Beekman Webb in association with Beaufort Construction, INC.
Beekman Webb in association with Beaufort Construction, INC.
“Edward Philbrick, A Union officer, made this observation in 1862: [I] rode on to Cuthbert’s Point to sleep with Joe Reed and Mr. Hull. I found them delightfully situated in a small house on the Beaufort River surrounded by a Superb grove of live Oak, clear of brush and nicely kept. It is the finest situation that I have found in the State, but the greater part of the plantations on Lady’s Island are miserably poor.” Northern Money, Southern Land, p. 57
House of Cypress “The most that can be learned around here about this old place is that it was a grant of land from the king of England to the first Cuthbert who came to this country. The house is made of cypress (pine) and built high off the ground. It is surrounded by great oaks, moss draped. However, old residents say these trees are not very old nor nearly so beautiful as those which were destroyed at this loin the ’93[1893] storm. The Cuthberts are said to have been border people, living between Scotland and England, and ardent Royalists. There is a story handed down, authentic or otherwise, of how one of the Cuthberts used to stand upon his porch and play his…
Preserve Old Trees “Mr. Barnwell proves his love and appreciation of coastal treasures in the effort he has made to preserve the trees at Cuthbert’s Point. A hoary oak to the left to he new building has been the mutual joy of generations of negroes and opossums at the point. It was a hollow throughout it’s great height. The opossums treasured it because it furnished an ideal hiding place from hungry negroes and the point’s darkies delighted in it for some reason, for they could better get at the opossum family. Once, the tree caught fire. It was like a roaring furnace and its hollowness made of it a veritable smoke stack. Harold E. Scheper owned the place then and he and his family…
“One evidence of Pleasant Point’s productive past is the old plantation house. Facing the water across wide lawns, it sits amid magnificent oaks and painted a misty grey-green, seems to blend into its landscape. It illustrates the type of planters’ island residence, built for seasonal use only, that was simple but charming.” Plantations of the Low Country, Edith Inglesby