General Stephen Bull House (1305 Bay St) Beaufort, South Carolina

The General Stephen Bull House (1305 Bay St) has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places as part of the Beaufort Historic District. The following information has been imported from the National Register database and/or the Nomination Form . Please note that not all available data may be shown here, minor errors and/or formatting may have occurred during transcription, and some information may have become outdated since listing.

National Register ID

69000159

Date Listed

December 17, 1969

Name

Beaufort Historic District

Address

Bounded by the Beaufort River, Bladen, Hamar, and Boundary Sts.

City/Town

Beaufort

County

Beaufort

State

South Carolina

Category

district

Level of Sig.

national

Years of Sig.

1521; 1710; 1861

Areas of Sig.

ARCHITECTURE; EXPLORATION/SETTLEMENT; MILITARY; NATIVE AMERICAN; COMMERCE; SOCIAL HISTORY; BLACK; POLITICS/GOVERNMENT; COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT

Form

Beaufort Historic District Nomination Form (PDF)

Photos

Nomination Photos (PDF) (if digitized)

Search

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Form 10-300 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (Rev. 6-72) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM (Type all entries complete applicable sections) STATE: Oreon COUNtY: Marion FOR NPS USE ENTRY DATE Ililiiil OMMONjr- A ('Deep-wood') N*DAo R HIS T O Rl C: .. /* • Port (Dr. Luka) House STREET AND,NUMBER: 1116 Mission S.E CITY OR TOWN: Salem CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT: Oregon Second Congressional Dist Al I Oregon 97301 41 COUNTY: Marion iiiiiiiiiiiiiii: CATEGORY (Check One) OWNERSHIP STATUS ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC CD District Site Building Structure D Object D Private D Both Public Acquisition: || In Process [ | Being Considered D Occupied D Unoccupied preservation work in progresr Yes: D Restricted S Unrestricted 1 — 1 PRESENT USE (Check One or More as Appropriate) I I Agricultural I | Commercial I I Educational I I Entertainment CD Government CD Industrial CD Military I| Museum D Pork I I Private Residence I | Religious Hi Scientific I I Transportation H Other (Specify) Recreation l~~l Comments liiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiliii:;: OWNER'S NAME: C"ii"56- STREET ANT) NUMBER ?r notified of nomination 11-7-72) CITY OR TOWN: Mil COURTHOUSE, REGISTRY OF DEEDS, ETC: Marion C!nnr><-y STREET AND NUMBER: CITY OR TOWN: yr,Qsgn.;;; TITLE OF SURVEY: Si-flt-PWTrlf> of Historic Sites and Buildinc DATE OF SURVEY: TQ7fj D Federal State DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS: Parks and Recreation Section STREET AND NUMBER: Oregon State HighwayPi vf g -j rvn . TT-f oTiTjaw T^n-tlrl-in CITY OR TOWN: Salem rtfe«- Qregon CONDITION (Check One) Excellent 1 I Good | | Fair | | Deteriorated | | Ruins [~| Unexposed (Check One) Altered j£] Unaltered (Check One) Moved Q£ Original Site DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND OR1 GINAL (if known) PHYSICAL. APPEARANCE Dr. Luke A. Port constructed his elegant home in the Queen Anne style in 1894. It was designed by one of Salem's notable architects of the period, William C. Knighton. Situated within a half mile of the central business dis­ trict of Salem, near the State Capitol, the Port House borders the east side of Salem's largest park, Bush's Pasture Park. The Queen Anne Revival was the vogue of the 1880s and 1890s. Houses of this mode were elaborate in texture and irregular in plan as well as in elevation. The Port House, commonly known as "Deepwood", has two stories, a full basement, observatory, veranda and porte- cochere modified for use as a sunporch. The foundation is of native "pioneer" stone, a sandstone quarried at Pioneer, Oregon, on the Yaguina River near the summit of the Coast Range. The exterior is covered with clapboard and shingle siding in contrasting strata. The roof line is a complex variety of porch and dormer pediments, gable and hipped roofs and a square bell-cast steeple or tower roof atop the observ­ atory. The second story cornice line is embellished by console brackets. The iressed stone chimney exposed on'the south face is treated as an important feature of the house. It is pierced by a round-arched stained glass window on :he first story and enclosed by a pedimented gable end above the second story The chimney stack emerges from the gable and straddles the ridge. The window openings vary from double-hung sash windows with many small lights, to a bay window over which is a solid sash of colored, leaded glass. The walls are oanelled with Eastern oak on the lower floors and cedar on the second floor. Gardens surrounding the house also display a variety of detail. There Ls a formal garden hedged in boxwood and accented by an iron gazebo and ivy- :overed pergolas. A birch-lined walkway, bounded by magnolia and cherry trees vinds through a "secret garden." A carriage house is located to the east of :he house. On the banks of Pringle Creek, which separates "Deepwood" estate irom the expanse of Bush's Pasture Park, there is a woodland garden, preserved ,is a natural area which contains wildflowers and provides the same habitat for bird life that existed when aboriginals inhabitated the region. The City of Salem acquired the house andpart of the grounds in 1971. City officals hope to raise funds to buy the remaining 2.21 acres of woodland, which would make the City's park holdings in the area contiguous. It is plan­ ned that the house will be brought up to code for public use without destroy­ ing its architectural integrity. The building will be used for low-key social and recreational purpose: wedding receptions, teas, and bridge tournaments, "he unfinished basement will be altered to acconmodatea childrert'-s -craft center Illlllillllllllll PERIOD (Check One or More as Appropriate) [~| Pre-Columbian 1 d 16th Century Q 15th Century D 17th Century 18th Century 19tr> Century 20th Century SPECIFIC DATE(S) (If Applicable and Known) IRQ A AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE (Check One or More as Appropriate) Abor iginal Q Prehistoric n Historic | | Agriculture 53 Architecture D Art I | Commerce | | Communications | | Conservation Q Education | | Engineering (~~) Industry [~~1 Invention ^£] Landscape Architecture d) Literature Q] Military D Music n Political D Religion/Phi­ losophy QH Science | | Sculpture I | Social/Human­ itarian Q Theater Ql Transportation I| Urban Planning n Other (Specify) o I- LU of Queen Anne Revival style remaining in Salem, gardens are an attraction for garjeners and ecologists. STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE Fast becoming an integral part of the City Park System, the Dr. Luke A. Port House, named "Deepwood" by subsequent owners, is one of the few homes The formal and wildflower Two historical associations add to the interest and importance of the estate. Architect William K. Knighton gained local recognition for his work on the house, and the builder, Dr. Luke A. Port, was a wealthy citizen who led an unusual and mysterious life. William C. Knighton served his apprenticeship by working as a draftsman on the Capitol National Bank Building on Commercial Street in Salem. The bank was the work of C.S. McNalley and was copied from a design by leading Philadelphia architect Frank Furness. By 1894 Knighton had designed the Soldiers'Home at Roseburg, the Masonic Temple at Corvallis, and the Port House. Between 1913 and 1917, he served as State Architect, designing the Supreme Court Building in Salem, the Administration Building at the Univers­ ity of Oregon in Eugene, and the State Hospital in Pendleton. In 1922, he joined partnership with L.D. Howell, and designed Salem High School, the State Office building in Salem, and the Boys Training School at Woodburn. Luke Port was born in Sussex, England, and immigrated with his family to the United States when he was ten years of age. Port grew up in Ohio, and when the Civil War began he enlisted in an Ohio infantry unit. Follow­ ing his war service he returned to Ohio to Nelsonville and continued work as a "trader." Prior to his military enlistment in 1860, Port owned real estate in Nelsonville worth $1600, and personal property worth $500, accord­ ing to U.S. census records. Sometime before 1868, Luke Port journeyed to Warrensburg, Missouri, a farming center and county seat, a division terminal for the Missouri Pacific Railroad boasting a woolen mill, iron works and stone quarries. In 1868, Dunn and Bradstreet estimated Port's wealth at $10,000 and the 1870 U.S. census takers listed his worth in real and personal property at $25,000. Dunn and Bradstreet had reported in 1867 that Port was a "speculator" whose business dealings were usually "undercover". In 1880, Luke Port moved to California's Chollas Valley, two miles south of the new railhead at San Diego. He bough: an elegant home there and planted a variet} of fruit trees and rare ornamentals. The U.S. census of agriculture listed the value of the house at $11,000 in 1880. Port spent the year 1881 explor­ ing the possibilities of establishing a San Diego-Hawaii steamship company. This research brought him to Oregon where he secured an interest in coal lands, but he settled briefly in San Francisco, the terminus for the Central Pacific Railroad and the major port on the West C, oast. (continued^ Duniway, David C. "Dr. Luke A. Port, History, Vol. 10 (1971) , 39-49. Maxwell, Ben, "Keith Powell Home Ret Capital Journal (October 24, 19 Rocchia, Andy, "Group Hopes to Save ] 1970) . Builder of Deepwood, ains Flavor of Victor 56) Sec. 3, page 4. Deepwood," Oregon Jou " Marion County ian Times," rnal, (February 26 LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE COORDINATES DEFINING A RECTANGLE LOCATING THE PROPERTY CORNER LATITUDE LONGITUDE Degrees Minutes Seconds Degrees Minutes Seconds NW ° o NE ° ' " o , „ SE ° ° SW ® ' . • o i » LATITUDE AND LONGIT-JDE COORDINATES 0 DEFINING THt CfclNTER POINT OF A PROPERTY ROF LESS THAN TEN ACRES LATITUDE Degrees Minutes Seconds 44° 55' 461 APPROXIMATE ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY: LONGI TUDE Degrees Minutes Seconds 123P 01' 49" LIST ALL STATES AND COUNTIES FOR PROPERTIES OVERLAPPING STATE OR COUNTY BOUJillARlES STATE: CODE STATE: CODE STATE: CODE STATE: CODE COUNTY X"\ \ /sir COUNTY: f^7 r^f IGOJ COUNTY: (. __ I £« COUNTY: \\\ y$^ jyiiw/X *» i^(\ ^V^\ Ct-V^*- NvA CODE AQflrt \r*\ JP in I C°DE pcGA^^^"1 ^~) C°DE: ^7 NAME AND TITLE: ^-3? ' 1 ^1^^ Paul Hartwig, Assistant Park Historian ORGANI ZATION sTRE^^^RjfD N^uTJfy^R- Highway Division —————————————————————— Sttate Hiehwav Building CITY OR TOWN: Salem As the designated State Liaison Officer for the Na­ tional Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (Public Law 89-665), I hereby nominate this property for inclusion in the National Register and certify that it has been evaluated according to the c-iteria and procedures set forth by the National Park Service. The recommended level of significance of this nomination is: National | | State Q Local (3 * Name^^x-^^fcp^l^V^C/C^-^^MAl-^O Title Direr f-nr of Transport-ar-i on ,_ ^J y/971, f*^ * STATE DATE August- 1Q7T CODE AT I hereby certify that this property is included in the National Register. C, /Q i D( ii^j Ou^AJlhA UtUM, Director, Office of Archeology and Historic Preservation Date 'y/'3-/f3 ATTEST: • U^j^>UtuX^/U Keeper of "j/he National Registef U •) J>^ -) '*?' Date y " L, 0 • / _3 it>h<- w CO rn m •z H O H 0 •z. GPO 931.894 Form 10-300a SEP 1 0 1973 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM (Continuation Sheet) Oregon Marion FOR NPS USE ONLY ENTRY NUMBER QCT 2w - i PORT (DR. LUKE) HOUSE 2. Location The Dr. Luke Port House is located in the SE% SE% Sec. 27, T. 7S, R. 3W of the Willamette Meridian in Marion County, Oregon. It occupies the westerly portion of Block 3 of the Yew Park Addition to the town plat of Salem. 8. Significance Port moved to Salem in 1884 and purchased a drugstore which he renamed"Port and Son, Drugs". Using colorful and imaginative adver­ tising, the business grew steadily and was sold in 1887, at which time Dr. Port built a house in the Italian bracketed style which is still extant but moved to a new location to be restored. When Port's son, Omeg* , was drown in 1887 in a shipwreck in the Atlantic Ocean while on route to study chemistry in Germany, the Ports sold their Italianate house and left for Eugope to learn more about the accident. In September, 1893, the Ports returned to Salem and bought the six-acre estate which is the subject of the nomination. Port and his wife moved into the Queen Anne house they had built at a cost of $12,000 to $15,000 in the summer~of 1894. Little more is known about the Port family after 1895 when, follow: a characteristically precipitous pattern, they sold the house. Dr. Port lived at times in Salem until 1902 when he traveled to Ohio and Europe. He returned to San Diego where he died in 1906. While in Salem, Dr. Port was active in the Odds Fellows, the GAR, and the Masons. He was interested in city development and a member of the committee that arranged for building the first bridge across the Willamette River at Salem. He accumulated a fortune estimated to be in excess of $100,000. He held $25,000 in stock in the Salem Water Company, and, by December of 1894, he had $53,602 on deposit at 5 percent interesl in the Capital National Bank of Salem. "Deepwood" today is one of the interesting buildings surviving from the 19th century in Salem. It was during subsequent ownership by Clifford Brown that the gardens were designed by j^orcLand Sr.hryver, one of the early and highly-regarded professional landscape architectural firms at work in the Willamette Valley. Brown's widow, Alice B. Brown, lived on in the house with second husband Keith Powell through many decades until the property was acquired by the City in 1971. It was she who bestowed the name of the estate and developed its character. Over the years Mrs. Powell occupied the property, few changes were made to the house. Certain modifications were made to the interior, and the porte cochere was remodeled for use as a sunporch when the route of the GP 0 921.724