226 W. 8th Street

Neil C. McCullough House

Built: 1879

Style: Neo-Classical

Neil C. McCullough, who established the Citizens Banking Company in 1855, had this house built in 1879. Bricks used in the construction were reportedly made from the clay removed from the site for the basement. Originally a simple gable-front building with modest Italianate-style brackets along the eaves, the Greek Revival elements were added later at an unknown date after 1915, probably during the late 1930s to 1940. The Albright Funeral Home, which began in the late 1890s at 12 W. 8th Street, purchased the McCullough business in 1936. Elmer Albright lived nearby at 231 W. 8th Street. By 1967, Nellie Alford Hill had acquired the property and donated it to the City of Anderson, which used it for the Anderson Fine Arts Center until 1998, when the Center moved to the former Carnegie Library. The current owner, Dr. Loudermilk, DDS, restored the home in 2003.

The gable-front arrangement of the facade is original, although the porch and Neo-Classical features were added later. These exaggerated Neo-Classical elements include the fluted Ionic columns and the heavy cornice around the pediment. Contrasting paint colors emphasize the triglyphs and metopes in the frieze.