Located within the Beaufort, South Carolina, city limits, the Seacoast Packing Company Building, more commonly referred to as the "Pickle Factory", was built in 1920-21 along the now abandoned Charleston & Western Carolina Railroad line. The building, initially constructed as a meat-packing plant, stands as one of the only remaining early twentieth century industrial buildings in the city limits and is now surrounded by a single family residential area. The building was designed by Brooks Engineering of Moultrie, Georgia, as a poured in-place concrete frame with a structural tile wall infill system typical of the time period, but unique to the area. Funding for the project was developed by local subscription of stocks in the company. The Seacoast Packing Company never opened due to the inability to collect payments from local subscribers. The building was used sporadically for other purposes and remained abandoned for almost half a century, resulting in a state of serious disrepair.

The Seacoast Packing Company building has been identified as one of the priority endangered historic sites and structures in Beaufort County, South Carolina by the Historic Beaufort Foundation. Long ago referred to as "the Pig Factory" or "the Slaughter House" but more recently better known as "the Pickle Factory, " the Seacoast Packing Company is significant under Criterion A for its contributions to the Beaufort economy in the areas of industry and agriculture. Built in 1920 and 1921, it is important to the history of the city because it was constructed at a time when Beaufort was trying to diversify its economy. Funded by local subscription in company stocks, the construction of the meat packing plant was conceived as a community development project to improve the economic condition of the area. After the almost immediate failure of the meat packing enterprise, the building was utilized from 1928 to ca. 1940 for grocery overflow storage, then from 1932 to ca 1940 and from ca 1945 to 1947 as a tomato canning plant factory and pickle packing plant, respectively, contributing to the continued significance of the structure for its role in truck farming in the region. Its use as a pickle packing plant immediately after World War II was so brief that the extension of the property's period of significance after the war is questionable. - NRHP, 1 May 2008