National Register of Historic Places - South Carolina (SC), Beaufort County

Beaufort County South Carolina (Historic Districts) has 9 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 7 places of National significance. Significant places include Beaufort Historic District, Daufuskie Island Historic District, Frogmore Plantation Complex, Orange Grove Plantation and Parris Island Drydock and Commanding Generals House.

The famous person Robert Smalls is associated with one of more of the Beaufort County historic places.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Beaufort County places including US Navy. Prominent architectural styles found in Beaufort Country are Greek Revival, Federal and Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals.

Beaufort Historic District (added 1969 - - #69000159)

Bounded by the Beaufort River, Bladen, Hamar, and Boundary Sts. , Beaufort

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Greek Revival, Federal

Area of Significance:

Military, Commerce, Politics/Government, Black, Social History, Community Planning And Development, Exploration/Settlement, Native American, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799, 1700-1749, 1650-1699, 1600-1649, 1500-1599

Owner:

Local, Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Religion, Social

Historic Sub-function:

Business, Department Store, Meeting Hall, Religious Structure, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Department Store, Meeting Hall, Religious Structure, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store

Bluffton Historic District (added 1996 - - #96000686)

Also known as See Also:Church of the Cross

Roughly bounded by the May River, Huger Cove, and Bridge St. , Bluffton

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Late 19th And Early 20th Century American Movements, Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Queen Anne

Area of Significance:

Commerce, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Landscape, Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Department Store, Manufacturing Facility, Natural Feature, Religious Structure, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Landscape, Religion

Current Sub-function:

Manufacturing Facility, Natural Feature, Religious Structure, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store

Daufuskie Island Historic District (added 1982 - - #82003831)

SW of Hilton Head , Hilton Head

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Greek Revival

Area of Significance:

Military, Black, Architecture, Social History

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1700-1749

Owner:

Local, Private

Historic Function:

Domestic, Funerary, Religion, Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Cemetery, Religious Structure, Single Dwelling, Water-Related

Current Function:

Domestic, Funerary

Current Sub-function:

Cemetery, Single Dwelling

Frogmore Plantation Complex (added 1989 - - #88001754)

Off SC Sec. Rd. 77 near jct. with SC Sec. Rd. 35 , Frogmore

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Person

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Other

Historic Person:

Multiple

Significant Year:

1920, 1810

Area of Significance:

Commerce, Education, Black, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction

Historic Sub-function:

Agricultural Outbuildings, Energy Facility, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic, Vacant/Not In Use

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

McLeod Farmstead (added 1997 - - #97000776)

Also known as Rest Park Tract;Seabrook Farms

Seabrook Rd. 1 mi. W of SC 21 and 10 mi. N of Beaufort , Seabrook

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Agriculture, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Commerce/Trade, Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Agricultural Outbuildings, Business, Processing, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling, Storage

Current Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Government, Vacant/Not In Use

Current Sub-function:

Agricultural Outbuildings, Post Office, Professional, Single Dwelling

Orange Grove Plantation (added 1989 - - #88001774)

Overlooking Wallace Creek, .25 mi. from SC 113 , Frogmore

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Social History, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic, Funerary

Historic Sub-function:

Cemetery, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Parris Island Drydock and Commanding Generals House (added 1978 - - #78002492)

Mexico and Tripoli Sts. , Parris Island

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Historic Significance:

Event, Person, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

US Navy

Architectural Style:

Other, Late Victorian

Historic Person:

Smalls, Robert

Significant Year:

1893, 1883

Area of Significance:

Engineering, Military

Period of Significance:

1875-1899

Owner:

Federal

Historic Function:

Defense, Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Institutional Housing, Naval Facility, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Defense, Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Institutional Housing, Naval Facility, Single Dwelling

Penn Center Historic District (added 1974 - - #74001824)

Also known as Penn School

S of Frogmore on SC 37 , Frogmore

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Politics/Government, Black, Engineering, Social History

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Education

Historic Sub-function:

School

Current Function:

Education, Recreation And Culture, Social

Current Sub-function:

Civic, Museum, School

Pine Island Plantation Complex (added 1989 - - #88001775)

Pine Island , Frogmore

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Entertainment/Recreation, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Agricultural Outbuildings, Camp, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Camp, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling