Monkey Farm/Laboratory
Historic Property
Alternate Name:
[unknown]
Street Address:
110 Logan Road;(Beaufort County)
Site Number:
251-427.06
Control Number:
U/13/251-427.06
Tax Number:
R600 013 000 0045 0000
Date Surveyed:
May 12 1997
Category:
Building
Construction Date:
circa 1945
Historic Use:
Commerce/Trade
Current Use:
Residential/Domestic
Historic Core Shape:
Rectangular
Number of Stories:
1
Construction Method:
masonry
Exterior Walls Materials:
Concrete Block
Foundation Materials:
Concrete Blocks
Roof Shape:
gable (lateral)
Roof Materials:
composition shingle
National Register Determination:
Non-contributing in listed district
Signficant Architectural Features:
Long narrow rectangular building. Simple medium pitch gable roof, exposed rafter tails. Off-center projecting entrance with separate roof at shallower pitch.
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