Right in front of you, at 1203 Bay Street, sits the John A. Cuthbert House, raised in 1811. Close enough to touch, it carries the simple proof of time: a house that was later recognized beyond this block. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972 and is included in the Beaufort Historic District, which is itself a National Historic Landmark.
Those official honors mark this building as part of the town’s preserved story for visitors and neighbors alike. Documentary records accompany what you see: the Historic American Buildings Survey catalogs it as No. SC-281, identifying the house at 1203 Bay Street in Beaufort, Beaufort County, South Carolina, and preserving 15 photographs and one photo-caption page. Related images can also be found in the media collections on Wikimedia Commons.
Stand here a moment and let the dates you hear—1811 and 1972—anchor you in time; imagine the care taken to document and list this house. Bay Street runs on past the door of number 1203, carrying this 1811 house into the wider Beaufort Historic District it belongs to.