Sixteen Gate Cemetery
Historic Property
Alternate Name:
[unknown]
Street Address:
Boundary St.;(Beaufort County)
Site Number:
025-645
Control Number:
U/13/025-645
Tax Number:
R120 001 000 0013 0000
Date Surveyed:
April 2 1997
Category:
Building
Construction Date:
1888
Historic Use:
Funerary
Current Use:
Funerary
Signficant Architectural Features:
Cemetery on flat, wooded site overlooking Battery Creek; numerous markers remain; site surrounded by chain link fence
Historical Information:
According to Spieler: "Established in 1888 by the purchase of five acres on the outskirts of the town for 'the sole benefit of The Beaufort Memorial Burial Association.' The name probably refers to its proximity to 16th Street and a toll gate on 'the Old
Source of Historical Information:
Gerhard Spieler, "Blacks have played a major role in Beaufort's life and culture," Beaufort Gazette, 5/23/95, p. 3A. "African-American Places of Interest in Beaufort, South Carolina," c Hillary S. Barnwell, photocopy at Historic Beaufort Foundation.
Quadrangle Name:
Beaufort