Anchorage, The

National Register Listing

Street Address:

1103 Bay St., Beaufort, SC (Beaufort County)

Alternate Name:

William Elliot House

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NRHP Nomination

Record Number:

S10817707010

Description and Narrative:

(William Elliot House) The builder of this pre-Revolutionary house was Ralph Elliott, who willed it to his nephew, William, a prosperous planter in the district and a member of a prominent family which had been in the colony since the 1690s. In 1772 William Elliott was a representative to The Commons House of Assembly. Prior to the Civil War his grandson, William Elliott III, author, politician, agriculturist and poet occupied the house. During the occupation of Beaufort the house was used as a hospital and designated the “Mission House.” In 1876, General Wade Hampton spoke to the people of Beaufort from the porch. The house has five floors including a ground floor and an attic. It is built of white clapboard on a four-foot wide tabby foundation. Across the front extended a wide piazza with six simple columns. A wide hall with two large rooms on each side leads from the front to the back on each floor. In 1891 Admiral Beardsley bought the house, named it "The Anchorage" and spent approximately $80,000 remodeling, adding stucco to the exterior and ornate carved woodwork to the exterior and to the interior. A second story piazza was built and the simple columns were exchanged for Corinthian. Listed in the National Register November 23, 1971.

Period of Significance:

1776;18th century

Level of Significance:

Local

Area of Significance:

Literature;Architecture;Education;Military;Politics/Government

National Register Determination:

listed

Date of Certification:

November 23 1971

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