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Historic Property
Alternate Name:
[unknown]
Street Address:
508 Duke St.;(Beaufort County)
Site Number:
025-807
Control Number:
U/13/025-807
Tax Number:
R120 004 000 555A 0000
Date Surveyed:
July 8 1997
Category:
Building
Construction Date:
circa 1900
Historic Use:
Residential/Domestic
Current Use:
Residential/Domestic
Historic Core Shape:
Rectangular
Number of Stories:
1
Construction Method:
frame
Exterior Walls Materials:
Weatherboard
Foundation Materials:
Brick Piers
Roof Shape:
gable (lateral)
Roof Materials:
composition shingle
Porch Width:
entrance bay only
National Register Determination:
contributes to listed district
Signficant Architectural Features:
Single story cottage with lateral gable roof. Main 3 bay facade faces north. Central entrance fronted by stoop with shed roof supported on chamfered posts with sawn timber brackets. Sawn balustrade to entrance steps, east side.
Alterations:
Rear addition with shed roof and porch.
Historical Information:
Cartographic sources suggest this structure was an outbuilding associated with 715 New Street. If so, was present on site in 1912. According to Mrs. Janet Nash, a descendant of Robert Smalls, Smalls built this house as one of several rental units in the
Source of Historical Information:
Sanborn Insurance Co. Maps, 1912, 1924. Historic Beaufort Foundation historic sites survey files.
Quadrangle Name:
Beaufort