South Carolina

Beaufort ("Bew-furt") is the second oldest town in South Carolina and a "unique treasury of Southern American architecture." The district includes 475 contributing buildings on 304 acres, dating from the early-18th to mid-19th century.

The Georgian-style Branford-Horry House was built for William Branford, a wealthy planter, in 1751 or 1765-67. One of Charleston's finest examples of a three-story double house, it was considered for National Landmark status.

The Brick Baptist Church was built in 1855 by enslaved people, whose fingerprints can be seen in the bricks. After the Civil War, the church was given to them and it became one of the first schools for freed slaves.

A striking yellow house at 95 Broad Street in Charleston, Major Peter Bocquet's House was built c. 1770 for the son of a Huguenot immigrant, who served in the Revolutionary War. Its Regency-style façade features a second-floor balcony.