Dr. York W. Bailey Office

Historic Property

Alternate Name:

[unknown]

Street Address:

885 Sea Island Parkway;(Beaufort County)

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Site Number:

182-473

Control Number:

U/13/182-473

Tax Number:

R300 016 000 127B 0000

Date Surveyed:

September 10 1997

Category:

Building

Construction Date:

circa 1925

Historic Use:

Residential/Domestic

Current Use:

Residential/Domestic

Historic Core Shape:

Square

Number of Stories:

1

Construction Method:

frame

Exterior Walls Materials:

Stucco

Foundation Materials:

Brick Piers

Roof Shape:

hip

Roof Materials:

composition shingle

Porch Width:

full facade

Signficant Architectural Features:

Small one-story house with pyramidal roof. Hip-roof porch extends across the full facade, may have been added at a later date.

Historical Information:

Served as the medical office for Dr. York W. Bailey, St. Helena Island's first black physician in the early twentieth century.

Source of Historical Information:

NHRP nomination, "Dr. York W. Bailey House."

Quadrangle Name:

Frogmore

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