Tabby Manse

National Register Listing

Street Address:

1211 Bay St., Beaufort, SC (Beaufort County)

Alternate Name:

Thomas Fuller House

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NRHP Nomination

Record Number:

S10817707008

Description and Narrative:

(Thomas Fuller House) The Tabby Manse is significant as one of the few remaining early buildings on the South Carolina coast whose exterior walls are made entirely of tabby. The house, built ca. 1786-1788, is considered an important influence in the establishment of distinctive architecture of the city. It is one of the earliest surviving houses in Beaufort. The house was inhabited by its builder, Thomas Fuller, a prominent Lowcountry planter and his son, Richard Fuller, a mid-nineteenth century Baptist preacher. The house retains its original exterior appearance, except for the addition of a frame kitchen at rear ca. 1895. Its two-foot thick exterior walls of tabby are covered with sand-colored scored stucco. The south center front has a double-tiered portico over a high arcaded basement. The first story holds four stuccoed Tuscan columns; behind these are four engaged wooden columns. At the second story are four Doric columns with pilasters at wall behind. The hip roof has a small front pediment. The interior has extensive woodwork, Adamesque mantels, and a graceful stairway. Listed in the National Register May 14, 1971.

Period of Significance:

1863;1786 – 1788;18th century

Level of Significance:

State

Area of Significance:

Architecture;Art;Literature;Religion;Philosophy

National Register Determination:

listed

Date of Certification:

May 14 1971

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