City Directories and History: Whitney Cottage was built ca. 1910 by Frank Whitney as a caretaker’s house and to provide rooms for visitors to the Lawton House , a boarding house that was demolished in the 1960s or 1970s. The one-story frame weatherboard building is four bays wide. Built on a raised brick foundation, the cottage is a vernacular form of the Bungalow style. The porch across the facade is supported by four round columns with a simple balustrade. The roof is hipped with gable at the top. An addition has been made to the south facade.
The building is now used as a guest house and study.
Information from: Historic Resources of the Lowcountry, The Lowcountry Council of Government, Cynthia C. Jenkins, Preservation Planner – Published, 1979, and from the nomination to the National Register of Historic Places for the Bluffton Historic District, 1996.
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