Guillebeau House is a historic home located in

Hickory Knob State Resort Park Hickory Knob State Resort Park is a state park located on the shores of Lake Strom Thurmond near the town of McCormick in McCormick County, South Carolina. It is the only resort park in the South Carolina State Park system. Activities and ame ...

near Willington in

McCormick County, South Carolina McCormick County is a county located in the U.S. state of South Carolina. As of the 2020 census, its population was 9,526, making it the second least-populous county in South Carolina. Its county seat is McCormick. The county was formed in 191 ...

. It was built in about 1764 and is a double-pen log house with one exterior chimney and two front entrances. It has a full-width, shed-roof porch. Built by Andre Guillebeau (1739-1814) shortly after his arrival at the

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settlement known as New Bordeaux, the house was moved to Hickory Knob State Resort Park in about 1983. Included in the original NRHP listing was the contributing family

cemetery A cemetery, burial ground, gravesite or graveyard is a place where the remains of dead people are buried or otherwise interred. The word ''cemetery'' (from Greek , "sleeping place") implies that the land is specifically designated as a buri ...

. It was listed on the

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in 1973.

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Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in South Carolina Houses completed in 1764 Houses in McCormick County, South Carolina National Register of Historic Places in McCormick County, South Carolina 1764 establishments in South Carolina {{McCormickCountySC-NRHP-stub