Monkey Farm/Receiving Building
Historic Property
Alternate Name:
[unknown]
Street Address:
110 Logan Road;(Beaufort County)
Site Number:
251-427.05
Control Number:
U/13/251-427.05
Tax Number:
R600 013 000 0045 0000
Date Surveyed:
May 12 1997
Category:
Building
Construction Date:
circa 1945
Historic Use:
Agriculture/Subsistence
Current Use:
Agriculture/Subsistence
Historic Core Shape:
Rectangular
Number of Stories:
1
Construction Method:
frame
Exterior Walls Materials:
Weatherboard
Foundation Materials:
Concrete Blocks
Roof Shape:
gable (lateral)
Roof Materials:
raised seam metal
National Register Determination:
contributes to listed district
Signficant Architectural Features:
Rectangular barn/storage building; wide central door/opening on side. No windows. Exposed rafter tails.
Historical Information:
Part of infantile paralysis primate research center that was designed to provide research scientists around the world who were seeking a vaccine for polio with monkeys as research subjects. Created in 1945-46 by John Hamlet, working for the National Fou
Source of Historical Information:
John Hamlet, The Land That I Love (1980); Polly Houston, "Monkey Farm," Hilton Head Islander (February 1983): 30-33+.
Quadrangle Name:
Jasper