Ernest_L._Hazelius_House

Ernest L. Hazelius House

Ernest L. Hazelius House

Historic house in South Carolina, United States

Ernest L. Hazelius House is a historic home located at Lexington, Lexington County, South Carolina. It was built about 1830, and is a one-story, rectangular frame dwelling with a hall and parlor plan and four small bedrooms across the rear. It was the home of Ernest L. Hazelius, a clergyman of the Lutheran Church, academician, philosopher, author, and educator.[2][3] The house was also the location where the traveling evangelist Charlie Tillman wrote down the song "Give Me that Old Time Religion" after hearing African-American citizens singing it.

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It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973 [1] and became a part of the Lexington County Museum in 1974, where it serves as the museum's tour office.

References

  1. [1]
    "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. [2]
    Betty Myers; Tray Stephenson; Mary Ann Eddy (January 1975). "Ernest L. Hazelius House" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory.
  3. [3]
    "Ernest L. Hazelius House, Lexington County (Fox St., Lexington)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History.


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