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| Keywords: Lunney Museum, 211 S First St, Seneca (Oconee County, South Carolina).JPG 74001871 en Lunney Museum 211 S First St Seneca Oconee County South Carolina Seneca Historic District own KudzuVine 2009-08-03 The Lunney Museum is located at 211 West South First Street in Seneca South Carolina The museum was originally the home of Dr and Mrs William J Lunney The home was built in 1909 and contains a fine collection of antiques and Oconee County memorabilia When Dr Mrs Lunney decided to build their new home they had no way of knowing that only sixty years later their house would become the Oconee County Museum In May 1970 the home was transferred to Oconee County for preservation and is on the National Register of Historic Places Dr Lunney a successful pharmacist in Seneca and his wife the former Lillian Mason of Westminster SC chose to build their new home on West South First Street an area then known as Silk Stocking Hill because of the stately Victorian mansions which other successful business men had already built along the tree-shaded avenue However in choosing a style for their new home the Lunney ™s were looking forward into the new century and settled on a new style called bungalow which was just coming into vogue all across the country Bungalows were designed to be less formal than the earlier Victorians and most often feature a long low silhouette emphasized by wide overhanging porches The use of dark earthy tones was intended to unite the building with its surroundings while a row of dormer windows placed above the front door interrupts the steep roof line In the Lunney house craftsmanship is evident everywhere from the hand-cut crown molding that rims the eleven-foot ceiling in the Music Room to the gleaming knot-free sugar pine floors throughout the house to the elegant hand-beveled glass panes almost a half inch thick which grace the front windows Visitors today are struck by the apparent contradiction between the informal exterior and the much more formal Victorian interior The explanation is simple like most people moving into a new home the Lunney ™s brought things with them and what they had were mostly Victorian pieces The furniture the visitor sees today is a composite of pieces which are original to the house some pieces that are replacements for original pieces and some that have been purchased for the Museum In addition to its fine collection of antiques covering a period from the late seventeenth through to the early twentieth century the Lunney Museum contains a fascinating collection of Oconee County memorabilia which help to tell the history of the area Houses in Oconee County South Carolina National Register of Historic Places in Oconee County South Carolina | ||||
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