Henry Hayne Crum House
Historic Property
Alternate Name:
Crum House
Street Address:
183 N. Palmetto Avenue (tax map 37-05), Denmark, SC
Site Number:
S108042001400335
Site Number:
5-67-5
Date Surveyed:
June 23 1982
Category:
Building
Construction Date:
1904
Historic Use:
Residential/Domestic
Current Use:
Residential/Domestic
Architect or Builder:
architect-Edwards & Walter Henry Hayne Crum is said to have used pine cut on his own farm to build the house and to have directed its construction.
Construction Method:
wood frame
Foundation Materials:
Brick Piers with Fill
Roof Materials:
comp. shingle
Signficant Architectural Features:
Two-story weatherboarded house, T-shaped in plan, with a rectangular two-story rear wing and a one-story porch across the front and of the north and south elevations. Main T-shaped part of the house has two brick interior chimneys with corbeled caps; rear wing appears to have two interior chimneys. Hip roof features entablature with dentil course and cornice with modillions. Front: Front slope of roof contains a central hipped dormer containing a pair of what appear to be casement windows, each sash having 8 square panes and 4 tall rectangular panes. Second floor of front is asymmetrical, ABAA - A's are large 6-over-l windows, B is a doorway with double glazed doors and a rectangular 4-light transom; B opens onto a central two-bay deck enclosed by a balustrade with turned balusters. The asymmetrical first floor of the front features an entrance to the south of the center of the facade-this entrance consists of glazed double doors and a rectangular transom (which appears to be leaded glass). To the north of the front door are two large 1/1 windows, to the south is one 1/1 window. The U-shaped front porch is characterized by a hipped roof, Tuscan columns, entablature with dentil course, balustrade with turned balusters, wooden floor and ceiling. Concrete steps in the center of the front lead to the front porch. Porch at the SE corner and across the eastern of the south side is screened. South elevation: Second floor windows appear to be 6/1, first floor 1/1. The two-story projecting wing at the west end of this side features three windows on each floor on its south elevation, one window on the second floor of its east side, and one door on the first floor of the east side. On the second floor, immediately to the east of the two-story wing, is a large rectangular leaded glass window. At the east end of the first floor is a rectangular diamond-paned window. North elevation: east end - one 6/1 second floor window, one 1/1 first floor window; west end - two-story wing. OUTBUILDINGS: Smokehouse, acetylene gas house, and garage (formerly a carriage house).
Historical Information:
Said to have been the first house on Palmetto Avenue, the Crum House was built for Henry Hayne Crum in 1904 and was designed by the architectural firm of Edwards and Walters. Members of three of the five generations of Crums who have lived in the Crum House have served in the S.C. House of Representatives, Henry Hayne Crum served from 1890 to 1904 and was chairman of the Ways and Means Committee for a part of that time. John Wesley Crum I, father of HHC, served one term in the legislature when his son resigned. John Wesley Crum, II, son of HHC, served three terms in the legislature, and also served on the Ways and Means Committee during his tenure. After his parent’s deaths, JWC II bought his brothers’ shares in the house and lived in it until his death in 1953.
Source of Historical Information:
Sanborn maps of Denmark: 1922, 1931; A Beginning Survey of Historical Sites in Denmark and Vicinity (comp, by Mildred Z. Brooker & M. Marion, 1980).;Priscilla H. Crum, Denmark, South Carolina
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
