Monkey Farm

Historic Property

Alternate Name:

[unknown]

Street Address:

130 Logan Road;(Beaufort County)

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Site Number:

251-427.02

Control Number:

U/13/251-427.02

Tax Number:

R600 013 000 0045 0000

Date Surveyed:

May 12 1997

Category:

Building

Construction Date:

circa 1945

Historic Use:

Agriculture/Subsistence

Current Use:

Agriculture/Subsistence

Historic Core Shape:

Rectangular

Number of Stories:

1

Construction Method:

frame

Foundation Materials:

Slab Construction

Roof Shape:

gable (end to front)

Roof Materials:

raised seam metal

National Register Determination:

contributes to listed district

Signficant Architectural Features:

Long barn/storage building; garage door at gable end. 7 window bays along side.

Historical Information:

Part of infantile paralysis primate research center that was designed to provide research scientists around the world who were seeking a vaccine for polio with monkeys as research subjects. Created in 1945-46 by John Hamlet, working for the National Fou

Source of Historical Information:

John Hamlet, The Land That I Love (1980); Polly Houston, "Monkey Farm," Hilton Head Islander (February 1983): 30-33+.

Quadrangle Name:

Jasper

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