McLeod Packing Shed
Historic Property
Alternate Name:
[unknown]
Street Address:
Seabrook Drive at railroad tracks;(Beaufort County)
Site Number:
470-248.07
Control Number:
U/13/470-248.07
Tax Number:
R100 012 000 010B 0000
Date Surveyed:
February 12 1997
Category:
Structure
Construction Date:
circa 1870
Historic Use:
Industry/Processing/Extraction
Current Use:
Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Core Shape:
Rectangular
Number of Stories:
1
Construction Method:
frame
Foundation Materials:
Slab Construction
Roof Shape:
multiple gable
Roof Materials:
raised seam metal
pressed metal shingle
National Register Determination:
contributes to listed district
Signficant Architectural Features:
Barn-shaped structure featuring central main section with 2 parallel gable roofs. Two side wings under the gables, one on each side.
Historical Information:
Moved from the Brotherhood Phosphate Mine on Battery Creek, early in the twentieth century. Served as the packing facility for the McLeod truck farm operation, which relied on packing and shipping crops via the railroad. This building was oriented towa
Source of Historical Information:
Claude McLeod, current owner; Natalie Harvey, NRHP nomination, 1996.
Quadrangle Name:
Sheldon