Smith-Cannon House, also known as the B.O.V.B. (Big Old Victorian Barn), is a historic home located at Timmonsville,

Florence County, South Carolina Florence County is a county located in the U.S. state of South Carolina. As of the 2020 census, its population was 137,059. Its county seat is Florence. Florence County is included in the Florence, SC Metropolitan Statistical Area. The county' ...

. It was built about 1897–1900, and is a two-story, asymmetrical plan house in the Queen Anne style. It has a full attic and is sheathed in weatherboard. The house features a -story round turret; a one-story, shed roofed porch that stretches across the entire façade, wraps the turret, and extends to form a

porte-cochère A porte-cochère (; , late 17th century, literally 'coach gateway'; plural: porte-cochères, portes-cochères) is a doorway to a building or courtyard, "often very grand," through which vehicles can enter from the street or a covered porch-like ...

. It was built for

Charles Aurelius Smith Charles Aurelius Smith (January 22, 1861April 1, 1916) was the 91st governor of South Carolina from January 14 to January 19, 1915. His term of five days stands as the shortest for any governor in South Carolina. Biography Born on January 22, ...

, prominent government figure as mayor of Timmonsville, member of the state house of representatives, twice lieutenant governor, and governor of South Carolina for five days. It was listed on 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 1983. SMITH-CANNON HOUSE, TIMMONSVILLE, FLORENCE COUNTY SC.jpg, Front of the house showing the turret

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Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in South Carolina Queen Anne architecture in South Carolina Houses completed in 1900 Houses in Florence County, South Carolina National Register of Historic Places in Florence County, South Carolina {{FlorenceCountySC-NRHP-stub