The Council Tree
The Council Tree After Sunday church services, men would gather under a tree such as this stately live oak. They talked at length about non-church ... Keep Reading
The Railroad
The Railroad In the early 1900s, logging became a profitable island investment. A barge brought materials to build a narrow-gauge railroad to the ... Keep Reading
Cooper River Cemetery
Cooper River Cemetery. A very important segment of Daufuskie Island Gullah life was providing a proper burial for loved ones. Each Cemetery sat next ... Keep Reading
Hinson White Home
Hinson White Home This charming 1916 house, the Hinson White Home, is representative of Daufuskie Island Gullah architecture. Residences were ... Keep Reading
Oyster Union Society Hall
Oyster Union Society From the turn of the 20th century the primary economy of the island was the harvesting and shucking of oysters. Eventually, ... Keep Reading
Mt. Carmel Baptist Church No. 2
The Mt. Carmel Baptist Church No. 2 building and its predecessor stand by the Cooper River residents of the north end of the Island. A hurricane ... Keep Reading
Mary Dunn Cemetery
The Mary Dunn cemetery is the only historic cemetery for white people on Daufuskie Island. Established in the 1700s, it borders the Mongin Creek on ... Keep Reading
Moses Ficklin Cottage and Oak Tree
The Moses Ficklin Oak Tree is an enormous ancient live oak. It stands in front of this restored Gullah home, the Moses Ficklin Cottage. It greeted ... Keep Reading
Mary Fields School
The two room Mary Fields School was built for the island's black children in the early 1930s. Leftover wood was used to construct desks for the ... Keep Reading
Mary Field Cemetery
Mary Field Cemetery Mary Field Cemetery is the largest Gullah cemetery on the island. There are grave markers dating from 1926 to the present. ... Keep Reading
Tabby Ruin
Tabby is a building material made from a mixture of ground oyster shells, sand and water. This material was used for buildings on Daufuskie Island, ... Keep Reading
Bloody Point Light & Silver Dew Winery
In 1882 the U.S. Government paid $425 for land for the Bloody Point Light: a front range lighthouse and a rear range light tower. The lighthouse is a ... Keep Reading
Bloody Point
On April 15 1715, three skirmishes at this site between the Yemassee Indians and settlers took place on Bloody Point. It was said that there was blood ... Keep Reading
First Union African Baptist Church
First Union African Baptist Church The First Union African Baptist church was built in 1884. Its location is near the site of the 1881 church. Fire ... Keep Reading
Melrose
Melrose Plantation has a heritage. Daufuskie Island was divided into eleven plantations at the start of the Civil War. They varied in size from two ... Keep Reading
Haig Point
Haig Point resides off the coast of South Carolina between Hilton Head and Savannah, Georgia. Haig Point embraces southern family living and the ... Keep Reading
Public Dock
Daufuskie Island's public dock at Freeport Marina. In 1883, near the location of the public dock, Maggioni & Company opened an oyster cannery ... Keep Reading
White School House
The White School House The White School House was built in 1913 by the Beaufort County Board of Education for white children who lived on Daufuskie ... Keep Reading
Sarah Grant Home
The Sarah Grant Home Sarah Grant was midwife, Sunday school president, and PTA president during her influential life. She bought this 1910 house from ... Keep Reading
Bloody Point Cemetery
The Bloody Point Cemetery is one of the six Gullah cemeteries on the island. It lays along the Mongin Creek. It was for the burial of slaves during ... Keep Reading
