Magness-Humphries House

Magness-Humphries House is a historic home and farm located near Gaffney, Cherokee County, South Carolina. It was built in 1904, and is a two-story, frame Queen Anne / Classical Revival style farmhouse on brick and rock piers. It features a steep hipped roof and decorative chimneys. The property includes a barn, smoke house/potato house, and gear room. They date to 1871. Other outbuildings include a chicken/hen house built about 1918, a dibby house and pump house built in the 1940s, and several others built in the 1950s. James Judson Magness established a home and farm in 1871; his original home was destroyed by fire in 1904.[2][3]

Magness-Humphries House
Magness-Humphries House, March 2012
Location101 Grassy Pond Rd., near Gaffney, South Carolina
Coordinates35°08′08″N 81°40′26″W
Area44.7 acres (18.1 ha)
Built1871 (1871), 1904
Architectural styleQueen Anne
NRHP reference No.01001159[1]
Added to NRHPOctober 20, 2001

It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.[1]

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "Magness-Humphries House, Cherokee County (101 Grassy Pond Rd., Gaffney vicinity)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 25 February 2014.
  3. Beth Hicks Phillips (April 2001). "Magness-Humphries House" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places nomination. NRHP. Retrieved 25 February 2014.


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