Martin, Jerry Cooper, House

Historic Property

Alternate Name:

Unknown

Street Address:

12300 Indian Mound Rd., Mt. Gallagher, SC (Laurens County)

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Site Number:

0263

Control Number:

U/59/0263

Date Surveyed:

October 30 2001

Construction Date:

1907

Historic Use:

Residential/Domestic

Current Use:

Residential/Domestic

Historic Core Shape:

Irregular

Number of Stories:

2

Construction Method:

frame

Exterior Walls Materials:

Weatherboard

Foundation Materials:

Brick Piers

Roof Shape:

gable-on-hip

Roof Materials:

composition shingle

Porch Width:

facade and both elevations

Porch Shape:

hip

National Register Determination:

eligible;

Signficant Architectural Features:

Queen Anne/Late Victorian style with decorative shingles in two front gables, and decorative brackets on porch. Two over two windows, stained glass on front door. Decorative vents in gables and decorative chimneys.Complex includes Sites 0264 and 0265.

Alterations:

none visible

Historical Information:

Jerry Cooper Martin was the son of James Martin who purchased the Bee Hive store across the street and Daniel-Martin House next door in 1878. When James Martin died shortly after his purchase, Jerry Cooper Martin and his mother operated the store.

Source of Historical Information:

Kay Martin Payne, interview, 25 and 26 March 2002.

Quadrangle Name:

Ware Shoals East

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