Japonica Hall

Japonica Hall
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	S. Main St., Society Hill, South Carolina
Coordinates	34°30′21″N 79°51′35″W
Area	4.9 acres (2.0 ha)
Built	1897 (1897)
Architect	Wilson, Charles Coker
Architectural style	Beaux Arts, American Renaissance
NRHP reference No.	89002153[1]
Added to NRHP	December 21, 1989

Japonica Hall, also known as the Major J.J. Lucas House, is a historic home located at Society Hill, Darlington County, South Carolina. It was built in 1896–1897, and is a 2+1⁄2-story over basement brick residence with a rusticated first story and a second story. It is in the Beaux Arts style with a facade reminiscent of Italian Renaissance palazzos. It has a projecting hipped-roof central entrance bay and a one-story Tuscan order verandah. It was the home of Major James Jonathan Lucas, a prominent local railroad builder and businessman. Lucas, who represented Charleston in the state House of Representatives from 1856 to 1862, was a prominent Confederate artillery officer in the defense of Charleston during the American Civil War.[2][3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.[1] It is located in the Welsh Neck-Long Bluff-Society Hill Historic District.

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. Andrew W. Chandler and Frank Brown, III (June 1989). "Japonica Hall" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
3. "Japonic Hall, Darlington County (S. Main St., Society Hill)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 17 March 2014.