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Historic Property
Alternate Name:
Chaplin Court
Street Address:
507 Washington St.;(Beaufort County)
Site Number:
025-798
Control Number:
U/13/025-798
Tax Number:
R120 004 000 321A 0000
Date Surveyed:
August 5 1997
Category:
Building
Construction Date:
circa 1810
Alteration Date:
1930 – 1949
Historic Use:
Residential/Domestic
Current Use:
Residential/Domestic
Historic Core Shape:
T
Number of Stories:
2.5
Construction Method:
frame
Exterior Walls Materials:
Weatherboard
Foundation Materials:
Brick Piers
Roof Shape:
hip
Roof Materials:
raised seam metal
Porch Width:
facade & both elevations
National Register Determination:
contributes to listed district
Signficant Architectural Features:
Large 2 story "T" shaped dwelling raised on brick piers. Main facade faces street to south and incorporates five bays with central entrance. Tiered 2 story porch raised on brick piers fronts south elevation and returns east and west to intersect with pr
Alterations:
Altered by Kate Gleason, a local engineer, to accommodate multiple occupancy. Former appearance restored by present owner during 1990's.
Historical Information:
Local tradition has held that this house was originally built ca. 1815 for John Fripp Chaplin Sr., a local planter with land holdings in both St. Helena and Prince William parishes.Chaplin is listed as owning the property in 1862, just prior to its sale
Source of Historical Information:
Direct Tax Commission, Map 1862. Historic Beaufort Foundation historic sites survey files, including draft National Register nomination by Robert P. Stockton. WPA Guide to the Palmetto State, 1941.
Quadrangle Name:
Beaufort