Jenkins House

Historic Property

Alternate Name:

Unknown

Street Address:

244 East Cherry Street, Pendlton, SC

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Site Number:

S108042001400099

Site Number:

31

Date Surveyed:

September 21 1982

Category:

Building

Construction Date:

circa 1837

Historic Use:

Residential/Domestic

Current Use:

Residential/Domestic

Construction Method:

frame sheathed in weatherboard

Foundation Materials:

Brick

Roof Materials:

asphalt shingle

Signficant Architectural Features:

1 story rectangular plan; gable end roof with 1 story wings projecting on right and left elevation: 2 interior brick chimneys on the rear roof slope; gable end portico protecting on front of house accenting the central entrance on facade; hip roof porch across central portion of facade supported by square wooden posts; facade has 5 bays AABAA -- A is a single, 9/6 window with plain surrounds; B is a double door entrance with sidelights and transom; it also has reeded molding surrounding; there is flushboard around the entrance beneath the portico; gable roof wings feature a Greek fret pattern beneath the cornice and 2 pairs of 1/1 windows; right wing has a hip roof portico which projects beyond the wings supported by plain wooden posts with plain balustrade; there is a single window in the gable end which is closed by shutters; wing on left elevation has an exterior end brick chimney and also a shiplap siding addition OUTBUILDINGS:1 frame gable roof outbuilding with 2 single door entrances on the facade, possibly a slave quarter

Alterations:

some additions

Historical Information:

built by Dr. William Seabrook Jenkins, surgeon in Conf. army, graduated from medical college in Charleston

Survey:

Pendleton - City, 1982-1983

Archives Location:

Box 14, Series 108042, Survey of historic resources (county by county data on surface properties), circa 1971-2014

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