McCollum-Murray House
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McCollum-Murray House, also known as the C. E. Murray House, is a historic home located at Greeleyville,
Williamsburg County, South Carolina Williamsburg County is a county located in the U.S. state of South Carolina. As of the 2020 census its population was 31,026. The county seat and largest city is Kingstree. After a previous incarnation of Williamsburg County, the current count ...
. Built , the house was the home of African-American educator Dr. Charles Edward Murray, and is an example of transitional
folk Victorian Folk Victorian is an architectural style employed for some homes in the United States and Europe between 1870 and 1910, though isolated examples continued to be built well into the 1930s. Folk Victorian homes are relatively plain in their construc ...
and
Classical Revival Neoclassical architecture is an architectural style produced by the Neoclassical movement that began in the mid-18th century in Italy and France. It became one of the most prominent architectural styles in the Western world. The prevailing style ...
residential architecture. It was originally a two-story, T-shaped dwelling. It features a wraparound one-story porch. It has a single-story rear gabled addition, with another single-story shed-roofed addition built in the 1950s. It was listed in the
National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...
in 2006.


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African-American history of South Carolina Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in South Carolina Victorian architecture in South Carolina Neoclassical architecture in South Carolina Houses completed in 1906 Houses in Williamsburg County, South Carolina National Register of Historic Places in Williamsburg County, South Carolina 1906 establishments in South Carolina {{WilliamsburgCountySC-NRHP-stub