Unknown
Historic Property
Alternate Name:
John Cooner Home
Street Address:
501 E. Railroad Avenue, Bamberg, SC
Site Number:
S108042001400251
Site Number:
50
Date Surveyed:
August 3 1979
Category:
Building
Construction Date:
circa 1898
Historic Use:
Residential/Domestic
Current Use:
Residential/Domestic
Construction Method:
frame
Foundation Materials:
Brick
Roof Materials:
shingle
Signficant Architectural Features:
2 Story clapboard house with 1 story front porch and 1 story rear wing. Gable roof with boxed cornice is pierced by 2 tall interior chimneys. Windows are 1/1 sash. Front: is divided into 3 bays ABA, with center gable and central entrance, which features a semicircular fanlight and is flanked by single double hung sash windows; metal awnings have been attached to the 2nd story 2 sash mullion windows; porch, which extends the length of the front facade, has Roman Doric columns and dentils in entablature. W. side: Pediment of the gable end contains diagonal pattern shingles and an attic vent; other notable features include a 1st floor bay window and a Palladian window on the 2nd floor.
Alterations:
altered. Since the 1930's few changes have been made on the exterior. The new owners have painted the exterior yellow instead of the original cream or white, and one side of the front porch has been screened in. Other changes - see "HISTORY".
Historical Information:
Mrs. Ann C. Tyler bought this lot from Issac S. Bamberg for $50 in 1872 and she probably built a dwelling of some kind on it as the value of the property had increased to $800 when it was sold in 1898 to the estate of W. S. Sharpe for his daughter Bertha Sharpe Dowling. On his return from the Spanish-American Way, Captain Henry Spann Dowling either remodeled the Tyler dwelling or built a new house. The Dowling house was 1 1/2 stories. In 1906, Mr. and Mrs. John Cooner acquired the property and enlarged the upper story. With his sons, E. Roy and Marion, Cooner owned and operated a hardware store and funeral home in Bamberg. Charles S. Henerey bought the house in 1951. Henerey was president of the Bamberg Textile Mills until his retirement in 1963 and then remained in an advisory capacity until his death in 1973.
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
