New Articles for Beaufort

Thomas Hepworth House

At the time of Beaufort’s founding in 1711, trade with the local natives, mainly the Yemassee Indians, was a major source of income for the settlers- especially in deerskin. Native[...]

The Great Gatsby (2013 film)

RATING: PG-13 | 140 Minutes 2D Showing Daily @ 1:15 | 4:15 | 7:00 | 9:30 Final Showings Today! Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire, Carey Mulligan, Joel Edgerton, Isla Fi[...]

Star Trek Into Darkness

RATING: PG-13 | 132 Minutes 3D Showing Daily @ 1:30 | 4:15 | 7:00 2D Showing Daily @ 9:30 Starring: Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Zoe Saldana, John Cho, Karl Urban

This is the End

RATING: R | 107 Minutes Coming Soon! Starring: James Franco, Jonah Hill, Seth Rogen, Jay Baruchel, Danny McBride, Craig Robinson

 

Featured Beaufort Online Stories

Joseph Johnson House, "The Castle" - 411 Craven Street, Beaufort SC

Built in: 1861 “The Castle” was built for Dr. Joseph Fickling Johnson by J. S. Cooper, a local builder, according to an agreement signed December 5, 1859. The contract was completed on August 8, 1861, however some elements of the house, notably its porch railings, mantelpieces, and ironwork are reported to have been caught in the Union naval blockade and never reached the site. Bricks for the house are reported [...]

Beaufort's Kazoo Factory

The Kazoo Factory, a.k.a. Kazoobie Kazoos hosted two back-to-back field trips today for kindergarten children from St. Helena Early Education. Production manager and tour guide, Melody Toombs, gave the children a demonstration of different kazoos that have been played throughout American history. She was given a hearty round of applause from the children after each instrument. A short film was also presented to explain the history of the kazoo. The [...]

John Archibald Johnson House - 804 Pinckney Street, Beaufort SC

Built in: 1850 Dr. John Johnson and his wife, Claudia Talbird, are thought to have built this three-story house in the 1850s. The house was still owned by Dr. Johnson at the opening of the Civil War and was used during the war as a part of Union Hospital #3. In 1973, a chimney collapsed in the house destroying a portion of its rear wall. Unable to repair the damage [...]

Thomas Hepworth House

At the time of Beaufort’s founding in 1711, trade with the local natives, mainly the Yemassee Indians, was a major source of income for the settlers- especially in deerskin. Native Americans were paid for the skins with British goods and supplies, but of course the deer population soon diminished in the Lowcountry. Indians were enslaved and steadily pushed from their land. Angry over English exploitation, the natives organized the “most [...]