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Historic Property

Alternate Name:

Knox Funeral Home

Street Address:

1632 Emmanuel

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Site Number:

490

Control Number:

U/43/490

Tax Number:

5-23-135

Date Surveyed:

November 6 2001

Category:

Building

Construction Date:

circa 1920

Alteration Date:

circa 1977

Historic Use:

Residential/Domestic

Current Use:

Commerce/Trade

Historic Core Shape:

Rectangular

Number of Stories:

2

Construction Method:

frame

Exterior Walls Materials:

Brick Veneer

Foundation Materials:

Not Visible

Roof Shape:

hip

Roof Materials:

composition shingle

Porch Width:

facade and left elevation

Porch Shape:

hip

Signficant Architectural Features:

original windows on second story

Alterations:

replacement windows and doors, part of porch has been enclosed with brock, brock veneer on first floor and vunyl siding on second

Historical Information:

H.K. Knox's Mortuary was established by Herbert Knox, a retired teacher who served on the city council and on the Board of Directors of the Waccamaw Regional Planning Council. The mortuary/funeral home was establised at this site in 1977.

Source of Historical Information:

LaRoche, Ramona, Black America Series: Georgetown County, SC

Quadrangle Name:

Georgetown South

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