Daufuskie Island Historic Resources Survey

Daufuskie Island Historic Resources Survey:
Current Conditions and Recommendations for the Future of
Historic Resources on Daufuskie Island, South Carolina
A report prepared for the Palmetto Trust for Historic Preservation
Survey Team: Brian Dolphin, Lauren Mojkowski, Meg Southern
October 2013 - February 2014

Daufuskie Island Historic Resources Survey
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
LIST OF TABLES AND FIGURES…………………………………………………………….…...2
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS………………………………………………………………….…....3
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY…………………………………………………………………………4
SECTION 1: SURVEY DESIGN………………………………………………………………….5
1.1 Project objectives………………………………………………………………5
1.2 Prior surveys…………………………………………………………………....6
1.3 Survey methodology…………………………………………………………...6
1.3.1 Survey navigation……………………………………………………...6
1.3.2 Explanation of terms…………………………………………………...7
1.3.3 Methodology…………………………………………………………..7
SECTION 2: SURVEY DATA…………………………………………………………………....9
2.1 Organization of survey data…………………………………………………..9
2.2 Presentation of survey data…………………………………………………....9
2.2.1 Totals: Key Contributing and Contributing Features…………….……...9
2.2.1a Key Contributing features……………………………………...9
2.2.1b Contributing features…………………………………………..9
2.2.2 Features improved since 1982……………………………………….10
2.2.2a Key Contributing features……………………………………10
2.2.2b Contributing features…………………………………………10
2.2.3 Features maintained since 1982……………………………………...11
2.2.3a Key Contributing features……………………………………11
2.2.3 Features neglected since 1982………………………………………12
2.2.4 Features reconstructed features since 1982………………………….13
2.2.4a Key Contributing features…………………………………….13
2.3 Evaluation of survey data……………………………………………………14
2.3.1 Data gaps and limitations……………………………………………14
2.3.2 Avenues for future research…………………………………………..14
SECTION 3: RECOMMENDATIONS…………………………………………………………...15
3.1 Recommendations: Eight to Advocate………………………………………...15
SECTION 4: APPENDICES…………………………………………………………………….16
Appendix A Maps of survey area…………………………………………………16
A.1 Map of historic site concentration…………………………………….16
Appendix B Spreadsheets…………………………………………………………17
B.1 Key Contributing Features…………………………………………....17
B.2 Contributing Features………………………………………...………18
B.3 Wooded Tracts………………………………………………………20
Appendix C Inventory Forms………………………………………………………24
C.1 Hudson House………………………………………………………...24
C.2 Kearse House………………………………………………………...25
C.3 Robinson House………………………………………………………26

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C.4 Simmons House………………………………………………………27
C.5 Bright House…………………………………………………………28
C.6 Grant House…………………………………………………………29
C.7 Williams House………………………………………………………30
C.8 Bryan House………………………………………………………….31
Appendix D Contents of appended disc…………………………………………..32
Appendix E Additional sources of information……………………………………32
LIST OF TABLES AND FIGURES
Figures
Figure 1: Discussing objectives and methodology……………………………………...5
Figure 2: Survey photographs in progress……………………………………………..8
Figure 3: Mount Cameral Baptist Church……………………………………………..11
Figure 4: Mary Dunn Cemetery………………………………………………………11
Figure 5: Hudson House………………………………………………………………12
Figure 6: One Room School House…………………………………………………....13
Tables
Table 1: Number of Contributing features surveyed in 1982 and 2013…………….10
Table 2: Contributing features maintained since 1982………………………………12
Table 3: Neglected Contributing features……………………………………………13
Table 4: Eight to Advocate…………………………………………………………...15

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
This survey would not have been possible without the hospitality and help of numerous
individuals. First and foremost, Mike Bedenbaugh of the Palmetto Trust for Historic
Preservation provided the impetus, encouragement, and logistical support underpinning the
survey from its earliest stages. He also provided survey data from the 2006 Savannah
College of Art and Design inventory. Brad Sauls at the South Carolina State Historic
Preservation Office (hereafter SHPO) made copies of the all-important 1982 National
Register nomination and its attendant maps available to the survey team. He and other
members of the SHPO staff guided survey methodology and execution through digital
publication of the SHPO survey manual. This project was completed in Dr. Robert Weyeneth’s
Charleston Field School course in Fall 2013.
Nancy Ludtke of the Daufuskie Island Historical Foundation (hereafter DIHF) arranged
transportation to and from and across the island, facilitated by the employees of the Haig
Point Club both in Hilton Head and on Daufuskie Island. Her colleague Jo Hill patiently fielded
questions about the island’s history. Paul Vogel, also of the DIHF, made the island’s nascent but
growing archives available to us, and facilitated a meeting with Daufuskie residents that
produced a very useful map of the island’s widely recognized historic resources. Pat Beischler
served as the survey team’s major on-island contact, providing storage space for vehicles,
transportation to the ferry dock at Haig Point, and access to the Daufuskie Island Community
Farm. Robin Townshend graciously provided lodging at both her rental condominium property
at Melrose Plantation and in her own home on Carvin Road, as well as the use of her golf
carts. John Hill and Edgar arranged unusual and vital ferry transport for the second phase of
survey.
Many other residents of Daufuskie welcomed the survey team and made their island home a
hospitable place to conduct research. Many warm thanks to all listed above and to the many
more who were involved in making the survey possible.

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The Daufuskie Island Historic Resources Survey compiled an inventory of Daufuskie Island’s
extant historic resources listed in the 1982 National Register nomination prepared by
Rebecca Starr.1 Survey was limited to the bounds of the Daufuskie Island historic district, as
defined in the 1982 National Register nomination, and was conducted over a period of two
weekends: October 18 – 20, and November 8 – 10, 2013. A total of nearly 200 properties
were surveyed, with data collected on the existing condition and threat level to residential
structures listed as Key Contributing or Contributing in the 1982 National Register nomination.
Data contained in the following report is intended to guide the Palmetto Trust for Historic
Preservation in its Daufuskie Endangered Place Program. Additional copies of the report are
on file with the South Carolina State Historic Preservation Office and the Daufuskie Island
Historical Foundation.
Surveyors included Brian Dolphin, Lauren Mojkowski, and Meg Southern, all graduate students
in the Public History Program at the University of South Carolina. Brian Dolphin coordinated
logistics for site visits to Daufuskie, conducted survey work in October, authored the evaluation
of survey data section of this report, and compiled a list of residential structures designated
Eight to Advocate. Lauren Mojkowski created the team’s site survey forms, overlayed
photographs from the 1982 and 2013 surveys, and served as lead editor for the final survey
report. Together with Meg Southern, Lauren collected 1982 survey data at the South Carolina
SHPO and created spreadsheets for survey use on the island and completed survey forms for
residential structures. Meg Southern coordinated use of professional-grade camera;
conducted survey work in October; authored the acknowledgements, executive summary,
project objectives, survey methodology, and compiled a list of additional sources for this
report. All members of the survey team alternated duties driving golf carts, recording
observations of features in spreadsheets, and taking photographs during the November phase
of survey.
1Starr, Rebecca. “National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form: Daufuskie Historic
District.” Edited by National Park Service, United States Department of the Interior: South Carolina State HIstoric
Preservation Office, 1981.

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SECTION 1: PROJECT DESIGN
1.1 Project objectives
Objectives of the survey were determined in collaboration with the Palmetto Trust for Historic
Preservation’s Executive Director Mike Bedenbaugh. Primary objectives included:
• To take inventory of the Key Contributing and Contributing properties listed in the
1982 National Register nomination for the Daufuskie historic district;
• To make observations on the current conditions of early twentieth-century domestic
structures; and
• To recommend several of these structures for future preservation in the Palmetto Trust’s
Daufuskie Endangered Places Program (hereafter DEPP).
Secondary objectives included:
• To garner local support for the DEPP; and
• To record the extent of development of wooded lots included in the 1982 survey.
Figure 1: Palmetto Trust Executive Director Mike Bedenbaugh and surveyor Meg Southern
discuss project objectives and methodology.

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1.2 Prior surveys
This survey draws on earlier preservation reports on the Island’s historic resources. These
reports and their contents include:
• Rebecca Starr’s 1982 National Register nomination: provided the seminal list of
properties, boundaries of the historic district, and references to additional scholarship.2
• The “Beaufort County Historic Sites Survey” completed by Brockington Associates, Inc.,
Brooker Architectural Design Consultants, Historic Beaufort Foundation, and
Preservation Consultants, Inc. in 1998: provided additional details in architectural
history and conditions of then-extant resources.3
• Survey conducted by students at the Savannah College of Art and Design in 2006:
provided the most current street addresses and corresponding property number in the
1982 National Register nomination.4
While these earlier surveys determined properties’ historical significance and contribution to
the historic district, noted significant architectural details and the condition of extant structures,
none were entirely sufficient to The Palmetto Trust’s needs. A more current survey was
necessary to determine which of the properties listed as contributing to the historic district on
the National Register were still extant and which were viable candidates for the Palmetto
Trust’s DEPP. Passage of time required an updated inventory of the island’s existing historic
resources.
1.3 Survey Methodology
1.3.1 Survey navigation
Survey was conducted on foot and via golf cart on Daufuskie’s dirt roads, following Rebecca
Starr’s 1982 map of features included in the National Register nomination of the Daufuskie
Island historic district. This district covers the entirety of the island. Daufuskie Island is
approximately one mile southwest of Hilton Head Island, South Carolina. The Calibogue
Sound forms Daufuksie’s northeast boundary, the Cooper and New Rivers its west boundary,
2 Ibid.
3 This survey and the detailed survey forms it produced are available via Beaufort County’s Planning
Department website.
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The Savannah College of Art and Design survey was made available by Mike Bedenbaugh of the Palmetto
Trust.

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the mouth of the Savannah River its south, and the Atlantic Ocean its southeast boundary. The
vast majority of this area was surveyed, including areas of the now private Haig Point and
Melrose Plantation developments (see Map A.1 in Appendix A).5
To determine each property’s location, the 1982 nomination map was cross-referenced with a
more recent roadmap produced by the Daufuskie Island Historical Foundation. Surveyors
drove golf carts to each feature and took observations from public roadways. Survey was
conducted on foot in places where visibility was limited from the roadway. Private property
laws and homeowner privacy were respected in all cases. Occasionally properties were
indiscernible, due either to inaccessibility from the public roadway or because of vegetation,
and were noted in the appended spreadsheets as “Unable to locate” or “Cannot access” (see
Appendix B). Many of those properties no longer contain extant historic structures.
1.3.2 Explanation of terms
In order to maintain consistency with the National Register of Historic Places, this survey
employs the terminology of the 1982 nomination that designated Daufuskie Island an historic
district. Definitions are as follows:
• Contributing feature: any building, structure, object, or site within the boundaries of the
District which reflects the significance of the District as a whole, either because of
historic associations, historic architectural qualities, or archaeological features.
• Key Contributing feature: any Contributing feature of exceptional significance to the
nominated District.6
The survey team inventoried Key Contributing features in the first phase of the survey
(October 18 – 20, 2013) and Contributing features in the second phase of the survey
(November 8 – 10, 2013).
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Starr, 1982.
6 Though it does not commonly appear in National Register records, Starr uses this term in the 1982 nomination.

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1.3.3 Methodology
In an effort to reveal significant changes over the twenty one years elapsed, the survey team
employed three documentation strategies:
1. Photograph all Key Contributing and Contributing properties from the same vantage
point as in the 1982 survey. These comparative photographs are stored on the CD-
ROM attached to this report;
2. Observations were made about each of these properties’ conditions and significant
recent changes. These are recorded in the tables in Appendix B;
3. Record significant architectural features and current conditions of early twentieth-
century residences listed as Key Contributing or Contributing in the 1982 National
Register nomination in survey forms created by the 2013 survey team. Architectural
elements were determined to be of import because they were included in the 1982
nomination and Beaufort County’s more recent “Daufuskie Code.”7
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Starr, 1982; Beaufort County, Daufuskie Island Code.
Figure 2: Survey team member Lauren Mojkowski uses a tablet to compare photographs from
the 1982 survey with extant structures.

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SECTION 2: SURVEY DATA
2.1 Organization of survey data
For consistency and ease of reference between reports, this survey employs the feature
numbers and names assigned to properties in the 1982 National Register nomination. Features
are analyzed in order of importance, Key Contributing followed by Contributing.8
2.2 Presentation of survey data
2.2.1 Totals: Key Contributing and Contributing Features
2.2.1a Key Contributing features
All eighteen (18) Key Contributing features included in the 1982 National Register nomination
were surveyed in this inventory. They include the following architectural forms:
• Six (6) residences, two (2) of which are lighthouses;
• Four (4) schools;
• Two (2) churches;
• Two (2) cemeteries;
• One (1) meeting hall;
• One (1) road;
• One (1) collection of ruins; and
• One (1) site.
2.2.1b Contributing features
Fifty-one (51) of the historic district’s built features were designated Contributing features in
the 1982 National Register nomination. Thirty-one (31) of those features were evaluated for
this report, sixty percent (60%) of the total number of features evaluated. Table 1 provides a
full breakdown and comparison of Contributing properties surveyed in 1982 and 2013
respectively.
8 Note bene: this numbering system (in the 1982 and 2013 surveys) differs from that employed in the 2006
SCAD survey.

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Table 1: Number of Contributing features surveyed in 1982 and 2013.
Feature type Listed in 1982 Surveyed in 2013
Homes 43 26
Cemeteries 4 2
Wick Houses 2 2
Storage Houses 1 1
Ice Houses 1 1
Total 51 31
2.2.2 Features improved since 1982
Five (5) Key Contributing features have been improved since 1982:
1. Haig Point Lighthouse (#1): restored and converted into a rental unit associated with
the Haig Point Development;
2. Mount Cameral Baptist Church (#52) (see Figure 3) and
3. Jamie Hamilton School (#53): both rehabilitated and now jointly serving as an Island
museum, interpretative center and library administered by the Daufuskie Island
Historical Foundation (DIHF);
4. Daufuskie School (#109) has been rehabilitated to serve as the Island Archives
administered by DIHF;
5. Roller House (#128): restored.
Five (5) Contributing features have been improved since 1982:
1. Smith House (#79): roof rebuilt;
2. Grant House (#104): restored;
3. Graves House (#108): received an addition
4. Bates House (#258): restored;
5. Bryan House (#301): has been restored and converted to joint business-residence.
Now houses Daufuskie Island decorative goods manufacturer the “Iron Fish.” The
homeowners live in and operate an art gallery out of the house.

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2.2.3 Key and Contributing features maintained since 1982
Eight (8) Key Contributing features have been maintained and largely exhibit the same
character they did at the time of the 1982 survey:
1. First Union Baptist Church (#89);
2. Mary Field School (#91);
3. Mary Field Cemetery (#129) (see Figure 4);
4. Mary Dunn Cemetery (#293);
5. Martin House (#302);
6. North-South Road (#371);
7. Bloody Point (#372); and
8. Tabby Ruins (#373).
Development at Bloody Point beginning in the early to mid-2000s has not significantly altered
its historical features. The Tabby Ruins have seen decline in integrity but a large portion are
dutifully maintained by Haig Point and a small outlier example maintained DIHF.
Figure 3: Mount Cameral Baptist Church 1982 (left) and 2013 (right). It now serves as the
Daufuskie Island Historic Foundation's museum.
Figure 4: Mary Dunn Cemetery in 1982 (left) and 2013 (right).

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Twelve (12) Contributing features have been maintained since 1982. Table 2 provides a list
of these largely unaltered properties.
Table 2: Contributing features maintained since 1982.
2.2.3 Features neglected since 1982
One (1) Key Contributing feature has fallen into disrepair since 1982:
1. Hudson House (#85) has been abandoned. Most of its building material is extant –
because it sits at a significant setback from the modern street, building materials have
largely remained in situ (see Figure 5).
Figure 5: Hudson House (#85), in 1982 (left) and 2013 (right). Extensive vegetative growth
obscures photographs taken from the same angle.
National Register feature number Feature Name
2 Haig Point Wick House
39 Cooper River Cemetery
94 Jenkins House
125 Grant House
126 Steven House
131 Grant House
252 Bloody Point Wick House (Silver Dew Winery)
253 Bloody Point Storage Building
259 Bloody Pointe Cemetery
286 Simmons House
287 Hamilton House
291 Blake House

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Seven (7) Contributing features have fallen into disrepair since 1982. Table 3 provides a list
of these neglected features.
Table 3: Neglected Contributing features.
National Register feature number Feature name
6 Kearse House
92 Robinson House
95 Simmons House
99 Bright House
111 Grant House
112 Williams House
114 Bryan House
2.2.4 Features Reconstructed Since 1982
One (1) Key Contributing feature has been reconstructed since the 1982 survey. After falling
in disrepair, One Room School House (#90) was reconstructed in 2007 (see Figure 3). Thus, it
can no longer qualify as a Key Contributing feature of the Daufuskie until 2057, according to
the stipulations of the National Register of Historic Places.
Figure 6: One Room School House (#90), in 1982 (left) and 2013 (right). The structure was
reconstructed in 2007.

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One (1) Contributing feature has been reconstructed since the 1982 survey. Parker House
(#257) was reconstructed in October 2013, during the time of this survey.
2.3 Evaluation of survey data
2.3.1 Data gaps and limitations
Though this survey aimed to be a comprehensive inventory of all properties listed in the 1982
National Register nomination, it was often limited by discrepancies between maps of the
historic district and an inability to access certain areas of the island. As a result, data remains
to be collected on twenty (20) Contributing features. For a complete list of these structures,
see Spreadsheets B.1 and B.2 in Appendix B.
The same limitations precluded complete inventory of the wooded lots listed as Contributing
features in the 1982 survey. See Spreadsheet B.3 in Appendix B for the feature numbers of
wooded lots that were inaccessible to the 2013 survey team.
2.3.2 Avenues for future research
Considerable development has occurred on Daufuskie Island since the 1982 survey. This
survey observed that wooded tracts have been developed to a greater extent in the southern
portion of the island. While the 2013 survey documented some areas of development, others
remain to be examined.
Future surveys should focus on the extent of development on wooded lots. Computer-
generated maps depicting as-of-yet undeveloped wooded lots and those developed since the
1982 survey would be useful to the Palmetto Trust, the South Carolina SHPO, and the
Beaufort County Planning Department. Satellite mapping techniques would be additionally
useful. Future reports should include a section describing which current wooded lots could act
as development buffer zones for the historic district.
Using this report as a reference, a computer-generated map should also be produced
depicting Key Contributing and Contributing features. Data points from the 1982 survey
should also be collected via satellite for comparative purposes. A copy of this map should be
added to this report as an addendum.

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SECTION 3: RECOMMENDATIONS
3.1 Recommendations: Eight to Advocate
After surveying Daufuskie Island, the survey team identified one (1) Key Contributing property
and seven (7) Contributing properties that have been abandoned. These have deteriorated
significantly since the 1982 survey. While the Palmetto Trust should further examine these
properties to determine their structural integrity and stability, these structures are excellent
candidates for rehabilitation through the Daufuskie Endangered Places Program (DEPP). The
Palmetto Trust should focus its most immediate attention on the eight (8) structures listed in
Table 4 below.
Table 4: Eight to Advocate. Eight properties for the Palmetto Trust's Daufuskie Endangered
Places Program.
National
Register
number
Feature
name Current contact Contact address
85
Hudson
House
SMALLS ABRAHAM HRS OF
% DOROTHY S
109 Goethe Rd, Bluffton, SC
29910
92
Robinson
House
ROBINSON LOUVENIA
BENTLEY ROBINSON J
2210 E GABLE ST,
SAVANNAH GA 31404
95
Simmons
House SIMMONS JAKE LILLIE
GENERAL DELIVERY, DAUF
ISLAND
99 Bright House HUDSON JAMES CURTIS Sr
1222 SHERMAN AVE,
SAVANNAH, GA 31405
101
Hubbard
House
ESTUS RICHARD A INGRAM
LINDA ETAL
156 RENDANT AVE,
SAVANNAH, GA 31419
111 Grant House KEYSERLING THEODORE H
PO BOX 528, BEAUFORT,
SC 29901
112
Williams
House
WILLIAMS GEORGE HRS OF
% PHOEBE SA
1108 E 39TH ST,
SAVANNAH, GA 31404
114 Bryan House
DRENNAN JAMES H SYLVIA
CORLEY JTROS
1403 PINE STREET, WEST
COLUMBIA, 29172

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SECTION 4: APPENDICES
Appendix A: Maps of Survey Area
A.1 Map of historic site concentration, with inset showing Frances Jones House.
Provided by Dan and Jean Newton.

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Appendix B: Spreadsheets
B.1 Key Contributing Features
National
Register
feature
number Feature name Status Threat level
1 Haig Point Lighthouse Rehabilitated Not threatened
52 Mt. Cameral Baptist
Church
Rehabilitated Not threatened
53 Janie Hamilton School Rehabilitated Not threatened
85 Hudson House Neglected Threatened
89 First Union Baptist Church Unaltered Not threatened
90 One Room School House Reconstructed Not threatened
91 Mary Field School Unaltered Not threatened
109 Daufuskie School Rehabilitated Not threatened
112A Single pen Demolished Threatened
124 Oyster Society Hall Rehabilitated Not threatened
128 Roller House Reconstructed Not threatened
129 Mary Field Cemetery Unaltered Not threatened
254 Bloody Point Lighthouse Rehabilitated Not threatened
293 Mary Dunn Cemetery Unaltered Not threatened
302 Martin House Unaltered Not threatened
371 North-South Road Unaltered Not threatened
372 Bloody Point Development Not threatened
373 Tabby Ruins Unaltered Not threatened

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B.2 Contributing Features
National
Register
feature
number Feature name Status Threat level
2 Haig's Pointe Wick House Unaltered Not threatened
4 Simmons House Could not locate
6 Kearse House Abandoned
Threatened:
demolition by
neglect
39 Cooper River Cemetery Unaltered Not threatened
51 Lawrence House Could not locate
54 Holmes House Could not locate
55 Holmes House Could not locate
79 Smith House Roof replaced Not threatened
80 Washington House Could not locate
81 Webb Cemetery Could not locate
83 Green House Demolished
87 Mickel House Could not locate
92 Robinson House Abandoned
Threatened:
demolition by
neglect
93 Robinson House Could not locate
94 Jenkins House Unaltered
95 Simmons House
Abandoned - chimney
missing
Threatened:
demolition by
neglect
96 Hinson White House Addition at rear
98 Grant House Could not locate
99 Bright House Abandoned
deThreatenedemoliti
on by neglect
101 Hubbard House
Dilapidated - small
portion standing
Threatened:
demolition by
neglect
102 Grant House Demolished
Threatened: only
roof remains
103 Mobley House Could not locate
104 Grant House Restored Not threatened
106 Graham Ice House Could not locate
107 Graham House Could not locate
108 Graves House Addition on side Threatened
110 Graves House Could not locate
111 Grant House Abandoned
Threatened:
demolition by
neglect
112 Williams House Abandoned - chimney Threatened:demolitio

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missing n by neglect
113 Burn House Could not locate
114 Bryan House Abandoned
Threatened:
demolition by
neglect
120 Yarbrough House Renovated
No longer eligible
for National Register
122 Yarbrough House Renovated
No longer eligible
for National Register
123 Yarbrough House Could not locate
125 Grant House Unaltered
126 Stevens House Unaltered
131 Grant House Unaltered
132 Brown House Could not locate
252
Bloody Pointe Wick
House (Silver Dew
Winery) Unaltered Not threatened
253
Bloody Pointe Storage
Building Unaltered Not threatened
257 Parker House Reconstructed Not threatened
258 Bates House Restored Not threatened
259 Bloody Pointe Cemetery Unaltered
286 Simmons House Unaltered
Threatened:
demolition by
neglect
287 Hamilton House Unaltered
288 Wiley House
Could not see from
street
291 Blake House Unaltered
292 Blake House Could not locate
301 Bryan House Restored Not threatened
303 Porter House Could not locate
311 Fripp Cemetery Could not locate

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B.3 Wooded Tracts
National Register
feature number Status Notes
8 Developed Haig Point development
9 Undeveloped Old Haig Point Road
14 Indeterminate Could not locate
24 Developed New construction
25 Undeveloped
N side of road: camper; pathway
cleared
26 Undeveloped
27 Undeveloped For sale
28 Undeveloped To be developed - "The Marshes"
37 Developed Campers and small structures
38A Undeveloped

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50 Developed Melrose Boat Landing
52A Indeterminate Could not locate
54A Indeterminate Cannot access
56 Indeterminate Cannot access
86 Developed Lot appears to have been subdivided
88 Indeterminate School Road - refer to county maps
99A Undeveloped
100 Developed Haig Point Road
101A Undeveloped
131A Developed

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143 Undeveloped
144 Undeveloped
145 Undeveloped
146 Undeveloped
148 Undeveloped
149 Undeveloped
150 Undeveloped
151 Undeveloped School Road
290 Developed
Martinangele Road; small shed present;
potentially subdivided
314 Developed Prospect Boulevard
315 Developed Martinangele Road
316 Developed
Prospect Boulevard; mobile home
community
317 Undeveloped Benjie's Point Road
327 Indeterminate Benjie's Point Road; cannot access
328 Developed Cannot access
329 Undeveloped Mary Dunn Cemetery Road
330 Developed Prospect Boulevard; light industrial shed
331 Undeveloped Mary Dunn Cemetery Road
332 Undeveloped
334 Developed Prospect Court
336 Developed Prospect Hill Court
337 Developed

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366 Developed Prospect Road
370 Developed Multiple structures present
375 Undeveloped

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Appendix C: Inventory Forms
C.1 Hudson House
Daufuskie Island Survey Project 2013
Building/Site Inventory Form
Photo Number: National Register Site Number: 85
Historic Name: Hudson House Beaufort County Property ID Number: R800 024 000 0082 0000
Common Name: Hudson House
Address/Location: 8 Church Road
Date: c. 1910
Ownership (circle): Private City County State Federal Unknown
Category (circle): Building Site Structure Object
Historic Uses: Singe dwelling Current Uses: Vacant
National Register Status: Key contributing – Daufuskie Island Historic District (1982)
Style: Vernacular cottage Plan: Double pile, dogtrot
Core Shape: Rectangular Stories: 1.5 Construction: Frame
Roof Shape: Gable roof Roof Material: Standing seam
Chimney Type: External Chimney Material: Brick
Exterior Walls, material: Weatherboard
Windows: 8+ Window Type: Sash Pane: 3 over 3
Doors: 2 Foundation: Wooden piers
Porch: Front porch over two bays, hip roof
Outbuildings: Two sheds
Surroundings: Thick woods Acreage: 6.00
Alterations to property/Notes:
Several small, once detached buildings successively moved and attached to main building; shed on second
addition. Very poor condition: porch roof ready to collapse, rear additions much deteriorated where still standing.
Wooden piers appear to be tree trunks.

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C.2 Kearse House
Historic Name: Kearse House Beaufort County Property ID Number: R800 022 000 009A 0000
Common Name: Kearse House
Address/Location: 281 Old Haig Point Road
Date: c. 1925
Historic Uses: Single dwelling Current Uses: Vacant
National Register Status: Key contributing – Daufuskie Island Historic District (1982)
Style: Vernacular cottage Plan: Double pen, double pile
Core Shape: Rectangular Stories: 1 Construction: Frame
Roof Shape: Hip Roof Material: Standing seam metal
Chimney Type: N/A Chimney Material: N/A
Windows: Indet. Window Type: Indet. Pane: Indet.
Doors: 1+ Foundation: Brick piers
Porch: Shed, covers façade
Outbuildings: Shed, privy
Surroundings: Thick woods Acreage: 9.88
Stands at significant setback from Old Haig Point Road. Condition very poor: shed porch highly deteriorated,
many windows missing, roof in need of repair and stabilization. Thick woods on three sides makes observation of
elevations difficult.

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C.3 Robinson House
Historic Name: Robinson House Beaufort County Property ID Number: R800 024 000 075A 0000
Common Name: Robinson House
Address/Location: 126 Bryan Road
Date: c. 1915
National Register Status: Contributing – Daufuskie Island Historic District (1982)
Style: Vernacular cottage Plan: Georgian
Core Shape: Rectangular Stories: 1.5 Construction: Frame
Roof Shape: Gable Roof Material: Standing seam
Doors: 1+ Foundation: Concrete block piers
Porch: Wraparound shed porch
Outbuildings: Three frame sheds, one metal shed
Surroundings: Woods Acreage: 2.00

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C.4 Simmons House
Historic Name: Simmons House Beaufort County Property ID Number: R800 024 000 0083 0000
Common Name: Simmons House
Address/Location: Lillie’s Lane/24 Church Road
Date: c. 1899
National Register Status: Contributing – Daufuskie Island Historic District (1982)
Style: Vernacular cottage Plan: Double pen, double pile
Roof Shape: Gable and hip Roof Material: Standing seam metal
Chimney Type: Exterior (deteriorated) Chimney Material: Brick
Doors: 2+ Foundation: Brick piers
Porch: None
Outbuildings: Two sheds, chicken house, privy
Surroundings: Woods Acreage: 4.00
Exterior brick chimney on N elevation now in ruin near same. Ghost of standing chimney remains visible on
weatherboard of that elevation. Otherwise, Simmons House is largely unchanged from its appearance at the time of
the 1982 National Register nomination.

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C.5 Bright House
Historic Name: Bright House Beaufort County Property ID Number: R800 024 000 0067 0000
Common Name: Bright House
Address/Location: 186 Haig Point Road
Date: 1935
Historic Uses: Single Dwelling Current Uses: Other-Vacant
National Register Status: Contributing- Daufuskie Island Historic District (1982)
Style: Vernacular Cottage Plan: Double Pen
Roof Shape: Side Gable Roof Material: Standing seam metal
Chimney Type: None Chimney Material: N/A
Exterior Walls, material: weatherboard
Windows: Indeterminate Window Type: Pane:
Doors: At least one Foundation: Concrete Piers
Porch: No Porch
Outbuildings: None visible
Surroundings: Cleared Land Acreage: 9.61
Alterations to property/Notes: Could not determine some elements because of private property status. Unknown
if there are doors in back of building. Also, exterior shutters closed, so could not evaluate windows.

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C.6 Grant House
Historic Name: Grant House Beaufort County Property ID Number: Unavailable
Common Name: Grant House
Date: c. 1920
Style: Vernacular Cottage Plan: Georgian Plan, Single Pile
Chimney Type: Internal Chimney Material: Brick
Windows: Indeterminate- At least 4 Window Type: Sash Pane: 2 over 2
Doors: Two Foundation: Brick Piers
Porch: Enclosed full porch
Outbuildings: None
Surroundings: Cleared Land Acreage: Unavailable
Alterations to property/Notes: Building in poor condition, glass panes missing from most windows. No assessor
documentation available for this property in Beaufort County real property search.

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C.7 Williams House
Historic Name: Williams House Beaufort County Property ID Number: R800 024 000 071A 0000
Common Name: Williams House
Date: c. 1910
Style: Vernacular Cottage Plan: Georgian Plan, Double Pile
Windows: Indeterminate- At least 4 Window Type: Sash Pane: 2 over 2
Porch: Wrap porch
Outbuildings: None
Surroundings: Wooded Acreage: .88
Alterations to property/Notes: Could not access all sections of building because of vegetation- could not determine
exact number of windows

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C.8 Bryan House
Historic Name: Bryan House Beaufort County Property ID Number: R800 024 000 0070 0000
Common Name: Bryan House
Date: c. 1920
Style: Vernacular Cottage Plan: Georgian Plan, Double Pile
Roof Shape: Side Gable Roof Material: Standing seam metal
Chimney Type: None Chimney Material: N/A
Windows: Indeterminate- At least 6 Window Type: Pane:
Porch: Wrap Porch
Outbuildings: None
Surroundings: Cleared Land Acreage: 4.0
Alterations to property/Notes: Exterior shutters over windows- type and pane information unavailable.

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Appendix D: Contents of Appended Disc
The CD-ROM appended to this report contains the following items:
1. Digital versions of the spreadsheets and inventory forms in Appendices B and C;
2. A digital version of this report;
3. Digital versions of 1982 and 2013 survey photographs of all properties inventoried,
organized by site and referencing 1982 National Register site numbers; and
4. Digital version of the original 1982 Daufuskie Island National Register nomination
form, courtesy of South Carolina State Historic Preservation Office.
Appendix E: Additional Sources of Information
Online
Beaufort County South Carolina. “The Daufuskie Island Code.”
http://www.bcgov.net/departments/Planning-and-Development/planning/Daufuskie-Island-
Code.php
Beaufort County South Carolina. “Above Ground Survey, documenting historic resources 50
years or older.” 1998.
http://www.bcgov.net/history/county=history/AboveGroundSurvey/index.php?city=Daufuski
e+Island&name=&Submit=Submit
Palmetto Trust for Historic Preservation
Craig, Lynn. 2007. “Framework for a Master Plan.” Savannah, Ga.: Savannah College of Art
and Design.
South Caroliniana Library, University of South Carolina Columbia
Barnard, George N., F.A. Nowell, John P. Soule, and J.N. Wilson. 1865. [Charleston and
Daufuskie Island, SC: views].
South Carolina. 1966. “Daufuskie Island report.” [Columbia, SC]: South Carolina Office of
Economic Opportunity.
Starr, Rebecca K. 1981. “Daufuskie Island, South Carolina cultural resources survey, 1981.”
South Carolina: South Carolina Coastal Council.

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Starr, Rebecca K. 1984. “A place called Daufuskie: island bridge to Georgia, 1520 – 1830.”
Thesis (MA) – University of South Carolina, 1984.
Trinkley, Michael, and Colin Brooker. 1989. Archaeological investigations at Haig Point, Webb,
and Oak Ridge, Daufuskie Island, Beaufort County, South Carolina. Columbia, SC: Chicora
Foundation.
Waters-Son. 1863. [Map of South Carolina coastal area from Daufuskie Island to Savannah,
Ga.]. S.I.: s.n.
Thomas Cooper Library, University of South Carolina Columbia
Burn, Billie. 1991. An island named Daufuskie. Spartanburg, SC: Published in association with
Billie Burn Books by the Reprint Co.
Montoussamy-Ashe, Jeanne. 2009. Daufuskie Island: photographs. Columbia, SC: University of
South Carolina Press.
Tyler, Sarah Mae. 2003. “Maintaining the Gullah history, heritage and culture: is ecotourism a
viable solution?” Thesis (MS) – University of Georgia, 2003.
United States. 2012. Gullah Geechee cultural heritage corridor management plan. Denver, Co:
U.S. Dept. of the Interior, National Park Service. http://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/gpo27726.
Vlach, John Michael. The Afro-American Tradition in Decorative Arts. Cleveland, Ohio:
Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
Other sources
Beaufort, SC. Beaufort County Clerk of Court. Deed books 12, 13, 24, and 41.
Beaufort, SC. Beaufort County Department of Education. School Census, 1921.
“Gullah Dialect Preserved on Daufuskie.” Atlanta Journal and Constitution, 30 June 1968.
Holmgren, Virginia C. Hilton Head: A Sea Island Chronicle. Hilton Head Island, SC: Hilton Head
Publishing Company, 1959.

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