Beaufort County Courthouse 1501 Bay St.	Robert Means House 1207 Bay St.	William Elliott House "The Anchorage" 1103 Bay St.	George Parson Elliott House 1001 Bay St.	William Fickling House 1109 Craven St.
Milton Maxcy House "Secession House" 1113 Craven St.	St. Helana's Episcopal Church 501 Church St.	Emile E. Lengnick House 1411 North St.	Beaufort Baptist Church 600 Charles St.	Edmunds Building 917 Bay St.
Keyserling Building 807-813 Bay St.	Francis Saltus House 802 Bay St.	John Mark Verdier House 801 Bay St.	U. S. Post Office and Custom House 302 Carteret St.	Wallace House 611 Bay St.
Lewis Reeve Sams House 601 BaySt.	Thomas Hepwort House 214 New St.	George Moss Stoney House 500 Port Republic St.	Berners Barnwell Sams House 310 New St.	John Fripp Morrall House 311 Carteret St.
Joseph Johnson House "The Castle" 411 Craven St.	James Robert Verdier House "The Marshlands" 501 Pinckney St.	Edward Means House 604 Pinckney St.	Berners Barnwell Sams House #2 201 Laurens St.	Edgar Fripp House "Tidalholm" 1 Laurens St.

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Beaufort is significant for its role as a major center of South Carolina’s antebellum plantation culture, its contribution to the history of the Civil War, and for its role it played in African-American history both during and after the war. Architecturally, the district is significant both for the high-style architecture produced by its pre-war planters and for the folk architectural patterns of its post-war African-American community. The antebellum architecture, unlike that of Charleston and Savannah, is generally made up of free standing Federal, Early Classical Revival, and Greek Revival style houses on large lots that is more akin to the architecture of the Southern plantations of the period, plantations brought to town and adapted to the heat of the summer weather and dampness of lowlands, as well as to the aesthetics of their waterfront settings. The town’s present appearance owes much to the events of the period between ca.1860 and ca. 1935. The buildings and structures constructed during this period display a variety of architectural forms and styles, including Italianate, Gothic Revival, Victorian, Queen Anne, and Neo-Classical, and reflect the development of the town in the last half of the nineteenth century and early twentieth century. In the 1870s, more modest houses were built on vacant lots in the older parts of town. One type was a five bay I-house, similar in form to many of the antebellum mansions, but reduced in size and of balloon construction using sawn lumber. The second type was a three-bay, gable fronted house, often with Italianate or Eastlake detail. Many antebellum homes were also updated during this period with commercially milled porch details, bay windows, and larger window glass. Colonial Revival made an impact on residential building after the hurricane of 1893, and the bungalow dominated new construction before and after World War I. Commercial construction also reflected increasing prosperity. The historic district includes 475 contributing resources and 350 noncontributing resources. Listed in the National Register December 17, 1969; Designated a National Historic Landmark November 7, 1973.

View a map showing the boundaries of the Beaufort Historic District.