Wescott Road
Appearance
Wescott Road | |
Wescott Road, January 2013 | |
Location | West of South Carolina Highway 174, Edisto Island, South Carolina |
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Coordinates | 32°33′44″N 80°16′53″W / 32.56222°N 80.28139°W |
Area | 1.9 acres (0.77 ha) |
Built | 1825 |
MPS | Edisto Island MRA |
NRHP reference No. | 86003195[1] |
Added to NRHP | November 28, 1986 |
Wescott Road, also known as Westcoat Road, is a historic road located at Edisto Island, Charleston County, South Carolina. It represents the last undisturbed remnants of the main road on Edisto Island, and is an oak-lined dirt road approximately 2/5 mile in distance. The road was established in the Colonial era. This section was isolated when S.C. Highway 174 was straightened and paved about 1940.[2][3]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ unknown (n.d.). "Wescott Road" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved 4 August 2014.
- ^ "Wescott Road, Charleston County (W. of S.C. Hwy. 174, Edisto Island)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 2014-08-01.
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