Dr. William Claudius Irby House

Historic Property

Alternate Name:

Unknown

Street Address:

132 Irby Ave., Laurens, SC (Laurens County)

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Site Number:

0008

Control Number:

U/59/0008

Date Surveyed:

December 20 2001

Category:

Building

Construction Date:

circa 1890

Historic Use:

Residential/Domestic

Current Use:

Residential/Domestic

Number of Stories:

2

Construction Method:

frame

Exterior Walls Materials:

Weatherboard

Roof Shape:

cross gable

Porch Width:

façade

Porch Shape:

two tiered

National Register Determination:

listed;

Signficant Architectural Features:

A contributing property to the proposed South Harper Street Historic District extension. The home is in the National Register of Historic Places and has had no alterations since its listing in 1986: Two-story frame residence with weatherboard exterior and a cross-gable roof. The house is significant for its Eastlake-influenced architecture including a two-tiered porch on the façade, single-story porches on the side elevations, pedimented window and door surrounds and elaborate ornamentation on the porch supports, balustrades and window decoration. The house also has the popular scalloped attic vents seen on several properties in Laurens.

Quadrangle Name:

Laurens South

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