Peterkin, Julia Mood, Birthplace

Historic Property

Alternate Name:

Unknown

Street Address:

Old Laurens Rd. approximately 1 3/4 mi. S of its intersection with State Rd. 92, Gray Court, SC (Laurens County)

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Site Number:

0298

Control Number:

U/59/0298

Date Surveyed:

November 2 2001

Construction Date:

circa 1900

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:

Not Visible

Roof Shape:

gable, lateral

Roof Materials:

aluminum

Porch Width:

facade and right elevation

Porch Shape:

hip

National Register Determination:

eligible;

Signficant Architectural Features:

Six over six windows, Craftsman-style porch supports (tapered columns on brickps), three associated tenant houses.

Historical Information:

This was the birthplace of Julia Mood Peterkin, who won the Pulitzer Prize for Literature in 1929 for her book, "Scarlet Sister Mary."

Source of Historical Information:

Sarah Jane Armstrong, 12 November 2001; Walter Edgar, "South Carolina: A History" (Columbia: University South Carolina Press, 1998), p. 497.

Quadrangle Name:

Laurens North

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