Basic Information

• Location – East side of County Road 22 approximately 3 miles north of Douglass, Fairfield County

• Origin of name – ?

• Other names – Dr. Walter Brice House

• Current status – Privately owned by the daughters of Henry Johnson

Timeline

• ? – Earliest known date of existence

• House built – c. 1840 by Dr. Walter Brice. Dr. Brice was a prominent physician and planter in Fairfield County.

• 1945 – Henry Johnson and his wife purchased the property.

Land

• Number of acres – 5.7 acres in 1983

• Primary crop – ?

Owners

• Alphabetical list – Dr. Walter Brice, Henry Johnson (1945-?), Henry Johnson's daughter Margaret Johnson McIntosh and her sister
  

Slaves

• Number of slaves – Dr. Walter Brice owned 52 slaves in 1860
  

Buildings

• The house, c. 1840, is a two-story, frame, L-shaped building with a side gabled roof in the Greek Revival style.
  

• Dr. Brice's office still stands southeast of the house. It is a ten-foot-by-twelve-foot frame building with gabled metal roof.
  

• Ruins of a log cabin also remain on the property.
  

Web Resources

• National Register of Historic Places
  – Nomination form - PDF - submitted in 1983
  – Photographs, architectural overview
  

Print Resources