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Distant view from southeast with large live oak tree; "Marshlands" was built for Dr. James Robert Verdier, (the second son of local merchant and planter John Mark Verdier I), a pioneer in the the successful treatment of yellow fever. The graceful waterfront home provides a blend of Barbadian plantation architecture with the more formal Adam features of the Federal period. Set high off the ground and supported by arches, the exterior of the house shows the Barbadian influence in the single porch that runs across the front and around the sides of the house where it joins the back rooms. Inside, the Adam motif prevails with the lovely mantels and the beautiful stairway lit by a Palladian window. Source: Beaufort Online [website]; http://www.beaufortonline.com/ (accessed 5/3/2011)