Port Royal Freight Depot
Historic Property
Alternate Name:
[unknown]
Street Address:
1508 Old Shell Rd.;(Beaufort County)
Site Number:
025-1412
Control Number:
U/13/025-1412
Tax Number:
R120 004 000 0555 0000
Date Surveyed:
March 9 1998
Category:
Building
Construction Date:
circa 1875
Alteration Date:
circa 1980
Historic Use:
Transportation
Current Use:
Vacant/Not In Use
Historic Core Shape:
Rectangular
Number of Stories:
1
1
Construction Method:
frame
Exterior Walls Materials:
Other
Foundation Materials:
Brick Piers
Roof Shape:
gable (lateral)
Roof Materials:
rolled roofing
National Register Determination:
eligible
Signficant Architectural Features:
Rectangular frame 1 railroad freight depot with a lateral gable roof with wide eaves extending over narrow loading platforms that run full-with across the N & S elevs. Board & batten siding. 3 bay N elev. has a pedestrian entrance at its W bay and
Alterations:
moved to present site from 801 Paris Ave.
Historical Information:
Reported to have been constructed circa 1875 as the Port Royal freight deport for the Charleston and Western Carolina Railroad, the building is shown on the 1905, 1912, and 1924 Sanborn maps.
Source of Historical Information:
"A Brief History of the Town of Port Royal, S.C.," Gerhard Spieler, 1992. Sanborn maps, 1905, 1912, & 1924
Quadrangle Name:
Beaufort