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Imagine a state that has an official state dance! The Carolina shag, which came into style in the 1950s, is a rock and roll eight-step that's the legend of the South Carolina beaches. When you visit the towns that lie along South Carolina's coast you will find people dancing this dance, which is often described as the jitterbug meets rhythm and blues. Very little motion is made in the upper body, and the footwork is smooth and close to the floor, having begun on the beaches where kicking sand in your partners face was a distinct possibility. One southerner told me that the shag was designed to be danced with a beer in one hand and the lady in the other. Shag dancing is always casual, and women should never wear high heels. Leave a Comment
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She-Crab Soup is not only a Charleston tradition, but has long been associated with South Carolina. Our first introduction to it was in Beaufort, and although it doesn't fit our low-fat diets, we splurged, and it is a splurge I hope to make again. Below you will find a recipe for She-Crab Soup. Although the recipe calls for fresh she-crabs and their eggs, store-bought lump crabmeat and crumbled egg yolks can be substituted. In the 1700s dry Madeira was the wine used in She-Crab Soup, but today many establishments substitute Sherry.
She-Crab Soup
serves 6
2 T. butter
1 green onion, finely chopped
1 stalk celery, finely chopped
2 Tbls. flour
1 quart whole milk
1 cup heavy cream
3 c. cooked lump fresh she-crab meat and its eggs (or 3 c. lump crabmeat and crumbled yolks from 2 hard-cooked eggs)
Salt and white pepper to taste
Dash hot sauce or Tabasco
One third cup dry Madeira (or Sherry)
One half cup heavy cream, whipped
paprika
In a heavy saucepan melt the butter, add the onion and celery, and saute until the onion is soft but not browned. Stir in the flour, then add the milk and cream and bring to a boil, stirring constantly. Remove from heat and let cool a few minutes. Add the crabmeat with the eggs (substitute crumbled yolks from 2 hard-cooked eggs if fresh she-grabs are not used.) When ready to serve, warm the soup briefly to 180 degrees over very low heat, stirring. Do not allow it to boil. Taste, season with salt, pepper, and hot sauce or Tabasco. To serve, place a small amount of Madeira or sherry in each bowl, add the soup, top with whipped cream, and sprinkle with paprika. Leave a Comment
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Spanish Moss is a vastly misunderstood herb. It is neither a moss or a parasite and survives on other plants only for mechanical support, not for its nutrients. Leave a Comment
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As recently as January, 1973, the William Wigg Barnwell house was slated for demolition. It was saved by the Historic Beaufort Foundation, and in September, 1973, it was moved from its original location at the southwest corner of Prince and Scott Streets to its present site at 501 King Street.
The twelve room town house is said to have been built by the Gibbes brothers on behalf of their sister, Sarah Reeve Gibbes, who married William Wigg Barnwell, grandson of the Revolutionary War hero, Major William Hazzard Wigg. During the Civil War, the house served as Union Hospital #4. The house remained in the Barnwell family until 1895, when the Barnwells son Bower Williamson Barnwell died.
The house later served as a school and as an apartment house. For the better part of this century it sustained much abuse and neglect. Despite this, much of the original paneling and a magnificent stairhall remained fairly intact. The house was purchased and restored by antiques dealer Jim Williams of Savannah, Georgia. Leave a Comment
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First African Baptist Church at 601 New Street was built before 1840 and was known as the "Prayer House" by 1861. It was sold to freed slaves in 1868 by the Baptist Church of Beaufort.
When we drove by it, they were renovating it. Leave a Comment
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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." Leave a Comment
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Leverette (or Leverett) house at 1301 Bay Street was originally built on St. Helena Island prior to the Revolution. It was moved by Benjamin Rhett to the current location in 1850. In 1854, Edward Leverette bought the house for $1,800. The front door still has the original lock, and there is an additional method of locking the front door -- with a large wooden bar to protect it from wind and intruders. . Leave a Comment
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The Milton Maxey house was built on an original tabby foundation which dated from 1743. Tabby is a cement made from lime, sand and oyster shells.
According to Janet H. Gritzner, "the vast majority of tabby structures were located on the southern Atlantic coast. This distribution reflects diffusion from two primary centers or hearths: one at Saint Augustine, Florida, and the other at Beaufort, South Carolina. These centers represented the core areas for two separate traditions in tabby building. ... British-built tabby arising out of Beaufort, South Carolina, had a quite different history and distribution from that of Spanish origin."
The Maxey house is at 1113 Craven Street and is known as the "Secession House" after the first meeting in favor of secession was held here. According to writings on the basement walls: “In this house the first meeting in favor of secession was held in 1851.”
The Ordinance of Secession breaking South Carolina’s ties with the United States was signed here.
It was also used as a headquarters by Union Army Gen. Rufus Saxon during the Civil War. Leave a Comment
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This house at 604 Pinckney St. has a portico entry on the East side. The interior is noted for the fine woodwork including a floating spiral staircase.
It was built around 1853 and saved during the Civil War by federal forces in need of quarters. Leave a Comment
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This three-story tabby house at 1103 Bay Street was built before the Revolutionary War by William Elliot I and occupied before the Civil War by William Elliott III, who was very much opposed to secession. He resigned his seat in the Senate rather than vote for nullification. But when the war broke out he, like Robert E. Lee, went with his state. The house was saved from demolition by the Historic Beaufort Foundation. Today it is known as the Anchorage House. Leave a Comment
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