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Chambers Chatter Ep. 19: Inside Beaufort’s Bluff House (1790) | Historic Federal Home Tour takes you inside one of the most historic homes in Beaufort, South Carolina. In this episode, Shae Chambers Helms and Laura Chambers Babalis tour Beaufort’s Bluff House, also known as the Means-Gage House, with homeowners Wallace and Catherine Scarborough. This full historic federal home tour showcases original 1790 architecture, archaeological discoveries, and incredible stories from one of the oldest Federal-period homes in the Lowcountry.If you're searching for Beaufort SC historic homes, Bluff House Beaufort, Federal home tours, or historic home restoration, this episode gives you an in-depth look at a rare surviving 18th-century property.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━⭐ What You’ll See• Full interior tour of Beaufort’s Bluff House (1790)• Federal-period details: 9-over-9 windows, pegged doors, plaster walls• Original drawing room, dining room, and Palladian smoking lounge• Two archaeological privy digs, the original well, colonoware & slipware• Charleston brick, heart pine floors, marble mantels• Ghost stories from the Means-Gage House• Megalodon tooth and artifacts from the property• How the Scarboroughs restored—rather than modernized—the 1790 homeThis home is one of the most intact Federal homes left in the United States, making this historic federal home tour especially meaningful for preservation lovers, history enthusiasts, and fans of Beaufort SC architecture.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━Chapters:00:00 – Welcome to Episode 1900:11 – Inside the Bluff House (1790)00:21 – Meet Wallace & Catherine Scarborough00:38 – History of the Means-Gage House01:12 – Living modern in a 1790 home01:34 – 2016 historic restoration02:06 – Drawing room02:18 – George & Frances “Fanny” Gage02:52 – Sea Islands hurricane03:25 – Original construction04:20 – Pegged doors & 1790 craftsmanship04:52 – Removing 325 lbs of paint05:38 – Mantel composition06:56 – Federal architecture & windows07:57 – Ghost stories begin09:39 – Sighting behind the curtain10:42 – Dining room mirror layout11:30 – Charleston historic colors12:14 – Fireplaces & breezes13:09 – Privy discoveries14:30 – Liverpool china (1806)15:12 – Colonoware15:25 – Mary Hudson Barnwell’s teapot16:20 – Early slipware17:15 – Mocha ware18:22 – Everyday 18th-century dishes19:20 – Medicine vials20:07 – Inside the privy dig20:29 – Intact 1790s chicken egg21:01 – Megalodon tooth22:08 – Chamber pots & bottles23:01 – Working yard history23:35 – Sugar bowl reconstruction23:57 – Federal central hall24:44 – Mahogany handrail25:52 – Staircase & smoking lounge26:13 – Rear receiving room27:21 – Beaufort “T” design27:44 – Civil War history28:06 – Hand-painted wallpaper29:38 – Mantel ghost story31:27 – Restoring the 1790 layout33:00 – Hidden fireplace uncovered33:44 – Joist turned mantel35:08 – Reclaimed church beams36:58 – Oldest kitchen structure38:06 – Laundry & dishwashing room39:02 – Tabby remains39:49 – Black walnut counters40:13 – Early fireplace design40:35 – Basement & slave bell41:10 – Charleston brick foundation42:06 – Hand-hewn joists42:49 – Original cistern43:13 – Palladian smoking lounge44:45 – Hidden side windows45:21 – Secret bathroom45:42 – Cedar shingles discovery46:25 – Guest bedroom restoration47:52 – Guest bathroom addition48:27 – Admiral Denby heating system49:12 – Original Beaufort city lamp49:58 – Discovery of original well50:22 – Charleston brick authentication51:06 – Well construction52:49 – Refuse pit discovery53:57 – Sifting artifacts55:04 – Final message: restore, don’t destroy━━━━━━━━━━━━━━💬 Help us share more Beaufort storiesKnow someone we should interview next?Comment below or message us on social media. Your suggestions help keep this series alive.
