Paul Hamilton House 100 Laurens Street

Historic Property

Alternate Name:

The Oaks

Street Address:

100 Laurens St.;(Beaufort County)

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Site Number:

025-752

Control Number:

U/13/025-752

Tax Number:

R120 004 000 0656 0000

Date Surveyed:

July 2 1997

Category:

Building

Construction Date:

circa 1855

Historic Use:

Residential/Domestic

Current Use:

Residential/Domestic

Historic Core Shape:

T

Construction Method:

frame

Exterior Walls Materials:

Weatherboard

Foundation Materials:

Brick Piers

Roof Shape:

hip

Roof Materials:

not visible

Porch Width:

facade & both elevations

National Register Determination:

contributes to listed district

Signficant Architectural Features:

Main facade faces south to Beaufort River. Central entranceway at first floor flanked right and left by tripartite window. Similar arrangement at second floor but doorway provided with pedimented head rather than the entablature seen at first floor level

Alterations:

Parapet removed.

Historical Information:

According to Direct Tax Case testimony, Colonel Paul Hamilton and his wife built this house "shortly" before the Civil War. Hamilton was the grandson of Paul Hamilton, Secretary of the Navy under President Madison. During Civil War designated Hospital #

Source of Historical Information:

Designated 38 BU 1015, Historic Res. of the Low Country; National Archives RG 58 Direct Tax Claims; See also WPA Guide to Early American Homes.

Quadrangle Name:

Beaufort

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