Hatsell-Clawson House circa 1902: Views from the Rooftop-2007

Present-day views from the rooftop of the Charles Ives Hatsell House. The Andrew Lee Hatsell House circa 1827 is the first house to the south. Beyond are several other houses on Orange Street just steps away from Taylor's Creek and Carrot Island beyond. Beyond the Beaufort Inlet is Fort Macon. Without the newer houses between the 1827 house and the waterfront, Charity Hatchell Read and Emeline Pigott would have been able to have a clear view of the siege of the fort on April 26, 1862. More views...descriptions below images.

Orange Street Looking Southeast Showing Houses and Land First
Owned and Built on by the Borden/Fuller Families Going Back
to the Mid 18th Century

View of the Andrew Lee Hatsell House circa 1827
Built by Grandfather of Charles Ives Hatsell

View From Charles Ives Hatsell House Looking South

Looking Southwest - Showing the Rear of the North Carolina
Maritime Museum on Front Street and Beaufort Inlet Beyond

Two Hatsell Houses in Beaufort Harbor

Descendants of this early Hatchell family, who first settled on the White Oak River in 1755, eventually found their way to the Beaufort harbor and built two adjacent houses on Orange Street - The Andrew Lee Hatsell House circa 1827 and the Hatsell-Clawson House circa 1902. This site is a record of the year-long restoration of the 1902 house - originally contracted to C.C. Guthrie by Charles Ives Hatsell for his bride Marie Ella Clawson. Family history helps us understand the people who called these houses home.

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