Earle House

Historic Property

Alternate Name:

Evergreen

Street Address:

SC 187, both sides, approx. 1/2 mi. S of its int. w/ Hwy 29;(Anderson County)

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Site Number:

0472

Control Number:

U/07/0472

Date Surveyed:

March 14 2002

Category:

Building

Construction Date:

circa 1923

Historic Use:

Residential/Domestic

Current Use:

Residential/Domestic

Historic Core Shape:

Square

Number of Stories:

2.5

Construction Method:

frame

Exterior Walls Materials:

Weatherboard

Foundation Materials:

Brick

Roof Shape:

mansard

Roof Materials:

composition shingle

Porch Width:

façade

Porch Shape:

engaged

National Register Determination:

eligible

Signficant Architectural Features:

The home has a monumental porch supported by four, large Doric columns. There are one-story porches on the right and left facades supported with smaller, Doric columns. Dental molding decorates the main roof and porch roof lines. Two gable dormers are located on the main facade, each with a nine-pane window. The fifteen-pane main entry door is flanked by pilasters and triangular pediment. There are two interior brick chimneys and eight over one windows. There is a large piazza located on the rear façade with terra cotta balustrade. A tenant house is located to the rear of the home and there are several outbuildings across the street including two additional tenant houses, a gin, a seed house, and several other frame outbuildings. The gin building contains the original ginning equipment made by the Lumus Gin Company in Augusta, GA.

Historical Information:

The former house located here was known as Ingleside, and burned in 1920. Ingleside was owned by the Earle family who rebuilt the current home in the early 1920s. The family ran the gin and had a grist mill on Buchannan Creek (also known as "Dipping Branch") which provided electricity to the gin and the house.

Source of Historical Information:

Tim Busby and Wendell Roach, interview 14 March 2002.

Quadrangle Name:

Hartwell NE

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