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CTM: Siebels House and Maxcy Gregg House Multi-cache

Hidden : 2/7/2015
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:


CTM: Siebels House and Maxcy Gregg House

Hours of Operation: Tues-Sat 10-4 and Sunday 1-5.


Historical Information:

The Siebels House was built entirely of hand-hewn timber by A. M. Hale on a portion of the Thomas Taylor Plantation. Due to loss of state and local records by fire, the exact date of the house cannot be determined. However, there is record of the date 1796 carved on one of the hand-hewn timbers in the basement.
Maxcy Gregg was an active promoter of states’ rights and signer of the Ordinance of Secession. Gregg formed the 1st SC Regiment in January 1861. During Sherman’s occupation of Columbia, his home (circa 1840) was ransacked but escaped serious damage.

Cache Information:

Start at the Siebles House and Gardens. All information can be found by reading the signs and observing properties of the house and gardens.

A = Number of columns on the south side
B = Find the Landmark number on the porch. The first digit
C = Third digit of the year that was found on the beam that dates this house

Now cross the street to the south and then proceed west. The fourth house on your left (the south side) is the Maxcy Gregg House which is currently a law firm. These answers can be found without leaving the sidewalk.

D = Number of columns minus the number of main windows on the first story.
E = third digit of the address.

Final at N 34 D.ADD W 81 E.ABC

The final is a ammo can very close by. Please stay on the path until you are within 20 feet of ground zero.

 

Permission granted by: Historic Columbia

 

 
 

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Purpx gur tngr

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)