S. Pressly Coker House Explained

S. Pressly Coker House
Location:402 W. Home Ave., Hartsville, South Carolina
Coordinates:34.3711°N -80.0811°W
Architect:Casey, Joseph Huntley; Fant, Charles William
Architecture:Bungalow/craftsman
Added:September 8, 1994
Refnum:94001131

S. Pressly Coker House is a historic home located at Hartsville, Darlington County, South Carolina. It was built in 1917, it is a blending of elements of both the Shingle Style and Colonial Revival styles, with the form and massing of the bungalow. It is a two-story, three-bay, rectangular, shingle-clad residence. It features an engaged one-story portico which extends and wraps to form a porte-cochère. It was the home of S. Pressly Coker (1887-1953), prominent Hartsville agriculturalist and businessman who was a plant breeder with the Coker Pedigreed Seed Company and later founder and president of the Humphrey-Coker Seed Company and the Hygeia Dairy.[1] [2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: J. Tracy Power and Andrew W. Chandler. S. Pressly Coker House. National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory . June 1994 . pdf . 17 March 2014.
  2. Web site: S. Pressly Coker House, Darlington County (402 West Home Ave., Hartsville). National Register Properties in South Carolina . South Carolina Department of Archives and History . 17 March 2014.