Cook, W. Pringle and Ella McGee, House

Historic Property

Alternate Name:

Unknown

Street Address:

100 Cook St.;(Anderson County)

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Site Number:

0633

Control Number:

U/07/0633

Date Surveyed:

April 8 2002

Category:

Building

Construction Date:

circa 1880 – 1890

Historic Use:

Residential/Domestic

Current Use:

Residential/Domestic

National Register Determination:

not eligible

Signficant Architectural Features:

The home is a two-story L-shaped frame residence with Queen Anne detailing. There is a front-projecting gable wing in the center of the main façade with a two-story façade porch supported by large square wood columns with a simple wood balustrade. The front gable contains decorative shingles and spindlework detailing. The SW side has a two-story porch with entry doors that have sidelights and transoms. The first and second story entry doors on the main façade have a sidelight to the right of the entryway. The house has one interior chimney, and a filled brick pier foundation. The exterior is covered in aluminum siding.

Historical Information:

Built by W. Pringle Cook between 1880 and 1890, and later lived in by their son and his wife, Alfred and Mary Campbell Cook, and is currently owned by their granddaughter, Marguerite Cook Pruitt. The house is thought to be the oldest in Iva.

Source of Historical Information:

REVIVA, "Around Iva," Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing Co., 2000.

Quadrangle Name:

Iva

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