Farm
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Outbuildings on the Keil Farm, 2012
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Nearest city	Walhalla, South Carolina
Coordinates	34°43′54″N 83°03′22″W / 34.731791°N 83.05603°W / 34.731791; -83.05603Coordinates: 34°43′54″N 83°03′22″W / 34.731791°N 83.05603°W / 34.731791; -83.05603
Area	2.5 acres (1.0 ha)
Built	1900 (1900)
Architectural style	Mid 19th Century Revival, Late Victorian
NRHP Reference #	98000557^[1]
Added to NRHP	May 20, 1998

The Keil Farm is a property listed on the National Register of Historic Places, located near South Carolina Highway 11 in the vicinity of Walhalla, South Carolina in Oconee County. The property includes a ca.1850 farm house and six contributing outbuildings. The farm, built by John Henry Keil, Sr. (born Johann Heinreich Keil in Stotel, Germany) is seen as an important symbol of the role German immigrant families played in the development of the area.^[2]^[3]

Outbuildings

Structures contributing to the historic nature of the property include a barn, a corn crib, a smoke house, tenant house, a chicken house and an outhouse. Most of the outbuildings were likely constructed before 1860.^[3]

Farmhouse

The one and a half story "L"-shaped frame farmhouse originally had two rooms. Through a number of additions since it was first constructed ca.1850, the house has seven rooms, two halls, a kitchen, two porches, an inset porch, three stoops and three baths. The house sits on a fieldstone foundation, which was constructed without the use of mortar. The exterior walls are made of heart pine overlapping boards. The gabled tin roof is a ca.1900 replacement for the original wooden shingle roof. Of the 6 exterior doors, 5 are original.

The dining room features heart pine tongue and groove boards on the wall and ceiling with wide floor boards. The living room has beaded boards on the walls and ceiling and a fireplace with a heart and mantel. The kitchen has the original wide floor, wall and ceiling boards. Electricity and plumbing were not added to the home until 1948. The finished loft features walls and ceilings made from unpainted heart pine tongue and groove boards and extensive storage space.

The house remained in the family until 1994. After a period of neglect, the house was re-purchased by members of the family in 1996, who undertook a partial restoration of the house.^[2]

References

↑ National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
1 2 "NRHP Nomination Form" (PDF) (PDF). Retrieved December 30, 2013.
1 2 "Keil Farm, Oconee County". Retrieved December 30, 2013.

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