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Historic Property
Alternate Name:
Beaufort Inn
Street Address:
809 Port Republic St.;(Beaufort County)

Site Number:
025-965
Control Number:
U/13/025-965
Tax Number:
R120 004 000 0868 0000
Date Surveyed:
September 15 1997
Category:
Building
Construction Date:
circa 1895
Alteration Date:
1930s
Historic Use:
Commerce/Trade
Current Use:
Residential/Domestic
Historic Core Shape:
Rectangular
Number of Stories:
2.5
Construction Method:
frame
Exterior Walls Materials:
Weatherboard
Foundation Materials:
Brick Piers
Roof Shape:
gable (end to front) cross gable
Roof Materials:
V crimp metal
Porch Width:
full facade
National Register Determination:
Non-contributing in listed district
Signficant Architectural Features:
said to have been built by Sidney Smith an attorney from Hampton. Extensively rebuilt 1993.
Historical Information:
Local tradition suggests this house was built circa 1895 for Sydney Smith, an attorney from Hampton, SC, as a summer house for his family. His daughter Phoebe Wallace Smith inherited the property upon his death in 1913. In the 1920s, the Smiths sold the
Source of Historical Information:
Historic Beaufort Foundation historic sites survey files. Downtown Beaufort as a Classroom, Lady's Island Middle School, 1995.
Quadrangle Name:
Beaufort