Morse House
Historic Property
Street Address:
406 N. Main Street, Abbeville, South Carolina (Abbeville County)
Date Surveyed:
circa 1980
Category:
Building
Construction Date:
circa 1884
Historic Use:
Residential/Domestic
Current Use:
Residential/Domestic
Number of Stories:
2
Foundation Materials:
Brick
Roof Materials:
Composition
Signficant Architectural Features:
2-story; basically square with single story wings to rear and left elevation. single story porch wraps across facade and both side elevations supported by bracketed posts on sawn decorative wooden piers; 2nd story porch is 3 bays wide and has turned posts with sawn arcaded bargeboard between posts; balustrade on both porches is of turned balusters; 2nd story porch has large gable of imbricated and sawtooth shingles; large palladian shaped vent is in gable; house is 5 bays AABAA; A has 6/6 light windows with louvered shutters each story; B has double door entrance with sidelights and transom 1st story (modern storm doors in front) and; long modern windows with louvered shutters 2nd story; 3 interior chimneys with corbeled caps.
Alterations:
Aluminum siding
Survey:
Abbeville - City 1981
Archives Location:
Box 9, Series 108042, Survey of historic resources (county by county data on surface properties), circa 1971-2014
