Beaufort in Beaufort County, South Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)

The Beaufort Firehouse & City Hall

ca. 1911

— Beaufort 300 —

The Beaufort Firehouse & City Hall Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, May 12, 2023

1. The Beaufort Firehouse & City Hall Marker

Inscription.
This lot and surrounding corners of the intersection were platted for civic use in Beaufort’s 1711 town plan. A municipal market stood here while the arsenal, a courthouse and jail stood at the other corners.

Erected by Historic Beaufort Foundation.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Notable Buildings. A significant historical year for this entry is 1911.

Location. 32° 25.953′ N, 80° 40.213′ W. Marker is in Beaufort, South Carolina, in Beaufort County. It is on Craven Street just west of Carteret Street (Business U.S. 21), on the left when traveling west. Marker is mounted at eye-level on the northwest corner of the subject building, facing Craven Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 702 Craven Street, Beaufort SC 29902, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Lowcountry

and on the Sea Islands.

It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Deep South.

Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself

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in what was once New Spain,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the original Thirteen Colonies,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Beaufort Arsenal (within shouting distance of this marker); Dr. Henry Woodward, Surgeon 1646-1686 (within shouting distance of this marker); Carnegie Library (within shouting distance of this marker); City Meat Market & Firehouse (within shouting distance of this marker); A City Transformed (within shouting distance of this marker); Discovering the Reconstruction Era in Beaufort County, South Carolina (within shouting distance of this marker); United When the Impossible Suddenly Became Possible (within shouting distance of this marker); Beth Israel Synagogue (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Beaufort.

Also see . . . Beaufort, January 17, 1711. South Carolina Encyclopedia:

Beaufort was chartered on January 17, 1711. It is the second-oldest town in South Carolina and was named for Henry Somerset, the
Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, May 12, 2023

2. The Beaufort Firehouse & City Hall (north elevation)
(marker is mounted on the northwest [right] corner)
second duke of Beaufort, a proprietor of Carolina from 1700 to 1714. The town was laid out around a fort and blockhouse that had been built in 1706 to guard against Spanish invasion.

(Submitted on July 1, 2023, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)

Credits. This page was last revised on May 30, 2026. It was originally submitted on July 1, 2023, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. This page has been viewed 334 times since then and 38 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on July 1, 2023, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.