Ketchin Building
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Ketchin Building | |
 Ketchin Building, July 2012 | |
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| Location | 231 S. Congress St., Winnsboro, South Carolina |
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| Coordinates | 34°22′33″N 81°5′8″W / 34.37583°N 81.08556°W |
| Area | 0.4 acres (0.16 ha) |
| Built | c. 1830 |
| Architectural style | Federal |
| NRHP reference No. | 70000588[1] |
| Added to NRHP | December 18, 1970 |
Ketchin Building, also known as the Fairfield County Historical Museum, is a historic building located at Winnsboro, Fairfield County, South Carolina. It was built about 1830, and is a three-story, five-bay, Federal style brick building with a hipped roof.[2][3] Originally built as a dwelling by Richard Cathcart in 1830, it was sold in 1852 and was used as Catherine Stratton Ladd's Winnsboro Female Institute until closed by the American Civil War.[2][4][5]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.[1]
