DeSaussure Store
Historic Property
Alternate Name:
George O'Kelley Law Office
Street Address:
715 Bay St.;(Beaufort County)
Site Number:
025-915
Control Number:
U/13/025-915
Tax Number:
R120 004 000 0940 0000
Date Surveyed:
August 5 1997
Category:
Building
Construction Date:
1760
Alteration Date:
1907
Historic Use:
Commerce/Trade
Current Use:
Commerce/Trade
Historic Core Shape:
Rectangular
Number of Stories:
2
Construction Method:
frame
tabby
Exterior Walls Materials:
Tabby
Foundation Materials:
Raised Basement
Roof Shape:
flat
National Register Determination:
contributes to listed district
Signficant Architectural Features:
rectangular commercial block now 2 high. Lower walls of tabby, above timber framed. Timber framed upper section has 3 bay facade facing south with high timber parapet displaying decorative brackets at cornice level. Modern (1997) shop front belo
Alterations:
Rebuilt after fire of 1907 when lower tabby walls were reused to support timber framed upper story.
Historical Information:
Excavation indicates this structure was originally a store associated with the raised three story tabby house (now destroyed) erected on adjacent lot to east c.1765 and owned by by Daniel DeSaussure before the American Revolution. The original tabby bui
Source of Historical Information:
Brooker Architectural Design Consultants, Beaufort SC, Job Files (Archaeology); Lady's Island Middle School, Downtown as a Classroom.
Quadrangle Name:
Beaufort