Lowther Hall
This is Lowther Hall located in Pendleton, South Carolina. Concerning this structure, in Remembering South Carolina Old Pendleton District, Hurley E. Badders writes: "One of the most magnificient dwellings in the town is Lowther Hall, which sits on the highest spot of the town. When it was still Pendleton County, the hall was built by Dr. William Hunter, obviously a pioneer because the area was so new. The Hunters lived there until 1805. About that time a lawyer named William Shaw appeared and said he was representing a Lord Lowther. He actually was - more correctly - the Right Honorable William Lord Viscount Lowther, one of the Lords of the Treasury of Great Britain, a commissioner for the affairs of India, etc., etc., etc. Foreigners could not own land at that time America (boy, has that changed!) and Shaw was to be his agent, but all interest were then deeded to William Broadfoot of Charleston to hold for the use of Lord Lowther." Hurley E. Badders adds that it is doubtful that Lord Lowther ever saw the property.
Lowther Hall
This is Lowther Hall located in Pendleton, South Carolina. Concerning this structure, in Remembering South Carolina Old Pendleton District, Hurley E. Badders writes: "One of the most magnificient dwellings in the town is Lowther Hall, which sits on the highest spot of the town. When it was still Pendleton County, the hall was built by Dr. William Hunter, obviously a pioneer because the area was so new. The Hunters lived there until 1805. About that time a lawyer named William Shaw appeared and said he was representing a Lord Lowther. He actually was - more correctly - the Right Honorable William Lord Viscount Lowther, one of the Lords of the Treasury of Great Britain, a commissioner for the affairs of India, etc., etc., etc. Foreigners could not own land at that time America (boy, has that changed!) and Shaw was to be his agent, but all interest were then deeded to William Broadfoot of Charleston to hold for the use of Lord Lowther." Hurley E. Badders adds that it is doubtful that Lord Lowther ever saw the property.