Ulmer Tenant House
Historic Property
Alternate Name:
[unknown]
Street Address:
189 Ulmer Rd.;(Beaufort County)
Site Number:
046-255
Control Number:
U/13/046-255
Tax Number:
R600 048 000 0002 0000
Date Surveyed:
May 22 1997
Category:
Building
Construction Date:
circa 1920
Alteration Date:
circa 1990
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:
Concrete Blocks
Roof Shape:
gable (end to front)
Roof Materials:
V crimp metal
Signficant Architectural Features:
Rare example of tenant house.Entry at gable end, single window at left elevation; no openings at rear or right elevation.
Alterations:
Moved to site.
Historical Information:
Tenant or sharecropper's house built after Charles E. Ulmer's acquisition of Hunting Island Plantation in 1918; originally stood at north section of the property.
Source of Historical Information:
Martin F. Dickinson and Lucy B. Wayne, "Archaeological Survey of the Ulmer Property, May River Golf Management, Inc., Beaufort County SC" (Gainesville FL, SouthArc, Inc., 1990).
Quadrangle Name:
Bluffton