James W. Dillon House

{{short description|Historic house in South Carolina, United States}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}

{{Infobox NRHP

| name = James W. Dillon House

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| image = James Dillon House.jpg

| caption = James Dillon House, December 2012

| location = 1302 W. Main St., Dillon, South Carolina

| coordinates = {{coord|34|25|7|N|79|22|28|W|display=inline,title}}

| locmapin = South Carolina#USA

| built = {{Start date|1890}}

| architecture = Late Victorian

| added = May 6, 1971

| area = {{convert|1|acre}}

| refnum = 71000769{{NRISref|version=2010a}}

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James W. Dillon House is a historic home located at Dillon, Dillon County, South Carolina. It was built in 1890, and is a two-story, white frame Late Victorian style dwelling. A one-story veranda extends across the façade and three-fourths of the southeast elevation. Other notable details include lattice work, carved posts with cornice braces, scalloped shingles in gables, and an ornate front gable with gingerbread trim. It was the home of James W. Dillon, founder of the town and man for whom the county was named.{{Cite web | author = Nancy R. Ruhf| title = James W. Dillon House | work = National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory | date = February 1971 | url = http://www.nationalregister.sc.gov/dillon/S10817717003/S10817717003.pdf | format = pdf | accessdate = 23 June 2012}}{{Cite web | title = James W. Dillon House, Dillon County (1302 West Main St., Dillon) | work = National Register Properties in South Carolina | publisher = South Carolina Department of Archives and History | url = http://www.nationalregister.sc.gov/dillon/S10817717003/index.htm | accessdate = 24 June 2012}}

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.

The house is owned by the Dillon County Historical Society and operated as an early 20th-century period historic house museum.