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Historic house in South Carolina, United States United States historic place
Robert Simmons House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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LocationOn an unpaved road, 0.5 miles south of U.S. Route 21, near Frogmore, South Carolina
Coordinates32°23′29″N 80°36′15″W / 32.39139°N 80.60417°W / 32.39139; -80.60417
Area3.2 acres (1.3 ha)
Built1910 (1910)
Architectural styleDouble-pen house
MPSHistoric Resources of St. Helena Island c. 1740-c. 1935 MPS
NRHP reference No.88001779
Added to NRHPOctober 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.

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

References

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "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.
  3. 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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