McLeod General Store

Historic Property

Alternate Name:

[unknown]

Street Address:

Seabrook Drive at railroad tracks;(Beaufort County)

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Site Number:

470-248.03

Control Number:

U/13/470-248.03

Tax Number:

R100 012 000 010A 0000

Date Surveyed:

February 12 1997

Category:

Building

Construction Date:

circa 1875

Historic Core Shape:

Rectangular

Number of Stories:

2

Construction Method:

frame

Roof Shape:

gable (end to front)

Porch Width:

entrance bay only

Signficant Architectural Features:

Now deteriorating, a large 2-story store. Central door between 2 display windows, covered by a projecting shed porch.

Historical Information:

The McLeod farm was one of the most important of the rapid increase of truck farms throughout the South Carolina Lowcountry, and is one of the best extant examples of a turn of the century truck farms in the state. The farm began in 1884 when William H.

Source of Historical Information:

Claude McLeod, current owner; Natalie Harvey, NRHP nomination, 1996.

Quadrangle Name:

Sheldon

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