George Parsons Elliot House
Historic Property
Alternate Name:
[unknown]
Street Address:
1001 Bay St.;(Beaufort County)
Site Number:
025-1081
Control Number:
U/13/025-1081
Tax Number:
R120 004 000 849A 0000
Date Surveyed:
July 8 1997
Category:
Building
Construction Date:
circa 1845
Alteration Date:
1875
Historic Core Shape:
T
Number of Stories:
2.5
Construction Method:
frame
Roof Shape:
hip
Porch Width:
full facade
National Register Determination:
contributes to listed district
Signficant Architectural Features:
2 story framed dwelling raised high on elevated tabby basement. 5 bay S. facade with central doorway is fronted by porch raised on brick piers. S. porch features 4 unfluted Doric columns of somewhat slender proportion (executed in stuccoed brick) standi
Alterations:
2 story angled bay added NE and NW to produce "T" shaped plan, interiors reworked and upper porch level inserted. During 1930's additional accommodation added to rear plus external staircase on north facade enclosed within decorative timber lattice work.
Historical Information:
Construction attributed to George Elliot, c. 1840. Just before the Civil War was sold to Dr. William J. Jenkins of Lands End Plantation, St. Helena Island, SC. Bought by George Holmes at a Direct Tax Commission sale. His wife, Julia Hazel Holmes lived in
Source of Historical Information:
National Archives, RG 58 Direct Tax Claims confirms ownership by Dr. J. Jenkins. Historic Beaufort Foundation historic sites survey files.
Quadrangle Name:
Beaufort