The Chancellor James P. Carroll House, located in
Aiken, South Carolina, was built in 1855 by James Parsons Carroll, Chancellor of South Carolina.
Mr. Carroll was elected to the South Carolina House of Representatives in 1838, later served in the South Carolina Senate, and in 1859, was elected Chancellor of the
Court of Equity. Carroll also served as a delegate to the Secession Convention and signed the
Ordinance of Secession
An Ordinance of Secession was the name given to multiple resolutions drafted and ratified in 1860 and 1861, at or near the beginning of the Civil War, by which each seceding Southern state or territory formally declared secession from the United ...
. The landmark was listed in the
National Register of Historic Places November 23, 1977.
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Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in South Carolina
Georgian architecture in South Carolina
Houses in Aiken County, South Carolina
National Register of Historic Places in Aiken County, South Carolina
Buildings and structures in Aiken, South Carolina
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