National Register of Historic Places - South Carolina (SC), Darlington County

Darlington County South Carolina (Historic Districts) has 12 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 5 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include East Home Avenue Historic District, Hart, Thomas E., House, and Kalmia Gardens, Lawton Park and Pavilion, Oaklyn Plantation and Welsh Neck-Long Bluff-Society Hill Historic District.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Darlington County places including J. Carroll Johnson, Works Progress Administration, Thomas G. Harbison, Charles Coker Wilson, May Roper Coker, Lawrence Reese and Sompayrac & Urquhart Wilson. Prominent architectural styles found in Darlington Country are Classical Revival, Colonial Revival and Queen Anne.

Cashua Street--Spring Street Historic District (added 1988 - - #88000064)

Cashua St. between Columbian St. and Warley St., and Spring St. between Cashua St. and N. Ervin St. , Darlington

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Multiple

Architectural Style:

Bungalow/Craftsman, Queen Anne

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

Darlington Downtown Historic District (added 2006 - - #06000546)

Along portions of S. Main St. Pearl St., Public Sq. and Exchange St. , Darlington

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architectural Style:

Late Victorian

Area of Significance:

Commerce, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Private, Local

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade

Historic Sub-function:

Business, Department Store, Organizational, Professional, Restaurant, Specialty Store

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade

Current Sub-function:

Business, Professional, Restaurant, Specialty Store

Darlington Industrial Historic District (added 1988 - - #88000062)

Roughly bounded by Sixth St., Ave. B, Dargan St., and Siskron St. , Darlington

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Transportation, Industry, Agriculture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Commerce/Trade, Industry/Processing/Extraction

Historic Sub-function:

Business, Manufacturing Facility, Processing, Storage

Current Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Vacant/Not In Use

East Home Avenue Historic District (added 1991 - - #91000475)

Also known as See Also:Hart, John L., House

Roughly, E. Home Ave. from N. Fifth St. to just E of First Ave. , Hartsville

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Historic Significance:

Event, Person, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Wilson,Charles Coker, Johnson,J. Carroll

Architectural Style:

Colonial Revival, Classical Revival, Renaissance

Historic Person:

Multiple

Significant Year:

1890

Area of Significance:

Social History, Industry, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic, Education, Funerary, Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Cemetery, Religious Structure, School, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic, Education, Funerary, Religion

Current Sub-function:

Cemetery, College, Religious Structure, School, Single Dwelling

Hart, Thomas E., House, and Kalmia Gardens (added 1991 - - #91000474)

624 W. Carolina Ave. , Hartsville

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Person, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Coker,May Roper, Harbison,Thomas G.

Architectural Style:

Early Republic, Other

Historic Person:

Multiple

Significant Year:

1932, 1935, 1817

Area of Significance:

Science, Exploration/Settlement, Landscape Architecture, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1825-1849, 1800-1824

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic, Landscape

Historic Sub-function:

Garden, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Landscape, Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Garden, Museum

Lawton Park and Pavilion (added 1991 - - #91000476)

Prestwood Dr. at jct. with Lanier Dr. , Hartsville

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Works Progress Administration

Architectural Style:

Colonial Revival

Area of Significance:

Exploration/Settlement, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Recreation And Culture

Historic Sub-function:

Outdoor Recreation

Current Function:

Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Outdoor Recreation

Lydia Plantation (added 2010 - - #10000299)

Also known as Josey, Benjamin Sydney, Farm

703 W Lydia Hwy (US HWY 15/SC HWY 34) , Lydia

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Wilson, Sompayrac & Urquhart, Wilson, Charles Coker

Architectural Style:

Octagon Mode, Classical Revival

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Domestic, Landscape

Historic Sub-function:

Garden, Processing, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling, Storage

Current Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Domestic, Landscape

Current Sub-function:

Garden, Processing, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling, Storage

Oaklyn Plantation (added 1995 - - #94001630)

Jct. of S. Charleston Rd. (SC 35) and Pocket Rd. (SC 173) , Darlington

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Gothic Revival, Classical Revival, Federal

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Agriculture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Agricultural Fields, Agricultural Outbuildings, Animal Facility, Processing, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling, Water-Related

Current Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Landscape

Current Sub-function:

Agricultural Fields, Agricultural Outbuildings, Animal Facility, Garden, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling, Storage

St. John's Historic District (added 1980 - - #80003668)

Park, St. John's Sanders and Orange Sts. , Darlington

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Queen Anne, Colonial Revival, Bungalow/Craftsman

Area of Significance:

Education, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Local, Private

Historic Function:

Domestic, Education

Historic Sub-function:

School, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic, Education

Current Sub-function:

School, Single Dwelling

Welsh Neck-Long Bluff-Society Hill Historic District (added 1974 - - #74001846)

SW of Bennettsville along U.S. 15 , Bennettsville

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Historic Significance:

Information Potential, Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Georgian, Greek Revival, Second Empire

Area of Significance:

Politics/Government, Historic - Non-Aboriginal, Education, Architecture, Military, Religion

Cultural Affiliation:

American

Period of Significance:

1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799, 1700-1749

Owner:

Local, Private

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Landscape

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling, Underwater

West Broad Street Historic District (added 1988 - - #88000063)

W. Broad St. between Dargan St. and Player St. , Darlington

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Reese,Lawrence

Architectural Style:

Queen Anne

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

West College Avenue Historic District (added 1994 - - #94001123)

W. College Ave. from Sixth Ave. to W of Eighth Ave. , Hartsville

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Late 19th And Early 20th Century American Movements

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling