Emanuel Alston House

Coordinates: 32°24′11″N 80°33′32″W / 32.40306°N 80.55889°W / 32.40306; -80.55889
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Emanuel Alston House
Emanuel Alston House, June 2012
Emanuel Alston House is located in South Carolina
Emanuel Alston House
Emanuel Alston House is located in the United States
Emanuel Alston House
LocationSecondary Road 161, 0.25 miles north of its junction with U.S. Route 21, near Frogmore, South Carolina
Coordinates32°24′11″N 80°33′32″W / 32.40306°N 80.55889°W / 32.40306; -80.55889
Area7.5 acres (3.0 ha)
Builtc. 1915 (1915)
Architectural styleOne-story hipped roof house
MPSHistoric Resources of St. Helena Island c. 1740-c. 1935 MPS
NRHP reference No.88001723[1]
Added to NRHPOctober 6, 1988

Emanuel Alston House is a historic home located on Saint Helena Island near Frogmore, Beaufort County, South Carolina. It was built about 1915, and is a rectangular one-story, vernacular frame dwelling on a brick foundation, with a metal hipped roof. The front façade features a full-width porch, with a low hipped roof. A shed or hipped roof dormer located on the front roof slope provides light and ventilation to the attic space.[2][3]

It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "Emanuel Alston House, Beaufort County (S.C. Sec. Rd. 161, St. Helena Island)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 25 February 2014.
  3. ^ J. Tracy Power and Sherry Piland (February 1988). "Emanuel Alston House" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places nomination. NRHP. Retrieved 25 February 2014.