Copp Cabin
Historic Property
Alternate Name:
[unknown]
Street Address:
Mobley Oaks Rd.;(Beaufort County)
Site Number:
487-1418
Control Number:
U/13/487-1418
Tax Number:
R600 010 000 0104 0000
Date Surveyed:
December 16 1997
Category:
Building
Construction Date:
circa 1920
Historic Use:
Residential/Domestic
Current Use:
Vacant/Not In Use
Historic Core Shape:
Rectangular
Number of Stories:
1
Construction Method:
frame
Exterior Walls Materials:
Weatherboard
Foundation Materials:
Other
Roof Shape:
gable (lateral)
Roof Materials:
corrugated metal
Signficant Architectural Features:
Foundation piers were recycled from an earlier building, which may have been at a different location on the island.
Alterations:
Exterior framing may have been replaced.
Historical Information:
One of 35 nearly-identical tenant cabins built for William M. Copp. He purchased Spring Island in 1920 and began planting truck crops (potatoes, lettuce, tomatoes) with laborers who lived in the cabins he built. The farming ended about the time of Worl
Source of Historical Information:
Michael Trinkley, ed., The Second Phase of Archaeological Survey on Spring Island, Beaufort County, South Carolina: Investigation of Prehistoric and Historic Settlement Patterns on an Isolated Sea Island, Chicora Foundation Research Series 20 (Columbia
Quadrangle Name:
spring_island