Gracious Beaufort:: Lost Photographs from the Historic American Buildings Survey

Beaufort, South Carolina, features some of the South's most distinctive architecture.Boasting an unmistakable "Beaufort style," these unique houses were built to take advantage of the generous sea breezes, with spacious double porticos and inviting verandas. In this collection of photographs from the Historic American Buildings Survey, an effort to catalogue and document the architecture and building culture of America, William P. Baldwin captures the romance and historic elegance of this charming Southern city.