A history of Beaufort,
since 1709
Postcards, papers and photographs of Beaufort from public archives, woven together by decade. Neighbors fill in the gaps.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗The Beaufort Historic District, Carteret County Home, Duncan House, Gibbs House, Jacob Henry House, and Old Burying Ground are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. In June 1718, Blackbeard the pirate ran his flagship, the Queen Anne's Revenge and his sloop Adventure, aground near present-day Beaufort Inlet, NC. The Queen Anne's Revenge was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2004 with the reference number 04000148. Thirty-two years later, in August 1750, at least three Spanish merchantmen ran aground in North Carolina during a hurricane. One of the three, the El Salvador, sank near Cape Lookout.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowFinish Beaufort’s story
Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewPetition from the Colored Citizen…, 1863: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Beaufort
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Beaufort, decade by decade
5 historic places in Beaufort
Beaufort has 5 listings on the National Register, and they protect 19 historic buildings, because Beaufort Historic District alone counts 16.
Where they are
When they were listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Petition from the Colored Citizens of Beaufort, North Carolina to Major General B. F. Butler, Petitioning for Wages (1863) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (5) and the National Register (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.