Jernigan House

Historic Property

Alternate Name:

[unknown]

Street Address:

1203 Paris Ave.;(Beaufort County)

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Site Number:

025-552

Control Number:

U/13/025-552

Tax Number:

R110 010 000 0159 0000

Date Surveyed:

July 1 1997

Category:

Building

Construction Date:

circa 1887

Alteration Date:

circa 1980

Historic Use:

Residential/Domestic

Current Use:

Residential/Domestic

Historic Core Shape:

Rectangular

Number of Stories:

1

Construction Method:

frame

Exterior Walls Materials:

Weatherboard

Foundation Materials:

Brick Piers

Roof Shape:

gable (lateral)

Roof Materials:

raised seam metal

Porch Width:

facade & both elevations

Signficant Architectural Features:

Rectangular 3 x 2 bay original block w/lateral gable roof and 1-story gable porch at facade & side elevs.; rear 1 x 3 bay wing at N side w/gable roof and porch along S & W elevs.; L shaped historic addition to rear-north of ell; facade has central entran

Alterations:

Roof removed from outer bays of front porch. Rear addition.

Historical Information:

Shows on the 1924 Sanborn map. House is shown on a 1920 plat of Port Royal by A. O. Christensen. Information from the Historic Port Royal Foundation indicates that this house was built for Jules Jernigan circa 1875. Jernigan moved to Port Royal from Ge

Source of Historical Information:

"A Brief History of the Town of Port Royal, S.C.," Gerhard Spieler, 1992, Historic Port Royal Foundation files; Christensen plat, photocopy at Historic Beaufort Foundation; Sanborn Maps; Christensen Property Transfer Notes

Quadrangle Name:

Beaufort

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