Edgar Fripp House
Historic Property
Alternate Name:
Tidalholm
Street Address:
1 Laurens St.;(Beaufort County)
Site Number:
025-751
Control Number:
U/13/025-751
Tax Number:
R120 004 000 0586 0000
Date Surveyed:
January 1 1997
Category:
Building
Construction Date:
circa 1853
Alteration Date:
1893
Historic Use:
Residential/Domestic
Current Use:
Residential/Domestic
Historic Core Shape:
Rectangular
Number of Stories:
2.5
Construction Method:
frame
Exterior Walls Materials:
Weatherboard
Foundation Materials:
Stuccoed Masonry
Roof Shape:
cross gable
Roof Materials:
raised seam metal
Porch Width:
facade & both elevations
National Register Determination:
contributes to listed district
Signficant Architectural Features:
Raised two story dwelling developed during two major construction periods. Originally built in Italianate style with picturesque grouping of gabled elements, a raised single story porch and central tower. Following storm damage in the "great hurricane" o
Alterations:
Repairs and reworking after hurricane see above. Repairs, 1974
Historical Information:
House built by Edgar incorporate c.1853. Functioned as Union Hospital # 7 during early Civil War, later sold for non payment of Direct Tax. Direct Tax claim filed by Mary S. Chaplin to whom the title had come in remainder from James Fripp, Edgar Fripp's
Source of Historical Information:
National Archives, RG 58, Direct Tax Claims. See also WPA Guide to Early American Homes. Historic Beaufort Foundation historic sites survey files.
Quadrangle Name:
Beaufort