The Rhett House

So on the OTHER end of Craven street… That’s right, not the end where The Castle resides, but the end of the street where it meets Church Street in downtown Beaufort. Past the rows of centuries-old homes where a recent mayor of Beaufort - who is not, in fact, a ghost - lived. Past the Arsenal and the Harriet Tubman statue and the Robert Smalls bust. Past the law firm where a former SC Lieutenant governor practiced alongside a current state senator. We’re talking about the penultimate block on that street - the next to last - the landing place of the Rhett House Inn, built circa 1820. And while the current owners of the Inn, renovated and opened in 1987, definitely do their best to provide southern hospitality in a historic environment…much like their friends at The Castle on the other end of the long street, they might have inherited a guest who never checked out… This is Buried Under Beaufort: The Rhett House Spirit.