Historic Socastee

Thomas B. Cooper House, c.1908

Built by Robert M. Prince, Sr., the Thomas B. Cooper House had a two-tiered, turned baluster front porch with five bays. Square columns with flanking, sawn scroll brackets adorn the porch. The front portion of the house is two stories, one room deep with a pediment gable roof. The exterior is weatherboard siding with 2/2 double hung sash windows and wooden plank shutters. Two stepped corbelled chimneys anchor the gable ends of the front. One other chimney is located at the intersection of the two gable roofs. A two story cross gable section extends to the rear. Modifications to the home in 1935 enclosed the rear porch and repaired the stairs.

Thomas B. Cooper was appointed postmaster in 1908 for the Socastee area. Mail was distributed from the T.B. Cooper Store. The first bridge tender or operator for the swing bridge boarded at the house.