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Historic Property

Alternate Name:

[unknown]

Street Address:

408 West St.;(Beaufort County)

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Site Number:

025-1023

Control Number:

U/13/025-1023

Tax Number:

R120 004 000 0798 0000

Date Surveyed:

September 15 1997

Category:

Building

Construction Date:

circa 1915

Alteration Date:

1990s

Historic Use:

Residential/Domestic

Current Use:

Commerce/Trade

Historic Core Shape:

L

Number of Stories:

2

Construction Method:

frame

Exterior Walls Materials:

Weatherboard

Foundation Materials:

Brick Piers

Roof Shape:

hip

Roof Materials:

not visible

Porch Width:

full facade

National Register Determination:

contributes to listed district

Signficant Architectural Features:

2 story dwelling with wing right faces street to east. Main facade features 3 bays with central door flanked by double windows right and left approached via 2 story tiered porch. Porch supports are tapered posts with caps and bases carried on pedestals

Alterations:

extensive restoration to facilitate commercial usage.

Historical Information:

Site in Forbes family ownership before Civil War occupation of Beaufort. Sanborn Insurance Co. map shows building in this configuration 1924. Earlier (1899-1912) a different 2 story structure is illustrated. A 1987 demolition proposal was resolved by the

Source of Historical Information:

U.S. Direct Tax Commission map, 1862. Historic Beaufort Foundation historic sites survey files.

Quadrangle Name:

Beaufort

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