Emory Hooten House
Historic Property
Alternate Name:
Unknown
Street Address:
405 E. Railroad Avenue, Bamberg, SC
Site Number:
S108042001400246
Site Number:
45
Date Surveyed:
August 3 1979
Category:
Building
Construction Date:
circa 1910
Historic Use:
Residential/Domestic
Current Use:
Residential/Domestic
Construction Method:
frame
Foundation Materials:
Brick
Roof Materials:
shingle
Signficant Architectural Features:
1 1/2 story clapboard house with high gable root and 2 interior chimneys. Both the gable end of the projecting right (E) side of the front facade and the large front dormer contain a bull's eye window over a 2 sash mullion window. The front entrance, with paneled door, 3-light rectangular transom and 2-light sidelights, is sheltered by a bracketed gabled overdoor. There are 2 windows to the left of the front door and 2 in the projecting gabled section to the right. Windows are 5 vertical lights over 1 light, and are flanked by non-functional board and batten shutters; metal awnings have been attached to the front windows. There is a 1 story porch on the E. side of the house and a porte-cochere on the W. side. A simple metal railing defines the edge of the front terrace. OUTBUILDINGS: 2 story apt. building
Alterations:
altered: Originally there was a 1 story porch around the front and half of the west side. This was removed when the house was remodeled by the Kearses, and the upper half story was completed on the interior.
Historical Information:
Emory A. and Essie Free Hooten built this house after purchasing the lot from Susie Counts in 1909. They lived in the house until they sold it to Mrs. Marie D. Kearse in 1933. Faber W. Kearse was a partner with his brother in the law firm of Kearse and Kearse, and was elected to the South Carolina House of Representatives from Bamberg County, serving for a time as speaker pro-tern. Kearse died in 1943 and the house was sold first to A. G. Hicks in 1944, then to R. L. and Bessie M. Kearse in 1945.
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
