Lauretta Chaplin Cunningham House
Historic Property
Alternate Name:
[unknown]
Street Address:
411 New St.;(Beaufort County)
Site Number:
025-821
Control Number:
U/13/025-821
Tax Number:
R120 004 000 0831 0000
Date Surveyed:
September 1 1997
Category:
Building
Construction Date:
circa 1886
Alteration Date:
circa 1910
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:
Stuccoed Masonry
Roof Shape:
gable (lateral)
Roof Materials:
composition shingle
Porch Width:
facade & right elevation
National Register Determination:
contributes to listed district
Signficant Architectural Features:
Single story framed structure with gable roof aligned east/west and wing extending south linked by "L" shaped porch. Supports fronting south wing have bracket capitals.
Historical Information:
Site owned by T. O. Barnwell at opening of Civil War, who filed a claim for compensation after its forced sale at Direct Tax auction. Present house originally two structures, one a dwelling, the other a school house joined by porch before 1912. Said to
Source of Historical Information:
National Archives RG 58, Direct Tax Claims. General George Crist.
Quadrangle Name:
Beaufort