Rev. Thomas Ledbetter House
Historic Property
Alternate Name:
Christensen House
Street Address:
411 Bayard St.;(Beaufort County)
Site Number:
025-780
Control Number:
U/13/025-780
Tax Number:
R120 004 000 0438 0000
Date Surveyed:
March 9 1998
Category:
Building
Construction Date:
circa 1840
Historic Core Shape:
T
Number of Stories:
2.5
Construction Method:
frame
Roof Shape:
hip
Porch Width:
facade & both elevations
National Register Determination:
contributes to listed district
Signficant Architectural Features:
"T" shaped framed structure erected on high raised basement. Two story tiered porch (7 bays wide to south) on brick piers extends along 3 facades linking in a "U" shaped configuration east and west projecting wings. Roof hipped with two paired inset bric
Alterations:
window frames and some exterior trim (including entrance and porch stair balustrades) replaced near turn of 19th. century, Reworking of interior details.
Historical Information:
Local tradition attributes construction of this house to Rev. Thomas E. Ledbetter, a Methodist missionary who arrived in Beaufort about 1834. Ledbetter acquired the property about 1840 from Thomas Talbird , who had purchased it from William G. Baynard in
Source of Historical Information:
National Archives RG 58 Direct Tax Claims. Historic Beaufort Foundation historic sites survey files. Feiss-Wright survey lists site as 411 Washington St.
Quadrangle Name:
Beaufort