Unknown
Historic Property
Alternate Name:
Old Bellinger House
Street Address:
203 Midway Street (map no. 087-02), Bamberg, SC
Site Number:
S108042001400228
Site Number:
70
Date Surveyed:
1979
Category:
Building
Construction Date:
circa 1893
Historic Use:
Residential/Domestic
Current Use:
Residential/Domestic
Construction Method:
wood frame
Foundation Materials:
Brick Piers
Roof Materials:
shingle
Signficant Architectural Features:
2 story house, irregular in plan, Cross gable roof with boxed cornice. Windows are predominantly double hung sash, 2/2. Front: asymmetrical; 2 gable ends face Midway Street; a 1 story porch with turned posts and balusters extends from the gabled projecting right side of the front elevation around the NW corner of the building; the main entrance, located near the center of the front of the building, features a rectangular transom and sidelights; 2 Queen Anne windows are incorporated into the design of the front of this house. Design details of the 1 story porch on the E. side are similar to the front porch. OUTBUILDINGS: shed
Alterations:
altered-green asbestos siding was added to the house by the present owners. Originally the kitchen was separated from the house, but by 1898, it had been attached to the main house. For many years a glassed-in gazebo or fern house stood to the right of the front walkway.
Historical Information:
It is thought that this house was built by a Baptist minister, Reverend C. P. Ervin. Ervin sold the property in 1897 to John Bellinger, an attorney with law offices in Bamberg. A series of arguments with a Baptist minister whose premises adjoined the rear of his lot resulted in Bellinger being shot and killed by the minister in 1908. After Mrs. Bellinger died in 1913, their son, R. Pinckney Bellinger, came in possession of the property. He also was an attorney who practiced for a while in Bamberg. The house was deeded to his wife, Muriel, in 1928 the divorce settlement. The next owner, M. O. Hewitt, was the Bamberg agent for the Southern Railroad.
Source of Historical Information:
"Midway Street, Bamberg, S. C.";Margaret Lawrence, 111 Felder Street, Bamberg, S. C.
Survey:
Bamberg - City, 1979-1980
Archives Location:
Box 14, Series 108042, Survey of historic resources (county by county data on surface properties), circa 1971-2014
