Gentry, Ben and Josephine, House

Historic Property

Alternate Name:

Unknown

Street Address:

8010 SC 81;(Anderson County)

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Site Number:

0539

Control Number:

U/07/0539

Date Surveyed:

April 3 2002

Category:

Building

Construction Date:

circa 1890

Historic Use:

Residential/Domestic

Current Use:

Residential/Domestic

National Register Determination:

not eligible

Signficant Architectural Features:

The two-story, L-shaped frame house has a weatherboard exterior, a side gable roof covered in raised seam metal, and a façade porch with a hip roof. The house has nine-over-six (second floor), nine-over-nine (first floor) and six-over-one double-hung sash windows (second story of front gable wing). The main entry door is flanked by sidelights and the porch supports are boxed wood columns. The main façade has a large projecting gable wing that projects slightly on the second floor. There is a one-story gabled ell on the rear façade. The right side of the porch has been converted into a porte-cochere. The home originally had a two-story entry porch that was later enclosed and subsequently enlarged on the second story.

Historical Information:

Photo inscription, "Our Home," 1896. Josephine Gentry was the first postmistress of Starr. Her father was the town's first mayor (last name Stuckey).

Source of Historical Information:

property owner, Martha Jane Gentry

Quadrangle Name:

Iva

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