Mount Hope is a historic home located near Ridgeway,

Fairfield County, South Carolina Fairfield County is a county located in the U.S. state of South Carolina. As of the 2020 census, its population was 20,948. Its county seat is Winnsboro. Fairfield County is part of the Columbia, SC Metropolitan Statistical Area. History 18t ...

. It was built about 1836, and is a -story, vernacular weatherboarded building on a raised brick basement. It has a gable roof and three pedimented dormers. Also on the property are a frame

smoke house A smokehouse (North American) or smokery (British) is a building where meat or fish is cured with smoke. The finished product might be stored in the building, sometimes for a year or more.

(c. 1850) and a tenant house (c. 1875). It was the home of Dr. John Peyre Thomas, a prominent physician and amateur scientist. It was added to the

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in 1984.

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