Lucius Cuthbert House
Historic Property
Alternate Name:
Scheper House
Street Address:
915 Port Republic St.;(Beaufort County)
Site Number:
025-1028
Control Number:
U/13/025-1028
Tax Number:
R120 004 000 0857 0000
Date Surveyed:
March 9 1998
Category:
Building
Construction Date:
circa 1820
Alteration Date:
circa 1880
Historic Core Shape:
T
Number of Stories:
2.5
Construction Method:
frame
Roof Shape:
hip
Porch Width:
full facade
National Register Determination:
contributes to listed district
Signficant Architectural Features:
2 story framed dwelling raised on brick piers", T" shaped in plan with added two story central wing north. 5 bay main facade faces south and is fronted by 2 story tiered porch supported on fluted hexagonal timber columns with tiered caps and bases in vag
Alterations:
Structure extensively reworked, south porch given additional story, new eaves cornice installed and roof ventilator added.
Historical Information:
Initial construction attributed to Lucius Cuthbert c. 1820 who owned property at opening of Civil War. Used as bakery during Civil War and bought in 1875 or 1876 by F.W.Scheper who reworked house, adding a formal garden and cast iron fence with his famil
Source of Historical Information:
Historic Resources of the Low Country, 1979 where designated 38BU1063.
Quadrangle Name:
Beaufort