Haunted Places in Beaufort, SC

Explore 5 haunted places in Beaufort, SC — museums, landmarks, cemeteries and more, each with its ghost story, address, and sources.

• John Mark Verdier HouseMuseum · Beaufort, SCThis Federal-style mansion was built around 1804 by John Mark Verdier, a wealthy French Huguenot merchant, and it hosted the Marquis de Lafayette during his 1825 Southern tour before Union forces seized it as headquarters for General Rufus Saxton when they occupied Beaufort in the 1860s.
• Land's End LightLandmark · Beaufort, SCAlong a roughly three-mile, oak-tunneled stretch of Lands End Road on St. Helena Island, just past the Chapel of Ease, generations of locals have reported a mysterious light that appears at night.
• St. Helena Parish Chapel of Ease RuinsCemetery · Beaufort, SCBuilt around 1740 of tabby by enslaved laborers, this Anglican chapel of ease served planters who struggled to reach the parish church in Beaufort, until Union troops invaded in 1861 and a forest fire gutted it in 1886.
• St. Helena's Episcopal ChurchChurch · Beaufort, SCFounded in 1712 with its sanctuary built in 1724, St. Helena's Episcopal Church anchors Beaufort's historic district, its walled graveyard shaded by ancient live oaks.
• The Castle (Joseph Johnson House)Landmark · Beaufort, SCBuilt in the 1850s by Dr. Joseph Johnson in an Italian Renaissance style, this riverfront mansion in Beaufort's Point neighborhood is the town's most famous haunt.