DeSaussure House

Historic Property

Alternate Name:

[unknown]

Street Address:

713 Bay St.;(Beaufort County)

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Site Number:

025-914

Control Number:

U/13/025-914

Tax Number:

R120 004 000 0947 0000

Date Surveyed:

August 5 1941

Category:

Site

Construction Date:

circa 1770

Alteration Date:

1907

Historic Use:

Residential/Domestic

Current Use:

Vacant/Not In Use

National Register Determination:

Non-contributing in listed district

Signficant Architectural Features:

Currently open parcel, with above ground traces of tabby wall to east. Site has extensive below ground basement foundation of c. 1765 tabby house owned by Daniel DeSaussure before the American Revolution.

Alterations:

Structure destroyed in "Great" Beaufort fire of 1907

Historical Information:

Civil War period photographs show 3 story tabby house on site, 3 bays wide with tiered porch facing south. Excavation (1996) confirms house was raised on tabby basement, much of which survives below ground.

Source of Historical Information:

For full description and citations see Brooker, C. (1997) "Guide to John Mark Verdier House", Historic Beaufort Foundation

Quadrangle Name:

Beaufort

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