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Smith-Cannon House

Smith-Cannon House
Smith-Cannon House is located in South Carolina
Smith-Cannon House
Smith-Cannon House is located in the US
Smith-Cannon House
Location 106 W. Market St., Timmonsville, South Carolina
Coordinates 34°8′5″N 79°56′35″W / 34.13472°N 79.94306°W / 34.13472; -79.94306Coordinates: 34°8′5″N 79°56′35″W / 34.13472°N 79.94306°W / 34.13472; -79.94306
Area 1.8 acres (0.73 ha)
Built c. 1897 (1897)-1900
Architectural style Queen Anne
NRHP Reference # 83002195
Added to NRHP July 28, 1983

Smith-Cannon House, also known as the B.O.V.B. (Big Old Victorian Barn), is a historic home located at Timmonsville, Florence County, South Carolina. It was built about 1897-1900, and is a two-story, asymmetrical plan house in the Queen Anne style. It has a full attic and is sheathed in weatherboard. The house features a 2 1/2-story round turret; a one-story, shed roofed porch that stretches across the entire façade, wraps the turret, and extends to form a porte-cochère. It was built for Charles Aurelius Smith, prominent government figure as mayor of Timmonsville, member of the state house of representatives, twice lieutenant governor, and governor of South Carolina for five days.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.



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