unidentified house

Historic Property

Alternate Name:

Unknown

Street Address:

5800 Hwy 178;(Anderson County)

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Site Number:

1355

Control Number:

U/07/1355

Date Surveyed:

June 4 2002

Category:

Building

Construction Date:

circa 1880

Alteration Date:

circa 1910

Historic Use:

Residential/Domestic

Current Use:

Residential/Domestic

Historic Core Shape:

L

Number of Stories:

2

Construction Method:

frame

Exterior Walls Materials:

Weatherboard

Foundation Materials:

Brick Piers with Fill

Roof Shape:

gable, lateral

Roof Materials:

pressed metal shingle

Porch Width:

façade

Porch Shape:

hip

National Register Determination:

not eligible

Signficant Architectural Features:

The home has two over two windows and six over six windows, one exterior end chimney and one interior chimney, front-projecting gable wing to the right of the main entry door with bay on the first floor, rear shed room, and one-story rear ell with interior and exterior end chimneys and shed porch. The I-house portion of the home has a stone pier foundation and the addition has a brick pier foundation. There are several associated frame outbuildings.

Alterations:

The home was originally an I-house with rear ell but had a front gable wing added to the front at an unknown date. The exterior end chimney on the south façade has been removed. The foundation has been filled with latticed brickwork.

Historical Information:

Thomas Martin Welborn House, a century farm. The owner wanted no photograph taken.

Quadrangle Name:

Five Forks

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