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Historic Property
Alternate Name:
The Little Taj
Street Address:
401 King St.;(Beaufort County)
Site Number:
025-792
Control Number:
U/13/025-792
Tax Number:
R120 004 000 0650 0000
Date Surveyed:
August 1 1997
Category:
Building
Construction Date:
circa 1856
Historic Core Shape:
T
Number of Stories:
2
Construction Method:
frame
Roof Shape:
gable (lateral)
Porch Width:
full facade
National Register Determination:
contributes to listed district
Signficant Architectural Features:
2 story gable ended structure raised on brick piers with 5 bay entrance facade facing south. Main door has sidelights and 4 bay transom over. Two story tiered porch is full width, with square chamfered post supports and slat balusters.
Alterations:
Extensive rebuilding at rear has altered from single story to 2 story accommodation running along north side of building and projecting east and west. Roof profiles appear altered and porch part reworked.
Historical Information:
Site belonged to Rhodes family before Civil War. In a conveyance dated 1860, John J. Rhodes refers to Block 17 as "the Mill". Present house now looks out towards a tidal basin which before the Civil War was much larger than today, one channel then extend
Source of Historical Information:
Direct Tax Commission Map of Beaufort, 1862. Sanborn Insurance Co. Map, 1912. Beaufort RMC Conveyances Book A : 262- 265.
Quadrangle Name:
Beaufort