Dr. George Moss Stoney House

Historic Property

Alternate Name:

[unknown]

Street Address:

500 Port Republic St.;(Beaufort County)

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Site Number:

025-838

Control Number:

U/13/025-838

Tax Number:

R120 004 000 0963 0000

Date Surveyed:

September 1 1997

Category:

Building

Construction Date:

circa 1825

Alteration Date:

1980s

Historic Core Shape:

T

Number of Stories:

2

Construction Method:

frame

Roof Shape:

hip

Porch Width:

facade & both elevations

National Register Determination:

contributes to listed district

Signficant Architectural Features:

Two story framed dwelling raised high on masonry piers. Main facade looks south to Beaufort River. Porch with returns right and left establishes 7 bay modulation towards river. Supports are fluted Doric columns in two tiers. Central three bays of por

Alterations:

During 1980s structure modified to form two condominiums, one to east, other to west.

Historical Information:

Historic Resources of the Low Country attributes construction c. 1825. Visible details do not reinforce this view, Greek Revival motifs suggesting either construction c. 1840 or major rebuilding then. District Tax Commission map show house in ownershi

Source of Historical Information:

Historic Resources of the Low Country, 1979 where listed as 38 BU 1034; Direct Tax Commission map of Beaufort, 1862.

Quadrangle Name:

Beaufort

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