Cuthbert House
Cuthbert House Inn
SITE
1203 Bay St,
Beaufort, SC 29902
(843) 521-1315
private business
HISTORY
John Alexander Cuthbert (1790-1817) was a Beaufort planter who died at the very young age of 27. He was the father of four and the victim of the great fever epidemic of 1817. The Cuthbert family has been a part of Beaufort’s history since the early 1700’s. Their family plantations included the Richfield Plantation in Yemassee owned by General John Alexander Cuthbert, which he purchased from Nathaniel Heyward in 1817. As with almost all of the homes in downtown Beaufort, The Cuthbert House was abandoned by the owners when the Union occupied Beaufort during the Civil war.
General Rufus Saxton resided at Cuthbert House during the Civil War, receiving a visit from General Sherman in 1865. From Major Henry Hitchcock’s 1927 book “Marching With Sherman”: “The General came to Beaufort on the 23rd of January and stayed one day quartering at General Saxton’s. The latter owns the house he lives in – a large fine double house on Bay Street fronting the sea.”