James A. Fulmer House
National Register Listing
Street Address:
303 N. Main St., Fountain Inn, SC (Greenville County)
NRHP Nomination Form
Record Number:
S10817723078
Description and Narrative:
The James A. Fulmer House, built in 1932, is architecturally significant as a stunning and remarkably intact example of a one-story, brick-veneered, Tudor Revival cottage with Craftsman style windows and interior details. It is almost certainly the finest and most fully articulated example of this style in the town of Fountain Inn. Based in part on a stock plan originally conceived by the Atlanta-based plan book architect Leila Ross Wilburn, the first known female among the plan book architects of the early twentieth century, the James A. Fulmer House features a multi-colored brick veneer arranged in various intriguing patterns, a number of windows and other details with Gothic proportions, and numerous interior architectural details that are virtually unchanged since the original construction of the house. Dr. James Ambrose "Doc" Fulmer (1881-1945) was a significant figure in Fountain Inn for much of the early twentieth century. Fulmer completed his dentistry training in 1905 at the Dental Department of Baltimore Medical College, then moved to Fountain Inn to begin his practice as the community's first and for many years only dental surgeon. Aside from a short break between 1927 and 1929, when Fulmer sold his practice and moved to Newberry, Fulmer remained a fixture of community life in Fountain Inn until his death. Listed in the National Register November 5, 2015.
Period of Significance:
1932
Level of Significance:
Local
Area of Significance:
Architecture
National Register Determination:
listed
Date of Certification:
2015-11-05
Date of Boundary Increase:
No Boundary Increase
Location:
Greenville County
