Ball House

Historic Property

Alternate Name:

Unknown

Street Address:

2809 Postell Hughes Rd. (N Hwy 101), Gray Court, SC (Laurens County)

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Site Number:

0302

Control Number:

U/59/0302

Date Surveyed:

November 6 2001

Construction Date:

1891

Alteration Date:

1915

Historic Use:

Residential/Domestic

Current Use:

Residential/Domestic

Historic Core Shape:

Square

Number of Stories:

1.5

Construction Method:

frame

Exterior Walls Materials:

Synthetic Siding

Foundation Materials:

Brick

Roof Shape:

hip

Roof Materials:

composition shingle

Porch Width:

entrance bay only

Porch Shape:

gable

National Register Determination:

not eligible;

Signficant Architectural Features:

Two decorative interior chimneys, elliptical window over gable on entry. Back ell. Side entrance has decorative vent in gable overhead. Knight cemetery may be behind house and outbuildings.

Alterations:

The front room was added in 1915, and the porch was changed from one that extended across the full façade and both elevations to the entry only in the 1940-1949. Siding, and all windows are new. The vinyl siding was put on in the 1980-1989.

Historical Information:

The house was built for Simon Perry Ball, a Civil War veteran and farmer who grew cotton, wheat, peas and corn. Some field terraces are still evident on the property. The farm is approximately 123 acres, including the house, outbuildings, some fields and a family cemetery. The property has not been farmed since the 1940-1949. The Anderson and Hellam families were some of the tenants. In one of the outbuildings is a stone on which pine knots were burned to extract pitch.

Source of Historical Information:

Reba Ball, property owner, 9 November 2001

Quadrangle Name:

Laurens North

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