Witsell House

Historic Property

Alternate Name:

[unknown]

Street Address:

1542 Witsell Rd.;(Beaufort County)

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Site Number:

555-297

Control Number:

U/13/555-297

Tax Number:

R700 040 000 0003 0000

Date Surveyed:

July 11 1997

Category:

Building

Construction Date:

circa 1890

Alteration Date:

circa 1930

Historic Core Shape:

Rectangular

Number of Stories:

1

Construction Method:

frame

Roof Shape:

hip

Porch Width:

over 1 bay, less than full

Signficant Architectural Features:

Good example of residence of prosperous late-19th century farmer-merchants.

Alterations:

Porch, extended to full-facade width, torn off by Hurricane Gracie and replaced; two of four principal chimneys lost. Asbestos siding, probably after Hurricane Gracie. Rear (south) porch collapsed and was removed, date unknown. Some replacement 6/6 s

Historical Information:

Built for Mr. Witsell, a son-in-law of the Sanders family who had bought most of Chisolm Island for truck farming, shipping their vegetables from Chisolms Landing. The post office at Chisolm was kept by the family and by their Lesesne relatives into the

Source of Historical Information:

Interview, Danny Lesesne, Witsell Rd. SC: Resources & Population, Institutions & Industries (Columbia, 1883).

Quadrangle Name:

Wiggins

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