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Historic Property
Alternate Name:
Cassena
Street Address:
315 Federal St.;(Beaufort County)
Site Number:
025-774
Control Number:
U/13/025-774
Tax Number:
R120 004 000 0752 0000
Date Surveyed:
July 22 1997
Category:
Building
Construction Date:
circa 1840
Alteration Date:
1898
Historic Core Shape:
Rectangular
Number of Stories:
2.5
Construction Method:
frame
Roof Shape:
gable (lateral)
Porch Width:
full facade
National Register Determination:
contributes to listed district
Signficant Architectural Features:
2 story frame raised on brick piers. Main facade faces street to south, incorporates 5 bays with central entrance. Entrance has simple molded surround and 3 light transom. Porch 2 story with tiers, rectangular post supports display flat brackets at firs
Alterations:
House extended north apparently after purchase by H.T.Daner in 1893 with additional 2 story accommodation. Sanborn Map 1912 shows this extension complete plus a single story wing centered on its north facade, House extensively rehabilitated and restored
Historical Information:
In 1862 prior to Civil War lot owned by Ann B. Oswald and her sister Margaret R. Bell who testified she had lived in house "20 years before" outbreak of Civil War. Conveyed after Direct Tax Sale by Tax Sale Certificate #223. Said to have been bought by
Source of Historical Information:
Former owners, Mr. and Mrs. Riley Gettys.
National Archives RG 58 Direct Tax Claims, Hillary Barnwell.
Quadrangle Name:
Beaufort