Bonham House, Historical residence in Saluda County, United States.
Bonham House, also known as Flat Grove, is a two-story log dogtrot house near Saluda, South Carolina. It stands on fieldstone pillars, with two separate log pens joined by an open central passage under one roof. It was built around 1780.
Bonham House, also called Flat Grove, was built around 1780 as a two-story log dogtrot house near Saluda. It was the boyhood home of James Bonham, who died at the Alamo, and of his brother Milledge Luke Bonham, South Carolina's governor during the Civil War. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.
The house is also called Flat Grove, and it was the boyhood home of James Bonham, who died at the Battle of the Alamo, and of his brother Milledge Luke Bonham, governor of South Carolina during the American Civil War. The Saluda County Historical Society, which is restoring the house, gives tours.
The house is under restoration by the Saluda County Historical Society, which provides tours; arrange a visit through the society rather than turning up unannounced. The site lies near Saluda in Saluda County, South Carolina.
The house is a log "dogtrot" structure: two separate log pens with an open central breezeway under one roof, raised on fieldstone pillars. That open passage, typical of upland South Carolina building, is the detail to look for when visiting.
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