Cross Keys House is a historic plantation house located at

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Union County, South Carolina Union County is a county located in the U.S. state of South Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 27,244. Its county seat is Union. The county was created in 1785. Union County is coterminous with the Union, SC, Micropolitan Sta ...

. It was built about 1812–1814, and is a two-story, five-bay, brick Georgian Colonial style dwelling. It features a gabled roof with identical pairs of end chimneys, a massive raised first-story

portico A portico is a porch leading to the entrance of a building, or extended as a colonnade, with a roof structure over a walkway, supported by columns or enclosed by walls. This idea was widely used in ancient Greece and has influenced many cult ...

, and date stones carved with the date of the house's completion (1814), original owner's initials (B.B.), and crossed keys thought to be the insignia of the builder. It was added to the

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in 1971.

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Plantation houses in South Carolina Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in South Carolina Georgian architecture in South Carolina Houses completed in 1814 Houses in Union County, South Carolina National Register of Historic Places in Union County, South Carolina {{UnionCountySC-NRHP-stub