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Historic Property
Alternate Name:
Washington House
Street Address:
601 Prince St.;(Beaufort County)
Site Number:
025-845
Control Number:
U/13/025-845
Tax Number:
R120 004 000 0553 0000
Date Surveyed:
July 7 1997
Category:
Building
Construction Date:
circa 1880
Historic Use:
Residential/Domestic
Current Use:
Residential/Domestic
Historic Core Shape:
Rectangular
Number of Stories:
2
Construction Method:
frame
Exterior Walls Materials:
Weatherboard
Foundation Materials:
Brick Piers
Roof Shape:
gable-on-hip
Roof Materials:
composition shingle
Porch Width:
full facade
National Register Determination:
contributes to listed district
Signficant Architectural Features:
2 story framed dwelling facing street to south. Main facade incorporates 5 bays with central doorway and is fronted by 2 story tiered porch supported on slender Tuscan columns. Simple entrance door with side windows and transom. Roof incorporates latera
Alterations:
restoration, some reworking. Addition of single story element raised on brick piers to north.
Historical Information:
Sanborn Insurance Co. map shows this plan configuration in 1912. Historic Resources of the Lowcountry: "The Washington Family owned the house from 1912 until the 1960s." [the source of this information is not cited.]
Quadrangle Name:
Beaufort