Settlemyer House

National Register Listing

Street Address:

915 N. Limehouse St., Gaffney, SC (Cherokee County)

Alternate Name:

Bailey House

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NRHP Nomination

Record Number:

S10817711012

Description and Narrative:

The Settlemyer House is an excellent example of the Japanese influenced Bungalow design, in the Craftsman tradition, of the early 1920s. The house was built for Dr. J.T. Settlemyer in 1922 and in all likelihood was a mail order design from an architect or catalog home book, although the exact source has not been identified. This type of Bungalow design was also called an “Aeroplane” Bungalow and designs for these types of homes appear in issues of Bungalow Magazine as early as 1910. Few examples of this type of Bungalow were built in the Southeast and this is one of the best remaining examples in the state. The house is of frame construction with an exterior of wooden shingles. It consists of a large two-story central block with one-story wings. The central block features groups of paired six-light casement windows, exposed purlins, and a low gable roof with flared rafter tails. The one story wing at the south end of the main façade has a screened in porch featuring random course stone piers, large knee braces, and a multi-light door. On the north side of the main façade is a porte-cochere with flared eaves and large random course stone and concrete piers. The rear (west) façade has a one-story porch with a flared roof. The lot also includes an original two-story frame garage and a random course stone and concrete wall in front of the house. Listed in the National Register March 27, 1986.

Period of Significance:

1922

Level of Significance:

Local

Area of Significance:

Architecture

National Register Determination:

listed

Date of Certification:

March 27 1986

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