Unknown

Historic Property

Alternate Name:

Simmons-Hadwin House

Street Address:

509 E. Railroad Avenue, Bamberg, SC

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Site Number:

S108042001400245

Site Number:

43

Date Surveyed:

August 1 1979

Category:

Building

Construction Date:

circa 1905

Historic Use:

Residential/Domestic

Construction Method:

frame

Foundation Materials:

Brick

Roof Materials:

shingle

Signficant Architectural Features:

2 1/2 story clapboard house with hip and gable roof. 1 story porch with 8 wooden Tuscan columns extends across front and portion of right side. Front entrance features elongated oval transom and sidelights. Windows are 1/1; dormer with tracery window on front facade. 3 tall interior chimneys.

Alterations:

altered: portion of porch was at one time screened; 1 window on 2nd story of front has been changed; 1 story additions to rear of house.

Historical Information:

Built by Bennie Wright Simmons after he purchased the lot in 1905, the house was later owned by T. J. Hadwin, who was sheriff of Bamberg County for many years.

Source of Historical Information:

"East Railroad Avenue, 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

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