Pomaria

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Pomaria (Summer-Huggins House)

Pomaria, also known as the Summer-Huggins House, is a historic plantation house located near Pomaria, Newberry County, South Carolina. It was built about 1825, and is a two-story, frame dwelling on a raised basement with Greek Revival and Federal style design elements. It features a two-story, projecting pedimented portico. Also on the property are the contributing log smokehouse, a board and batten privy, and a Carpenter Gothic post office, which served as the first post office in the Dutch Fork. Pomaria Nurseries were begun on the plantation in 1840.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.

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Pomaria, South Carolina

Pomaria is a town in Newberry County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 179 at the 2010 census.

Geography

Pomaria is located at 34°16′0″N 81°25′10″W / 34.26667°N 81.41944°W / 34.26667; -81.41944 (34.266535, -81.419580).

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 1.0 square mile (2.6 km²), of which, 1.0 square mile (2.6 km²) of it is land and 0.95% is water.

History

Pomaria was first settled in the mid 18th century by German, Swiss, and Dutch immigrants escaping the poverty and harsh conditions resulting from the Thirty Years' War. Many of these immigrants brought with them the beliefs and ideals of their Lutheran Religion.

The first meeting of the South Carolina Lutheran Synod was in the house of John Eigleberger, who lived in Pomaria. Some of the later presidents of The Synod lived in or preached in and around Pomaria.

Pomaria was later affected by the establishment of the Hope School. The Hope School was a Rosenwald School to help rural African-Americans attend school. The land was donated by the family of James Haskell Hope, who later became the longest serving Superintendent of Education of South Carolina.