Unknown
Historic Property
Alternate Name:
Unknown
Street Address:
southwest corner of Palmetto Avenue and Baruch Street (tax map no. 38-05), Denmark, SC
Site Number:
S108042001400332
Site Number:
5-67-71
Date Surveyed:
June 11 1982
Category:
Building
Construction Date:
1908 – 1913
Historic Use:
Commerce/Trade
Current Use:
Vacant/Not In Use
Construction Method:
brick
Signficant Architectural Features:
One-Story commercial building, rectangular in plan, constructed of red brick laid in common bond. Flat roof. Front (east elevation): symmetrical; in the center of the facade is an entrance (recessed about one foot) with double glazed doors and two-light transom; on either side of the front entrance are rectangular, metal-frame plate glass windows (these windows are not original) with brick sills; across the front is a metal awning (not original); brick cornice with dogtooth course; in the long rectangular panel below the cornice is a small section of decorative brickwork (alternating recessed headers); the facade has been painted. North elevation: near the east corner of the building is a rectangular, metal-frame plate glass window with transom; toward the west end is a large segmental-arched door opening, which has been boarded up; the west end of the building is an addition made between 1913 and 1922 - this addition features a segmental-arched doorway between two segmental-arched window openings, all of which have been boarded up; except for the section of this elevation that was an addition, this wall has been sandblasted. Interior: wooden floors, plaster walls, pressed metal ceiling. OUTBUILDINGS: none
Alterations:
altered (see description)
Historical Information:
The 1913 Sanborn map of Denmark shows that this building was once a drug store: the 1931 map indicates that the structure was then a store.
Source of Historical Information:
Sanborn maps of Denmark: 1908-1931.
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
