McCrae House
Historic Property
Alternate Name:
Unknown
Street Address:
southwest corner of S. Maple & E. Coker (tax man 38-05), Denmark, SC
Site Number:
S108042001400325
Site Number:
5-67-10
Date Surveyed:
June 14 1982
Category:
Building
Construction Date:
circa 1902
Historic Use:
Residential/Domestic
Current Use:
Residential/Domestic
Construction Method:
wood frame
Foundation Materials:
Not Visible
Roof Materials:
comp. shingle
Signficant Architectural Features:
One and one-half story weatherboarded house, rectangular in plan, with a one-story rear ell. Gable roof has plain boxed cornice with returns; gable end faces S. Maple (the front of the house). One large interior chimney with arched hood on south slope of the roof (this chimney is yellow brick); one single flue chimney on the rear ell. Most of the windows are double-hung sash with six-over-six lights. Front (east elevation): symmetrical; central entrance, a single door, is between two windows; across front is a screened porch with hipped roof; in the gable end is a jalousie window flanked by louvered shutters. North elevation: main part of the house features two windows. Rear ell: north side - one door at the east end (next to the corner of the main part of the house) and a 6/6 window with louvered shutters near its center; rear - one 6/6 window; south side - porch. OUTBUILDINGS: One old, metal-clad garage.
Alterations:
altered
Historical Information:
The McCrae House is reputed to have been the second home built in the new town of Denmark. First constructed in Graham's Turnout, it was dismantled, then rebuilt on its present site in 1902. The date 1902 was inscribed by a brick mason in plaster covering the chimney. Fred Harvey McCrae and Martha Laffitte McCrae lived in this house, and a family of seven children were reared in it. Prominent in civic affairs, Fred H. McCrae served on town council and as mayor pro tern, and he was chairman of the Light and Water Works Commission when the town first provided these services.
Source of Historical Information:
Sanborn maps of Denmark: 1908-1931; A Beginning Survey of Historical Sites in Denmark & Vicinity (compiled in 1980).;Julia McCrae, Denmark, S.C.
Survey:
Denmark - City, 1980/1982
Archives Location:
Box 14, Series 108042, Survey of historic resources (county by county data on surface properties), circa 1971-2014
