Hellams House

Historic Property

Alternate Name:

Unknown

Street Address:

W side of Hellams Rd., approx. 1 1/2 miles S of its intersection with Hwy 101, SC (Laurens County)

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Site Number:

0210

Control Number:

U/59/0210

Date Surveyed:

October 19 2001

Construction Date:

circa 1830 – 1840

Alteration Date:

1940s;1980s

Historic Use:

Residential/Domestic

Current Use:

Residential/Domestic

Historic Core Shape:

L

Number of Stories:

2

Construction Method:

frame

Exterior Walls Materials:

Weatherboard

Foundation Materials:

Stone Piers

Roof Shape:

gable, lateral

Roof Materials:

pressed metal shingle

Porch Width:

full façade

Porch Shape:

shed

National Register Determination:

not eligible;

Signficant Architectural Features:

double front doors with sidelights, Federal style molding around door, 2 end chimneys, stone chimney base with brick top, porch is two-story, eight over eight windows, one outbuilding; two frame structures across the street may be part of the complex -- double pen with stone foundations and one has a porcelain door knob

Alterations:

small addition to the south side, porch replaced with concrete slab. The porch was redone in the 1980-1989. Some windows on the main façade were replaced in the 1980-1989 also.

Historical Information:

The house across the street was once the kitchen building for the Hellams House and was later turned into a store. Another structure further down Hellams Rd. was also associated with the house. When the current owner and her husband moved to the house, the porch only extended over the gable; they expanded it in the 1980-1989 to the current two-story porch.

Source of Historical Information:

property owner

Quadrangle Name:

Hickory Tavern

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