Parker, Olin, House

Historic Property

Alternate Name:

Unknown

Street Address:

10 Parker Rd.;(Anderson County)

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Site Number:

1014

Control Number:

U/07/1014

Date Surveyed:

May 7 2002

Category:

Building

Construction Date:

1917

Historic Use:

Residential/Domestic

Current Use:

Residential/Domestic

Historic Core Shape:

Rectangular

Number of Stories:

1.5

Construction Method:

frame

Exterior Walls Materials:

Weatherboard

Foundation Materials:

Not Visible

Roof Shape:

hip

Roof Materials:

composition shingle

Porch Width:

facade and right elevation

Porch Shape:

hip

National Register Determination:

eligible

Signficant Architectural Features:

There are two gables on the main façade with multi-paned windows and shingles. Two tall chimneys pierce the roof. There is a centered gable over the entry on the porch roof, with an eye-shaped light and shingles, with similar a similar gable on the right side of the porch. Porch supports are Doric columns, doubled at the gabled entryway. Windows are large one over one panes. There are four outbuildings, including a two-story, three-bay frame barn, and several sheds, and a large tenant house.

Alterations:

Concrete porch floor.

Source of Historical Information:

Olin Parker Dunlap, grandson of original owner, interview, 7 May 2002

Quadrangle Name:

Honea Path

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