Robert Simmons House


Robert Simmons House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	On an unpaved road, 0.5 miles south of U.S. Route 21, near Frogmore, South Carolina
Coordinates	32°23′29″N 80°36′15″W / 32.39139°N 80.60417°W / 32.39139; -80.60417Coordinates: 32°23′29″N 80°36′15″W / 32.39139°N 80.60417°W / 32.39139; -80.60417
Area	3.2 acres (1.3 ha)
Built	1910 (1910)
Architectural style	Double-pen house
MPS	Historic Resources of St. Helena Island c. 1740-c. 1935 MPS
NRHP Reference #	88001779^[1]
Added to NRHP	October 6, 1988

Robert Simmons House, also known as the Willie Simmons House, is a historic home located on Saint Helena Island near Frogmore, Beaufort County, South Carolina. The original section was built about 1910 by farmer Robert Simmons, and subsequently expanded. It is a double pen house type on metal piers, with a full-width shed roof porch supported by wood posts. It is a rare example of a vernacular architectural form once common to St. Helena Island.^[2]^[3]

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

References

1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ "Robert Simmons House, Beaufort County (U.S. Hwy. 21, St. Helena Island)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 25 February 2014.
↑ J. Tracy Power and Sherry Piland (February 1988). "Robert Simmons House" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places nomination. NRHP. Retrieved 25 February 2014.

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