Unknown

Historic Property

Alternate Name:

The Press and Banner

Street Address:

109 West Pickens Street, Abbeville, South Carolina (Abbeville County)

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Date Surveyed:

circa 1981

Category:

Building

Construction Date:

circa 1906 – 1912

Historic Use:

Government

Current Use:

Other

Number of Stories:

1

Exterior Walls Materials:

Brick

Foundation Materials:

Brick

Signficant Architectural Features:

1-story brick building; arcaded facade; 3 bays; brick arches (semicircular w/ stone keys) enclose wood-framed windows w/ fanlights at sides, doorway w/ fanlight at center; arches rest on brick piers, w/ cement bases and springings; first three courses in brick arches are rubble-faced rowlocks; 4th (outermost) course is untextured headers; corbeled brick cornice above arcade, 3 recessed panels above brick cornice; metal entablature above w/ plain fascia, egg-and-dart ovolo, dentil course, cyma recta cornice; brick parapet above this entablature; brick of facade is machine-cut brick; stretcher bond; side elevation is coarse brick, common bond; irregular fenestration on side; cornice and entablature are not carried onto side.

Alterations:

Brick extension at rear

Survey:

Abbeville - City 1981

Archives Location:

Box 9, Series 108042, Survey of historic resources (county by county data on surface properties), circa 1971-2014

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