McLeod Barn
Historic Property
Alternate Name:
[unknown]
Street Address:
Seabrook Drive at railroad tracks;(Beaufort County)
Site Number:
470-248.04
Control Number:
U/13/470-248.04
Tax Number:
R100 012 000 010B 0000
Date Surveyed:
February 12 1997
Category:
Building
Construction Date:
circa 1885
Historic Use:
Agriculture/Subsistence
Current Use:
Vacant/Not In Use
Historic Core Shape:
Rectangular
Number of Stories:
1.5
Construction Method:
frame
Exterior Walls Materials:
Weatherboard
Foundation Materials:
Not Visible
Roof Shape:
gable (end to front)
Roof Materials:
raised seam metal
National Register Determination:
contributes to listed district
Signficant Architectural Features:
Central 1-bay section, roof flares out on each side to form a shed roof over open side wings.
Historical Information:
Barn for the McLeod truck farm. The McLeod farm was one of the most important of the rapid increase of truck farms throughout the South Carolina Lowcountry, and is one of the best extant examples of a turn of the century truck farms in the state. The f
Source of Historical Information:
Claude McLeod, current owner; Natalie Harvey, NRHP nomination, 1996.
Quadrangle Name:
Sheldon