Pickpocket Plantation House
Historic Property
Alternate Name:
[unknown]
Street Address:
Trask Farm Rd.;(Beaufort County)
Site Number:
025-627
Control Number:
U/13/025-627
Tax Number:
R100 029 000 0004 0000
Date Surveyed:
March 29 1997
Category:
Building
Construction Date:
circa 1910
Alteration Date:
circa 1945
Historic Use:
Residential/Domestic
Current Use:
Vacant/Not In Use
Historic Core Shape:
Rectangular
Number of Stories:
2
Construction Method:
frame
Exterior Walls Materials:
Stucco
Foundation Materials:
Brick
Roof Shape:
hip
Roof Materials:
raised seam metal
Porch Width:
facade & left elevation
National Register Determination:
eligible
Signficant Architectural Features:
2 story rectangular frame dwelling on raised basement w/hipped roof and 2-tier porch across partial E facade & south elev. Rear 2-story wing/porch extension. 2-story bay window at N bay of facade, 2nd level projecting bay at N elev. Roof has centrally-pl
Alterations:
stucco replaced shiplap siding and pillars replaced turned porch posts in pre-1937 remodeling; porch rails and much of the interior finishes date from ca. 1945 and afterward
Historical Information:
Pickpocket Plantation House, constructed circa 1890, is significant as the first residence of Trask family, prominent local truck farmers in early-20th c. Beaufort and as its distinctive architectural style, for which there is no other example in the c
Source of Historical Information:
Frederick Graham Trask, The Carolina Trasks: An Informal History, pp. 72-75; Beaufort Gazette, 9/3/1936, p. 2; Beaufort Gazette, 5/23/97, p. 2 A; interview with Neil W. Trask Jr, August 1997
Quadrangle Name:
Beaufort