Keyserling General Store
Historic Property
Alternate Name:
[unknown]
Street Address:
Seabrook Drive at railroad tracks;(Beaufort County)
Site Number:
470-248.05
Control Number:
U/13/470-248.05
Tax Number:
R100 012 000 010A 0000
Date Surveyed:
February 12 1997
Category:
Building
Construction Date:
circa 1880
Alteration Date:
circa 1910
Historic Use:
Commerce/Trade
Current Use:
Vacant/Not In Use
Historic Core Shape:
Rectangular
Number of Stories:
2
Construction Method:
frame
Exterior Walls Materials:
Weatherboard
Foundation Materials:
Brick Piers
Roof Shape:
gable (end to front)
Roof Materials:
composition shingle
Porch Width:
full facade
National Register Determination:
contributes to listed district
Signficant Architectural Features:
Tall, narrow 2-story store, with low 1-story addition along the left side under a shed roof. Porch at 1st floor level, extending across original facade only.
Alterations:
Side wing added, apparently early.
Historical Information:
The McLeod farm was one of the most important of the rapid increase of truck farms throughout the South Carolina Lowcountry. The farm began in 1884 when William H. McLeod and his son, Claudius E. McLeod bought land along the west side of the new Port Ro
Source of Historical Information:
Claude McLeod, current owner; Natalie Harvey, NRHP nomination, 1996.
Quadrangle Name:
Sheldon