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Historic Property

Alternate Name:

McLeod, house

Street Address:

467 Cleveland School Rd

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Site Number:

1577

Control Number:

U/55/1577

Tax Number:

315-00-6

Date Surveyed:

November 13 2001

Category:

Building

Construction Date:

circa 1860

Alteration Date:

1939

Historic Use:

Residential/Domestic

Current Use:

Residential/Domestic

Historic Core Shape:

Rectangular

Number of Stories:

1

Construction Method:

frame

Exterior Walls Materials:

Weatherboard

Foundation Materials:

Brick Piers with Fill

Roof Shape:

cross gable

Roof Materials:

composition shingle

Porch Width:

over 1 bay but less than full

Porch Shape:

gable

Signficant Architectural Features:

6/6 DHS windows, interior ridge brick chimney, cornice returns on gable ends. Gabled porch has columns, balustrades, and wood flooring. Original part of house was a small front gabled cottage.

Alterations:

Side additions, forming a cross gable front porch added in 1939. Modern porte cochere added on rear.

Historical Information:

This house belonged to Colonel James Chesnut and functioned as his summer office. (Colonel Chesnut was the husband of Mary Boykin Chesnut the author of "A Diary from Dixie").

Source of Historical Information:

Owner - Mrs. McLeod

Quadrangle Name:

Camden South

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