Seacoast Packing Co.
Historic Property
Alternate Name:
[unknown]
Street Address:
100 Grayson St.;(Beaufort County)
Site Number:
025-659
Control Number:
U/13/025-659
Tax Number:
R120 005 000 0028 0000
Date Surveyed:
March 9 1998
Category:
Building
Construction Date:
1920
Alteration Date:
circa 1960
Historic Use:
Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Core Shape:
L
Number of Stories:
3
Construction Method:
masonry
Exterior Walls Materials:
Concrete Block
Foundation Materials:
Not Visible
Roof Shape:
flat
gable (end to front)
Roof Materials:
built up
National Register Determination:
eligible
Signficant Architectural Features:
L-shaped 3 story industrial building with reinforced concrete skeletal framing and hollow tile exterior wall construction. Front portion is 4 bays wide & 2 bays deep w/flat roof; 3 story rear portion has lower floor to floor height & has gable roof w/cl
Alterations:
Some windows have been infilled
Historical Information:
The Seacoast Packing Company building is significant as the only pre-1950 large-scale industrial building in Beaufort County and for its historical association with the southern meat packing industry in early-20th century. The facility was funded by loca
Source of Historical Information:
Articles from the Beaufort Gazette, 1920-1922; interview with Mills Kinghorn, former owner; Sanborn insurance map, 1924
Quadrangle Name:
Beaufort