Sales House (Mather School)
Historic Property
Alternate Name:
[unknown]
Street Address:
921 Ribaut Rd.;(Beaufort County)
Site Number:
025-721
Control Number:
U/13/025-721
Tax Number:
R120 005 000 0190 0000
Date Surveyed:
September 7 1997
Category:
Building
Construction Date:
1939
Alteration Date:
circa 1980
Historic Use:
Commerce/Trade
Current Use:
Commerce/Trade
Historic Core Shape:
Rectangular
Number of Stories:
1
Construction Method:
masonry
Exterior Walls Materials:
Brick
Foundation Materials:
Brick
Roof Shape:
flat
Roof Materials:
not visible
Signficant Architectural Features:
Rectangular 1 brick 5 x 3 bay building on a raised basement w/a flat roof concealed by low parapets; rectangular flankers at ground level; rear 2x2 bay brick addition. Boxed cornice surrounds building blow parapets. Slightly projecting central entr
Alterations:
Replacement windows.
Historical Information:
Mather Industrial School was founded in 1868 by Rachel Crane Mather of Boston as a school for African-American girls. The school was deeded to the Women's American Baptist Home Mission Society in 1882. Mather School ceased operation in 1968 and the prope
Source of Historical Information:
Historic Beaufort Foundation historic sites survey files. "African-American Places of Interest in Beaufort, South Carolina," c Hillary S. Barnwell, photocopy at Historic Beaufort Foundation.
Quadrangle Name:
Beaufort