"Edward Barnwell House 1785 (#28 on walking tour)" Top 5 Page for this destination Beaufort Local Custom Tip by grandmaR

I am going by the address I see on the door of this house. (I can see 14#5, so I am assuming that the covered number is a zero) I can find no other photos of 1405 Bay Street.

The house was built in 1785 by Edward Barnwell, it housed federal offices during the Civil War and also served as a signal station and U.S. Telegraph Office. Like many other houses, it was sold after the war to pay taxes.

"Two Barnwell brothers inherited it, but they were so jealous of each other they built a partition through the middle, removing part of the stairway, and their families lived separately from each other."

Website: http://www.beaufortscrealtors.com/historic.pdf