john w. lide house, also known as atkinson house, is a historic home located at springville, darlington county, south carolina. it was built about 1830-1840, and is a two-story, rectangular, central-hall, frame residence with a low-pitched hip roof. the house features two massive, stuccoed brick, interior chimneys. it is sheathed in weatherboard and sits on a brick pier foundation with brick fill. a full-width, one-story, hip roof porch extends across the entire façade and wraps both side elevations. also on the property is an antebellum outbuilding.