One of Beaufort’s most beautiful private historic and iconic homes is now for sale, and you could own it for a mere $2.6 million. Marshlands, the home built by Dr. James Robert Verdier is a gorgeous piece of Beaufort history on Pinckney Street in downtown’s Old Point neighborhood.
The magnificent 1814 house is an example of early Beaufort architecture which had often combined late Adamesque features with those of Barbados and the West Indies.
The 4,944 square foot home has pink tabby arches at its exterior foundation and boasts six bedrooms and six bathrooms, a library and a whole lot more.
Large live oaks shade the house, which is wrapped by a massive south facing porch that grabs the consistent sea breeze that was needed in area homes before electricity and air conditioning. What adds to Marshlands’ uniqueness is that single porches were rare in those days in Beaufort; as most Beaufort homes had double porches, one on each of the first and second floors.
History
The prominent Dr. James Robert Verdier was one of the sons of local merchant and planter, John Mark Verdier. The elder Verdier, whose own famous house on Bay Street is now the John Mark Verdier House Museum, operated by the Historic Beaufort Foundation. Dr. Verdier was well-known, and was considered to be a pioneer in the treatment of yellow fever.
During the Civil War, the house served as the headquarters for the United States Sanitary Commission, a program that was created in 1861 to care for wounded Union soldiers.
The home was not called Marshlands until the mid-twentieth century, when it was named after a fictional Beaufort home that appeared in Francis Griswold’s 1931 novel, A Sea Island Lady.
Marshlands was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.
Also, recently, the house featured in the movie Prince of Tides was also listed for sale.
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