City Directories and History: (Thomas P. Lide House) White Plains, also known as the Thomas P. Lide House, is one of the most substantial homes in Springville and is the only remaining building of that community west of Black Creek. White Plains is a square, frame, weatherboard-clad residence with a low-pitched hip roof. The foundation, once brick piers, has been infilled with cement block. The house, which is said to have been constructed ca. 1822, has undergone several periods of significant remodeling. The first, in about 1839, was when Thomas P. Lide purchased the house and the second, in the late 1840s or early 1850s was undertaken with the assistance of a northern
architect named J.L. Klickner. Much of the ornament and character of the building resulted from the latter effort by Klickner. The house was originally L-shaped. Lide enclosed what was a rear piazza and squared the house by adding a central rear hall. The principle façade of the house presents a symmetrical handling of the fenestration with five bays on the first story and four on the second. There are three outbuildings in the immediate vicinity of the house; a single-pen log crib with gable roof is probably antebellum, and the other two are of modern construction. Thomas Lide was one of the most active and involved members of the Springville community. He was a member of the state House of Representatives and the Senate, a trustee of Furman University, and director of the Cheraw and Darlington Railroad.
Additional information: White Plains, also known as the Thomas P. Lide House, is one of the most substantial homes in Springville and is the only remaining building of that community west of Black Creek. This house is said to have been built about 1822 by Isaiah DuBose at which time it was a two-story, L-shaped building of three rooms per story. Thomas P. Lide purchased the property around 1839 at which time he evidently began an extensive remodeling program that continued into the 1850s. Thomas Lide was one of the most active and involved members of the Springville community. He was not only community oriented, perennial president of the Darlington Agricultural Society and incorporator of the Springville Academy, but offered his talents in service to the state as well. He was a member of the South Carolina House of Representatives from 1862-1864 and of the South Carolina Senate, 1864-1865. He also was a trustee of Furman University and director of the Cheraw and Darlington Rail road.
Listed in the National Register October 10, 1985. (Courtesy of South Carolina Department of Archives and History)
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