Sunnyside is a historic home located at

Greenwood Green wood is unseasoned wood. Greenwood or Green wood may also refer to: People * Greenwood (surname) Settlements Australia * Greenwood, Queensland, a locality in the Toowoomba Region * Greenwood, Western Australia, a suburb of Perth ...

Greenwood County, South Carolina Greenwood County is a county located in the U.S. state of South Carolina. As of the 2020 census, its population was 69,351. Its county seat is Greenwood. Among the 22 counties located in the Piedmont of the state, Greenwood County is the larg ...

. It was built in 1851, and is a 1 1/2-half story house modeled after Sunnyside, the home of

Washington Irving Washington Irving (April 3, 1783 – November 28, 1859) was an American short-story writer, essayist, biographer, historian, and diplomat of the early 19th century. He wrote the short stories "Rip Van Winkle" (1819) and "The Legend of Sleepy ...

. It has flush board siding covering the front façade and weatherboard siding covering the remainder of the house. It is basically

Gothic Revival Gothic Revival (also referred to as Victorian Gothic or neo-Gothic) is an Architectural style, architectural movement that after a gradual build-up beginning in the second half of the 17th century became a widespread movement in the first half ...

in style, featuring a gabled roof and dormers with scalloped bargeboard. It features a

Greek Revival Greek Revival architecture is a architectural style, style that began in the middle of the 18th century but which particularly flourished in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, predominantly in northern Europe, the United States, and Canada, ...

style

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 cu ...

. It was listed on the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government's official United States National Register of Historic Places listings, list of sites, buildings, structures, Hist ...

in 1978.

References

Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in South Carolina Greek Revival houses in South Carolina Gothic Revival architecture in South Carolina Houses completed in 1851 National Register of Historic Places in Greenwood County, South Carolina Houses in Greenwood County, South Carolina 1851 establishments in South Carolina Buildings and structures in Greenwood, South Carolina {{National Register of Historic Places in South Carolina