Marshall Orr House

Historic Property

Alternate Name:

Anderson County Woman's Club

Street Address:

809 W. Market St., Anderson, S.C.

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Site Number:

S108042001400028

Site Number:

42

Date Surveyed:

February 19 1984

Category:

Building

Construction Date:

1885

Historic Use:

Residential/Domestic

Current Use:

Recreation & Culture

Architect or Builder:

replica of home of James L. Orr father of S. M. Orr and governor of S.C. (l865-l868)

Construction Method:

Frame

Foundation Materials:

Brick Piers with Fill

Roof Materials:

Tin

Signficant Architectural Features:

Two-story weatherboard siding, massive tetra style portico with raking cornice with modillions, plain entablature and fluted columns with unadorned capitals on pedestals,, double door entry with transom and sidelites; 6 floor length 4/4 sash windows evenly spaced across facade; single story porches flank portico; hays with a gabled roof With returns and modillioned cornice project from side elevation; two one-story gable end', projections at rear, single story kitchen attached to house by enclosed passageway; one story polygonal bay additional in projecting bay on right elevation; 3 internal corbeled chimneys; wood shutters on most windows small balcony projects over entry. OUTBUILDINGS: None

Alterations:

Shed roof addition at rear.

Historical Information:

Home of Dr. S. M. Orr, prominent physician and industrialist, credited with improving the city's extensive electric power system.

Source of Historical Information:

National Register Nomination, Van Hasslen's 1897 map; Sanborn Insurance Map 1913;None

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

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