Unknown

Historic Property

Alternate Name:

Unknown

Street Address:

west side of Palmetto Avenue, between Baruch St. & the Southern Railway tracks (38-05), Denmark, SC

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Site Number:

S108042001400333

Site Number:

5-67-70

Date Surveyed:

June 11 1982

Category:

Building

Construction Date:

1908 – 1913

Current Use:

Vacant/Not In Use

Construction Method:

brick

Signficant Architectural Features:

One-story commercial building, rectangular in plan, faced with brick laid in stretcher bond. Two common side walls. Flat roof. Front (east elevation): ABA - A's are rectangular plate glass windows with transoms, and B is an entrance with double glazed doors (not original); cornice features a dogtooth course; across front is a metal awning (not original). Interior: no significant interior features; floors have been covered with linoleum tile, and the ceiling has been lowered. OUTBUILDINGS: none

Alterations:

altered - see description; addition to rear was made after 1931.

Historical Information:

In 1913, this building housed a general store. The 1922 and 1931 Sanborn maps of Denmark show that the structure was then being used as a post office.

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

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