Constructed ca. 1916, the Wyman House at 1012 Laurens Street is a two-story Colonial Revival residence reflecting Columbia’s early twentieth-century residential development. The wood-frame house features a central three-bay massing, steeply pitched intersecting front and side gables, an inset hipped-roof porch supported by two Doric columns, and an eyebrow dormer. An elliptical cameo window in the front gable, exposed decorative rafter tails, composition-shingle roofing, and an interior brick chimney provide additional architectural detail. The house was designed by J. Carroll Johnson for the Columbia Builders Company.
The property is also associated with Dr. Benjamin F. Wyman, of the South Carolina Board of Health’s Division of Rural Health, who became the longest-term owner and occupant of the residence. Its architecture and history reflect the growth of Columbia’s residential neighborhoods during the early twentieth century, when professionally designed Colonial Revival houses became increasingly common. The Wyman House remains a notable example of period residential design and contributes to the historic architectural character of Laurens Street and the surrounding University Neighborhood.