Puritan Farm
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Puritan Farm | |
 Silo at Puritan Farm, November 2012 | |
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| Location | West of St. Matthews, near St. Matthews, South Carolina |
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| Coordinates | 33°39′48″N 80°48′56″W / 33.66333°N 80.81556°W |
| Area | 6 acres (2.4 ha) |
| Built | 1820-1825 |
| NRHP reference No. | 74001829[1] |
| Added to NRHP | July 25, 1974 |
Puritan Farm, also known as Keitt-Whaley-Pearlstine House, is a historic plantation house located near St. Matthews, Calhoun County, South Carolina. It was built between 1820 and 1825, and is a large white two-story clapboard frame I-house. It has a pedimented second floor porch addition, two connecting rear wings, and a full-width front porch with six square columns. The main block of the house is one-room deep with a central hall on each floor. The house was the residence of Congressman Laurence M. Keitt, a leader of the South Carolina secessionist movement. Keitt was born in this house in 1824 and maintained it as his residence until his death in 1864.[2][3]
It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.[1]
