About Lemuel Boozer House
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Lemuel Boozer House, also known as the Boozer-Harmon House, is a historic home located at Lexington, Lexington County, South Carolina. It was built about 1828-30, and is a one-story clapboard dwelling on a raised basement. It has a low-pitch gable roof and a tall basement of brick piers. A rear ell and wing were added in the 1840s. It was the home of Lemuel Boozer (1809-1870), a lawyer who served as state representative, state senator, lieutenant governor of South Carolina, and state circuit judge. It is one of the oldest structures in the town of Lexington. Although Boozer was a slave owner, he did not support the Confederacy and helped Union soldiers escape from Confederate troops. Boozer also started a school on the rear of this property for freed slaves after the end of the Civil War.
