Dudley House

Historic Property

Alternate Name:

The Elephant's Trunk

Street Address:

Cottingham Boulevard;Bennettsville, SC (Marlboro County)

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Site Number:

0499

Control Number:

U/69/0499

Tax Number:

32-47-03-44

Date Surveyed:

September 18 2002

Category:

Building

Construction Date:

circa 1830

Alteration Date:

1880

Historic Use:

Residential/Domestic

Current Use:

Commerce/Trade

Historic Core Shape:

Rectangular

Number of Stories:

2

Construction Method:

frame

Exterior Walls Materials:

Weatherboard

Foundation Materials:

Brick Piers

Roof Shape:

gable, lateral

Roof Materials:

other metal

National Register Determination:

not eligible

Signficant Architectural Features:

six-over-six windows; ghost of two-story porch; flushboard siding on center three bays of lower story; transom and sidelights on glazed Victorian door above; transom and sidelights on double doors below; House was moved from beside 721 West Main to its current position before 1915 ca. Its original façade faces Stornaway Street.

Alterations:

Porch removed; doors altered; rear gabled addition; rear ell shed porch

Quadrangle Name:

Bennettsville South

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