Tabby Manse

Tabby Manse
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. National Historic Landmark District Contributing Property
Tabby Manse - Thomas Fuller House
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Location	1211 Bay St., Beaufort, South Carolina
Coordinates	32°25′57.5″N 80°40′35.1″W / 32.432639°N 80.676417°W / 32.432639; -80.676417Coordinates: 32°25′57.5″N 80°40′35.1″W / 32.432639°N 80.676417°W / 32.432639; -80.676417
Built	1786
Part of	Beaufort Historic District (#69000159[1])
NRHP Reference #	71000745[2]
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	May 14, 1971
Designated NHLDCP	November 7, 1973

Tabby Manse, also known as Thomas Fuller House, is a building in Beaufort, South Carolina.^[3][4]

The house is one of the few remaining early buildings on the South Carolina coast whose exterior walls are built of tabby, a material composed of oysters shells and limestone. The walls are two-foot thick and covered with stucco. It was built around 1788 by Thomas Fuller, a prominent local planter.^[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.^[2] It is also a contributing property in the Beaufort Historic District, which is a National Historic Landmark.

References

1. ↑ Fant, Mrs. James W. (November 8, 1969). "Historic Beaufort" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory (includes 1969 nomination and 1998 update). National Park Service. Retrieved 2015-04-22. 
2. 1 2 National Park Service (2007-01-23). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 
3. 1 2 McGrath, Dollie (October 7, 1970). "Tabby Manse" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved 9 June 2012. 
4. ↑ "Tabby Manse, Beaufort County (1211 Bay St., Beaufort)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 9 June 2012. 

External links

• Media related to Tabby Manse at Wikimedia Commons
• Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. SC-287, "Thomas Fuller House, 1211 Bay Street, Beaufort, Beaufort County, SC", 37 photos, 7 data pages, 3 photo caption pages, supplemental material

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