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Saltus-Habersham House, 802 Bay Street, Beaufort, Beaufort County, SC
Summary
Significance: exceptionally tall, this tabby structure originally incorporating three full stories over an elevated basement. It is a rare example of a late eighteenth-century merchant's house constructed alongside of stores, a wharf, and other outbuildings on the waterfront. Architectural embellishments, singular in Beaufort County, include an elliptical timber staircase (added ca. 1825-35) and a domed star hall.
Survey number: HABS SC-461
Building/structure dates: ca. 1796 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: ca. 1900 Subsequent Work
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Date
1933 - 1970
Contributors
Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Saltus, Francis
Price, Virginia Barrett, transmitter
Historic Beaufort Foundation, sponsor
Boucher, Jack E, photographer
Brooker, Colin, historian
Bayless, Charles N, photographer
Location
Beaufort, 32.43039, -80.67104
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html
