Chesterfield, SC 29709
Business District North Side
306 West Main Street

John T. Hurst House
Dr. R. M. Newsom House
James I. Redfearn House
  Donna Davis Hurst: This two-story brick house, built in 1904, shows the influence of the Colonial Revival architecture. Notice the symmetrical configuration, its use of red brick walls with white wooden trim, its hip roof, tall chimneys, and dormer with a Palladian window. Inside, the classical interior woodwork includes an elliptical stair arch and paneled wainscoting. A one-story porch with brick piers and Ionic colonnades wraps around the façade and sides. A second-story porch with triple colonnades at its corners shelters only the central bay of the façade. This stately house is built of handmade Pennsylvania brick. It is widely reported that architect, Ernest Vincent Richards, designed the house as well as St. Paul United Methodist Church across the street which was built in 1905.

Dr. William Perry: This house was built by John T. Hurst, in 1904. Mr. Hurst raised his family there. He had three sons and six daughters. One daughter, Grace, married Dr. R. M. Newsom, who practiced medicine in Ruby, SC. Dr. and Mrs. Newsom moved into this house and lived there until their deaths. Jimmy Redfearn, a prominent lawyer in town, lives here today. Mr. John T. Hurst and Mr. Jim Streater (brothers-in-law) were in business together, and they built a building near the old depot. The “Mall” building is still there. It housed a bank, grocery, automobile dealership, and other stores. It was later converted to apartments and called “Welsh Apartments.” The “Mall” building is still used as an apartment building today. Dr. Newsom assisted his sons in business. He helped Bert open the Western Auto, and Bob, who married an airline hostess, had a restaurant in Columbia called “The Purple Onion.” I don’t recall either of the boys staying with their businesses.
 

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