The Rock Hill Herald reported on Feb. 26, 1885 – “The residence of Mr. J.P. Moore at McConnellsville caught fire last Saturday night and narrowly escaped destruction. Rev. J. Lowry Wilson, who was lying sick with pneumonia, had to be carried from the house.”
The Yorkville Enquirer reported on Dec. 17, 1885 – “Mr. J.P. Moore has had the store room now occupied by Mr. J.E. Sadler greatly improved and has added a new front, shelving and counters.”
The Yorkville Enquirer reported on Dec. 8, 1886 – “Snow has been falling for several days. Last night the storehouse of Williams and Moore in McConnellsville came down, destroying their stock of groceries and general merchandise. Damage to the stock is estimated at $1,000. and the building, owned by Mr. J.P. Moore, also had a loss of $1,000. This was the principal business house in the village.”
City Directories and History: This brick Colonial Revival home, near the rural community of Guthrie, S.C., was built prior to 1910 by Joseph Palmer Moore on the site of an earlier log structure known as the Old Lindsay Place. The house has a four over four floor plan “four square” and hipped roof with a front facing hipped roof extension.
Several outbuildings are also located on this site, the most prominent being the unique octagonal barn built in 1936 by Matthew Lewis Elder (the brother of J. P. Moore’s wife, Ollie Blanche Elder Moore). Each door in the barn leads into a separate stall and is considered a highly efficient manner in which to feed and house livestock. This barn and one above York on Highway #5 are the only documented octagonal barns having been built in York County. [Historical Properties of York County, SC – 1995]
Note on the attached map, of 1910 the J.P. Moore home shows on the Walker Map of York County, SC. (Top)
Informative link: Four Square Architecture
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