Wardlaw-Alston House

Historic Property

Street Address:

611 N. Main Street, Abbeville, South Carolina (Abbeville County)

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Category:

Building

Construction Date:

circa 1895

Historic Use:

Residential/Domestic

Current Use:

Residential/Domestic

Number of Stories:

2

Exterior Walls Materials:

Weatherboard

Foundation Materials:

Brick

Roof Shape:

Hip

Roof Materials:

Composition shingle

Porch Shape:

1 story wraparound

Signficant Architectural Features:

2-story frame weatherboarded; hip roof w/ cross gables and diamond-shaped composition shingles; 1-story wraparound porch w/ turned posts w/ decorated brackets and balustrade; projecting polygonal bay on left of facade and projecting rectangular bay on right facade under cross gables; each gable end has a diamond shaped louvered vent; metal awning has been added to porch; 2/2 light windows; brackets on porch posts have star-shaped motif. Outbuildings: 1-story gable metal roof; frame weatherboarded w/ end chimney

Alterations:

Foundation filled in; metal awnings and handrails on porch.

Survey:

Abbeville - City 1981

Archives Location:

Box 9, Series 108042, Survey of historic resources (county by county data on surface properties), circa 1971-2014

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