11 Cedarwood Lane
Weston & Brooker Stone Quarry House
In the early 1920s, Beacham O. Brooker commissioned the talented architectural firm of Lafaye and Lafaye to design his family’s new suburban residence. As co-owner of the Weston & Brooker Quarry in nearby Cayce, he had easy access to the ample stone required for the Tudor style cottage’s construction. In the 1950s, the property changed hands when Julia D. Brooker sold it to the Haltiwanger family, whose name remains associated with of one of Main Street’s most popular 20th-century department stores.
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11 Cedarwood Lane, 2018. Historic Columbia collection
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Weston & Brooker Stone Quarry House, undated. Image courtesy Elizabeth Glazebrook
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Located in Cayce, the Weston & Brooker Quarry was a large landmark featured in Tomlinson Engineering Company's Map of Columbia, SC and Vicinity, 1928.The quarry remains in operation, although under different ownership. Image courtesy South Caroliniana Library, University of South Carolina, Columbia
