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The Old Commons neighborhood (also known as the Northeast Quadrant) is located in the northeastern portion of Beaufort's original street grid, and is defined as the area among Carteret Street on the east, North Street on the south, Charles Street on the west, and Boundary Street to the north. Originally home to a hodgepodge of medium-sized ...
Unlike most communities of its size in the south, Beaufort escaped much of the turbulence of the Civil Rights Movement. Jim Crow laws were gradually eased during the 1960s. Schools began the process of desegregation in 1964 and became fully integrated by 1970. Beaufort also elected its first African-American to city council (since 1910) in 1967.
Beaufort (/ ˈ b juː f ər t / BEW-fərt, different from that of Beaufort, North Carolina) [6] is a city in and the county seat of Beaufort County, South Carolina, United States. [7] Chartered in 1711, it is the second-oldest city in South Carolina, behind Charleston. Beaufort is known as the "Queen of the Carolina Sea Islands".
Henry C. Chambers Waterfront Park, photographed on Feb. 14, 2024, overlooks the Beaufort River and the Beaufort Downtown Marina was opened in 1979 and is built upon a series of 570 pilings.
Location of Beaufort County in South Carolina. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Beaufort County, South Carolina.. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Beaufort County, South Carolina, United States.
The eastern waterfront structures consist of the 1,200-foot-long concrete seawall and relieving platform. The relieving platform is in front of and connected to the seawall and 570 concrete ...
The Barnwell-Gough House, also known as Old Barnwell House, is a house built in Beaufort, South Carolina in 1789. [3] [4] Barnwell-Gough House. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972. [1] It is included in Beaufort Historic District, which is a National Historic Landmark District.
John Mark Verdier House, Beaufort County (801 Bay St., Beaufort), at South Carolina Department of Archives and History Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. SC-139, " John Mark Verdier House, 801 Bay & Scott Streets, Beaufort, Beaufort County, SC ", 40 photos, 10 data pages, 2 photo caption pages, supplemental material