Grand Army of the Republic Meeting Hall

Historic Property

Alternate Name:

[unknown]

Street Address:

706 Newcastle St.;(Beaufort County)

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Site Number:

025-1102

Control Number:

U/13/025-1102

Tax Number:

R120 004 000 0504 0000

Date Surveyed:

August 1 1997

Category:

Building

Construction Date:

circa 1896

Historic Core Shape:

Rectangular

Number of Stories:

1

Construction Method:

frame

Roof Shape:

gable (end to front)

National Register Determination:

contributes to listed district

Signficant Architectural Features:

3 x 4 bay block w/lower profile rear gable addition; pedimented gable

Historical Information:

Constructed shortly after the Civil War by African-American veterans as a chapter of the Grand Army of the Republic, a national Civil War veterans' organization. Beaufort is one of the rare southern cities to have had a substantial number of native veter

Source of Historical Information:

Historic Resources of the Lowcountry, p. 58. Historic Beaufort Foundation historic sites survey files.

Quadrangle Name:

Beaufort

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