National Landmark Form: National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form - Robert Smalls House

Robert Smalls

National Landmark Form: National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form - Robert Smalls House

1974

National Landmark Form

The National Register presents the National Parks Service 1974 nomination form to register Robert Smalls' Beaufort, South Carolina home as a national historic landmark. The form provides specific details about the home, its interior and exterior condition and Robert Smalls' purchase of the home. According to the form, it is the same home where Smalls had been formerly enslaved. The description also includes a biography on Smalls, his extraordinary naval escape from slavery and his political leadership as a South Carolina Congressman (R-SC).

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National Register (U.S. Department of Interior National Parks Service)

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