J. H. von Hasseln House

Historic Property

Alternate Name:

Cathcart House;Cathcart House

Street Address:

707 West Market Street, Anderson, S. C.

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Site Number:

S108042001400024

Site Number:

31

Date Surveyed:

1984-01-19

Category:

Building

Construction Date:

1884

Historic Use:

Residential/Domestic

Current Use:

Residential/Domestic

Construction Method:

Frame

Foundation Materials:

Brick Piers with Fill

Roof Materials:

Tin

Date of Boundary Increase:

No Boundary Increase

Signficant Architectural Features:

Two-story, weatherboard siding, steep-hipped-roof on high foundation: single story four bay verandah; small pediment on verandah roof with sunburst Pattern: turned columns with brackets supporting spindled frieze; balustrade with turned balusters; 2 sash 1/1 lite; tripartite 2 sash 1/1 windows upper and lower; polygonal bay with single sash 1/1 at right facade corner; slightly projecting bays right and left sides with pediments; kitchen ell with gabled roof and return; 2 story porch at left rear enclosed; 2 sash 2/2; ridge-straddling chimney in left side bay. OUTBUILDINGS: 1 car garage, weatherboarded, patterned tin roof with shed addition; storage building with standing seam metal roof.

Alterations:

2 story porch enclosed with aluminum siding.

Historical Information:

Owner from 1890-1919, J.H. von Hasseln designed and drew the 1897 Map of Anderson County.

Source of Historical Information:

1905-6 Anderson City Directory, 1918, 1925 Sunburn Insurance Maps; 1930 Anderson Tax Maps; 1897 J.H. von Hasseln Map of Anderson County.; Eleanor Cathcart, 707 W. Market St.. "Anderson, S.C.

Survey:

Anderson - City - West Whitner Street - West Market Street, 1983-1984

Archives Location:

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

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