Port-Manning House Salem, Oregon
National Register of Historic Places Data
Port-Manning House has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places with the following information, which 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shown here, minor errors and/or formatting may have occurred during transcription, and some information may have become outdated since listing.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
- 78002301
- Date Listed
- October 2, 1978
- Name
- Port-Manning House
- Address
- 4922 Halls Ferry Rd., S.
- City/Town
- Salem
- County
- Marion
- State
- Oregon
- Category
- building
- Level of Sig.
- local
- Years of Sig.
- 1884; 1972
- Areas of Sig.
- COMMERCE; ARCHITECTURE
Raw Nomination Form Text
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TENNESSEE MULTIPLE RESOURCE NOMINATION SURVEY FORM Site Number County 21 .Meigs IDENTIFICATION | | HISTORY Historic name: / S. Sj Eaves IHouse Common name: S. S. Eaves House Address: Eaves Ferry Rd. at Broodonten Decatur, Tennessee Owner's name: Mrs . Abner Bennett Owner's address: Rou te 2 Decatur, Tennessee 37332 Classification: Bui 1 di ng-pri vate Tax map reference: Dist. 3, Map 37, Parcel 8 Acreage: 2.4 acres UTM reference: Zone 16 N 3935590 E 699380 Date of construction: 1 909 Architect/builder: S. S. Eaves Carpenter: B. Bunch Original or previous owners: S . S . Eaves , original owner. Now owned by daughter and daughter-in-law Original use: Private residence Theme/s: Primary Architecture Secondary Commerce Other Transportation STATUS 1 SOURCES Open to public: Yes No x Restricted Visible from road: Yes X No Occupied: Yes X No Present use: Private residence Current condition: Fair Alterations: None Site features: Former Eaves Ferry Landing; foundation of Eaves Store. Bibliographical data: Interview with Mrs. Abner Bennett, Decatur, TN., March 13, 1979. Ingle, Shirley. "Progress Wrecks Romanceof Old Steamboat Days," Tennessee Conserva- tionist, August 1966, pp. 17-18. Form prepared by: Ann Toplovich Title: Cultural Resource Surveyor Organization^ nnes see Historical Commission Date: 9/8/81 The S. S. Eaves House, reflecting a Steamboat Gothic influence, is a two story frame house with weatherboarded exterior and a brick pier foundation with covering latticework. Basically rec tangular in plan with projecting wings, the house is covered by a stamped metal hip and deck roof with a boxed modi 11 ion cornice. The cross gable roofs over the wings feature a modi 11 ion cornice with open-returns. Cresting appears on the deck of the roof and there are finials on the gable ends. There are three interior brick chimneys. The facade (south elevation) of the house has two bays west of a projecting wing; a 1/1 light window with cornice window head is to the west of a doorway with transom and corniced head. (All windows and doors have this treat ment.) The projecting wing is one bay wide, featuring a 1/1 light window with corniced head. A two tier veranda with stamped metal shed roof encircles the south, west, and north elevations of the house. The porch is supported by sixteen tapered columns on each floor with a turned Built in 1909 by Samuel S. Eaves with B. Bunch as carpenter, the S. S. Eaves House is one of the rare houses still standing in Tennessee showing Steamboat Gothic architectural influence. Totally unaltered, the Eaves House is the largest, most impressive house in Meigs County and was the first house in the county to have electricity and running water. S. S. Eaves moved with his father, Pleasant L. Eaves, to Breedenton in 1880. By the turn of the century, S. S. Eaves had become a very prosperous businessman. His large general merchandise store, ferry, and steamboat landing were important to the commerce of the area. His store served as a gathering place for the many local people who would go to Breedenton on Sundays to ride the l_ _l PHOTOGRAPHIC DATA Photographer: Date: Ann Toplovich 3/13/79 Negatives on file; Tennessee Historical Commission Photographer facing; S & W elevation-facing NE Photograph number 26 of 55 27 of 55-Facing South CONTINUATION Description: balustrade on each floor. The porch roof has a modi 1lion cornice. Another decorative featur of the house is square attic windows in the gable ends. Significance: steamboats that docked there. Eaves's steam boat landing was an essential part of Meigs County's transportation system. With poor roads and no railroad, steamboats served as the best carriers of goods and travellers to Meigs County's primary markets of Chattanooga and Knoxville. Older residents of the county still remember waiting at Eaves Store for the landing of the Joe Wheeler, the main steamboat servic ing Meigs County in the early 1900's. The Joe SITE PLAN - Include North Arrow FHR-8-300 (11-78) United States Department of the Interior Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service National Register of Historic Places Inventory—Nomination Form Historic Resources of Continuation sheet Meigs County. Tennessee___Hem number Significance____Page 2_____ MEIGS COUNTY MULTIPLE RESOURCE NOMINATION- S.S. EAVES HOUSE (#21) Significance: Wheeler made its last excursion to Breedenton in 1916. The importance of Eaves's Landing may explain the style of architecture, Steamboat Gothic, Eaves chose for this impressive home on the banks of the Tennessee River. FHR-8-300 (11-78) United States Department off the Interior Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service National Register of Historic Places Inventory — Nomination Form _ .. .. . . Historic Resources of .. . _ Continuation sheet Mpip<. rminty| Tpnnp<:cpp Item number Identification Page 2 MEIGS COUNTY MULTIPLE RESOURCE NOMINATION - S.S. Eaves House (#21) Verbal Boundary Description and Justification: 21. The boundaries begin at a point on the south bank of the Tennessee River 225 feet north of the S.S. Eaves House, thence in a southeasterly direction 300 feet, thence southwesterly 325 feet to the Eaves-Euchee Road, thence along said road in a northwesterly direction 250 feet, thence along the property line northeasterly 200 feet to the beginning, This boundary roughly takes the form of a trapezoid which encompasses the building. Due to the lack of property lines or visual boundaries on the northeast and southeast sides, imaginary boundary lines were established to include the house and approximately 2.4 acres of land on which it sits. Historic Resources of Meigs County, Tennessee (Partial Inventory: Historic and Architectural Resources) S. S. EAVES HOUSE 674ACS
