House in South Carolina prior to demolition.
Sarratt House - Taylor House, Gaffney South Carolina
The Sarratt House is an example of the Queen Anne style. The house was built in 1882 for J.L. Sarratt, who was a prominent Gaffney merchant for many years. The Sarratt family occupied the house until 1932 when it was sold to the Taylor family. The house is in unusually intact condition and its large porch area, tower and gables make it one of the most architecturally significant late nineteenth-century residences in Gaffney.
The Sarratt House is a two-story, frame house built in the Queen Anne style. The house's most striking feature is the 180' long porch which wraps around the main (north), east and west facades. The porch has milled posts with brackets, drop pendants and a decorative frieze composed of spindles and jigsaw panels. The porch has small pediments over the north and west entrances. The house has prominent gables on the north and west facades with eaves brackets and scalloped vergeboard. At the northwest corner of the house is a projecting hexagonal tower with a bellcast roof and louvered second story shutters. Windows are one-over-one sash with pedimented lintels. Doors on the house are Italianate in design, rectangular with rounded arch panels. The interior retains its original mantels, stairway and woodwork.
The house was demolished in 1991.
(1986)
