Above Ground Historic Resources Survey, Beaufort County, South Carolina, April 1998
Brockington and Associates, Inc., Historic Beaufort Foundation, Brooker Architectural Design Consultants, Preservation Consultants, Inc.. 1998. Above Ground Historic Resources Survey, Beaufort County, South Carolina, April 1998. Beaufort County; City of Beaufort; Town of Port Royal; South Carolina Department of Archives and History
From introduction: "Beaufort County is rich in its historical resources, and its history exists on several levels of the popular imagination. The City of Beaufort perhaps comes most readily to mind, its streets close to the harbor lined with grand two- and three-story houses, with layers of porches across two or three sides. Other images are powerful as well. The image of plantations, with their seemingly endless vistas of marshes and rice fields producing wealth almost beyond comprehension, is strong, as is perhaps the image of small houses on the remote sea islands that form Beaufort County’s contact with the Atlantic Ocean... In the past several decades, however, the pace of development in Beaufort County has accelerated greatly, as people from around the nation have discovered its natural beauty and historical associations. As new housing subdivisions arise, new roads are built and old roads widened, and as retail shopping centers line these new and improved roads, the potential for destroying Beaufort County’s valuable heritage has increased apace. Wise planning for the County’s growth and development requires an understanding of the locations, types, and significance of the cultural resources that may be affected in the course of this development. This report is intended to provide a solid basis for this understanding... The survey area is the political limits of Beaufort County, and includes the City of Beaufort, the Town of Port Royal, St. Helena Island, Daufuskie Island, and the rural areas of Beaufort County and its barrier islands. The survey area does not include the Town of Bluffton, the Town of Hilton Head, and the federal land...The total survey area is approximately 560 square miles in Beaufort County." Funding was provided in part by a Historic Preservation Fund grant administered by the South Carolina State Historic Preservation Office and the State, Tribal, and Local Plans and Grants Division, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior.
- Type
- Generic Document
- Authors
- Brockington and Associates, Inc.; Historic Beaufort Foundation; Brooker Architectural Design Consultants; Preservation Consultants, Inc.
- Date of Issue
- 1998-04
- Publisher
- Beaufort County; City of Beaufort; Town of Port Royal; South Carolina Department of Archives and History
- Units
- HPF
- Keywords
- Historic Resource Surveys (County)