Heyward House Museum & Welcome Center

Heyward House Museum & Welcome Center Step back in time at the Heyward House Museum and Welcome Center. Built by a wealthy planter in 184 The Heyward family would live in/own the home from 1867-1997.

Built in 1841, the Heyward House served as a summer home for local plantation owner, John James Cole. It would serve as a summer retreat for his family over the next twenty years. In 1867, after the Civil War, the house was acquired by the Heyward family. In 1997 the house was sold to the Bluffton Historical Preservation Society. In 1998 it opened as a historic house museum, and in 2000 it became

the Official Welcome Center for the town of Bluffton. Tours of the Heyward House are offered daily, and walking tours of the Old Town are available by appointment. The Heyward House also provides educational programs for public/private school, home-schoolers, tour companies, and other groups. Lectures, events, and other fundraisers are thrown throughout the year to help support the house.

Address

70 Boundary Street
Bluffton, SC
29910

Opening Hours

Monday 10am - 5pm
Tuesday 10am - 5pm
Wednesday 10am - 5pm
Thursday 10am - 5pm
Friday 10am - 5pm
Saturday 10am - 4pm

Telephone

(843) 757-6293

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Bluffton’s Warmest Welcome

The Heyward House Museum is currently closed during the pandemic, but our Welcome Center materials have been available 24/7 on our open back porch. Please safely distance from others as you visit our porch, and help yourself to any information that you see.

The Heyward House, built in 1841, is located in the heart of Bluffton’s Historic District, and serves as the official Welcome Center for the town of Bluffton. The house museum offers guided tours of the 5-room Carolina farmhouse, which is filled with interesting artifacts and furnishings from the 1850’s to the 1920’s.

Walking tours of the Historic district are available with a reservation, and include a tour of the Heyward House. Word of mouth is our best marketing vehicle, and we are proud to be one Bluffton’s historic jewels, with a cultural and historic story to preserve and share.

Any visit to Bluffton should begin at the Heyward House, even if you only need a map and some lunch spot suggestions!