Hanover House (Clemson)
Hanover House is a colonial house built by a French Huguenot family in 1714–1716, on the upper Cooper River in present-day Berkeley County of the South Carolina Low Country. The house is also known as the St. Julien-Ravenel House after its early owners.
Hanover House | |
U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
Hanover House in the South Carolina Botanical Garden | |
| Location | Clemson University campus, Clemson, South Carolina |
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| Coordinates | 34°40′30.8″N 82°49′05.3″W |
| Built | 1714-1716 |
| Architect | Paul de St. Julien |
| NRHP reference No. | 70000594 |
| Added to NRHP | June 5, 1970 |
When a state project to dam the river was dammed and create Lake Moultrie was proposed in the 1940s, it would have flooded the site of the house. To preserve the historic structure, the house was moved to the Clemson University campus in Pickens County.
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