Reconstruction Era National Historical Park Historic Resource Study
Hyder B, Donnell R, Fann V, New South Associates. 2024. Reconstruction Era National Historical Park Historic Resource Study. Historic Resource Study. National Park Service. https://doi.org/10.36967/2318522
This Historic Resource Study provides a baseline historical and resource management overview for Reconstruction Era National Historical Park in Beaufort County, South Carolina. It summarizes the park’s historic context, documents known historic resources within the park’s five discontinuous sites, and evaluates selected resources for National Register of Historic Places eligibility. The study addresses the Port Royal Experiment, emancipation, African American education, land and labor, political advancement during Reconstruction, and the continued significance of park resources including Darrah Hall, Brick Baptist Church and Cemetery, Camp Saxton, the Old Beaufort Firehouse, and Beaufort Bible Chapel. It is intended to support park planning, interpretation, cultural resource stewardship, and Section 110 responsibilities.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Hyder, Brittany; Donnell, Reneé; Fann, Velma; New South Associates
- Date of Issue
- 2024-08-14
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- DOI
- 10.36967/2318522
- Units
- REER
- Keywords
- African American education, African American history, Beaufort, Beaufort Bible Chapel, Beaufort County, Beaufort National Register Historic District, Brick Baptist Church, Brick Baptist Church and Cemetery, Camp Saxton, Camp Saxton Site, Civil War, cultural resource management, Darrah Hall, emancipation, Emancipation Proclamation, First South Carolina Volunteers, formerly enslaved people, Gullah Geechee, Historic Resource Study, historic resources, land and labor, National Historic Landmark, National Register of Historic Places, New South Associates, Old Beaufort Firehouse, Penn Center, Penn Center National Register Historic District, Penn School, Penn School National Historic Landmark District, Pinckney-Porter’s Chapel, political advancement, Port Royal, Port Royal Experiment, Reconstruction Era, Reconstruction Era National Historical Park, REER, Robert Smalls, Section 110, South Carolina, St. Helena Island