Leon L. Rice House
Historic Property
Alternate Name:
Leon L. Rice House
Street Address:
908 West Whitner St., Anderson, SC
Site Number:
S108042001400012
Site Number:
10
Date Surveyed:
February 10 1984
Category:
Building
Construction Date:
1911
Historic Use:
Residential/Domestic
Current Use:
Residential/Domestic
Architect or Builder:
J. H. Casey, Architect
Construction Method:
Frame
Foundation Materials:
Brick
Signficant Architectural Features:
One story cottage with hipped roof, boxed cornice, dentil frieze and shingle siding above lintels and weatherboarding below; verandah with unfluted columns, plaster composite capitals, balustrade with square spindles spans facade and part of right side with a polygonal projection at the corner; kitchen ell at left rear with gabled roof with return and plain frieze, weatherboard siding and 2 sash, 3 verticals/1; screened porch attached to ell; hipped dormer with shingles centered on roof; single entry with diamond side lites; pediment on verandah roof centered over entry supported by paired columns; 3 interior chimneys. OUTBUILDINGS: 2 car garage with apartment above, ca. 1940, shiplap siding, gable roof
Historical Information:
Section of Nick Prevost House front lawn subdivided ca. 1910 by John Linley for a suburban residential development .
Source of Historical Information:
Anderson City Directory - 1913;Sara Rice Watson, 908 W. Whitner St., Anderson. SC
Survey:
Anderson - City - West Whitner Street - West Market Street, 1983-1984
Archives Location:
Box 14, Series 108042, Survey of historic resources (county by county data on surface properties), circa 1971-2014
