Pomaria, Historic building in Newberry County, United States
Pomaria, also called the Summer–Huggins House, is a two-story frame dwelling on a raised basement built about 1825 near Pomaria in Newberry County, South Carolina. It combines Greek Revival and Federal elements, notably a two-story projecting pedimented portico. The grounds also hold a log smokehouse, a board and batten privy and a Carpenter Gothic post office.
The site originated from the founding of a Lutheran settlement in the 1700s by European emigrants. The buildings and structures on the property document the early settlement and development of Newberry County.
The settlement was part of a Lutheran community founded by emigrants from Germany, Switzerland, and the Netherlands. This group shaped the religious and social development of the region.
The site sits in Newberry County along easily accessible main roads in the area. The surroundings offer typical rural roads and access routes to the property.
Pomaria Nurseries began on the plantation in 1840, one of the early commercial nurseries in the South Carolina upcountry. The grounds also hold a log smokehouse, a board and batten privy, and a Carpenter Gothic post office that served as the first post office in the Dutch Fork.
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