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

Greenwood County South Carolina has 22 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 4 places of National significance and 3 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Mays, Benjamin, Birthplace, Ninety Six National Historic Site, Stony Point, Trapp and Chandler Pottery Site (38GN169) and Barratt House.

Many famous people are associated with these Greenwood County historic places including Joel Smith, Benjamin Elijah Mays, Dr. John C. Maxwell, John P. Barratt, James C. Self and Robert Gillam.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Greenwood County places including Henry Haldane, John P. Barratt, Thomas W. Cothran, Berryman & Kennedy Wilson, James C. Hemphill, Members of the congregation and Reuben Harrison Hunt. Prominent architectural styles found in Greenwood Country are Greek Revival, Classical Revival and Gothic Revival.

Barratt House (added 1985 - - #85002382)

SC 67 & Bryan Dorn Rd. , Greenwood

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Historic Significance:

Person, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Barratt,John P.

Architectural Style:

Gothic Revival

Historic Person:

Barratt,John P.

Significant Year:

1856, 1853

Area of Significance:

Art, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1850-1874

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

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Brooks, J. Wesley, House (added 1973 - - #73001712)

Also known as Scotch Cross House

2 mi. S of Greenwood on U.S. 25 , Greenwood

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1800-1824

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

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Greenville Presbyterian Church (added 1998 - - #98000561)

Greenville Church Rd. , Donalds

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Multiple

Architectural Style:

Greek Revival

Area of Significance:

Religion, Architecture

Period of Significance:

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

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Funerary, Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Cemetery, Religious Structure

Current Function:

Funerary, Religion

Current Sub-function:

Cemetery, Religious Structure

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Kinard House (added 2007 - - #07000119)

227 W. Main St. , Ninety Six

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Other, Late Victorian

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

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Lander College Old Main Building (added 1984 - - #84002046)

Also known as Greenwood Hall;Laura Lander Hall;Wilson Hall

Stanley Ave. and Lander St. , Greenwood

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Cothran,Thomas W., Hunt,Reuben Harrison

Architectural Style:

Romanesque, Other, Colonial Revival

Area of Significance:

Education, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Owner:

State

Historic Function:

Education, Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Church School, College

Current Function:

Education

Current Sub-function:

College

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Magnolia Cemetery (added 2004 - - #04000590)

Also known as City Cemetery

416 Magnolia Ave. , Greenwood

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Community Planning And Development, Social History

Period of Significance:

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

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Funerary

Historic Sub-function:

Cemetery

Current Function:

Funerary

Current Sub-function:

Cemetery

More Information:

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Mays, Benjamin, Birthplace (added 2005 - - #98000414)

0.5 mi NW of jct. of US 179 and Scott Ferry Rd. , Epworth

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Historic Significance:

Person

Historic Person:

Mays, Benjamin Elijah

Significant Year:

1894

Area of Significance:

Black, Education

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Moore-Kinard House (added 1983 - - #83002198)

Also known as J. M. C. Kinard House

US 178 and S-24-44 , Ninety Six

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1825-1849

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

More Information:

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Mt. Pisgah A.M.E. Church (added 1979 - - #79002384)

Hackett Ave. and James St. , Greenwood

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Members of the congregation

Architectural Style:

Other, Late Victorian

Area of Significance:

Black, Architecture, Religion

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Religious Structure

Current Function:

Religion

Current Sub-function:

Religious Structure

More Information:

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Ninety Six National Historic Site (added 1969 - - #69000169)

Also known as Old Ninety Six and Star Fort

2 mi. S of Ninety Six between SC 248 and 27 , Ninety Six

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Historic Significance:

Information Potential, Event

Area of Significance:

Politics/Government, Law, Commerce, Economics, Historic - Non-Aboriginal, Transportation, Exploration/Settlement, Military

Cultural Affiliation:

Rural Anglo-American

Period of Significance:

1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799, 1700-1749

Owner:

Federal

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Defense, Domestic, Funerary

Historic Sub-function:

Air-Related, Camp, Cemetery, Fortification, Road-Related, Village Site

Current Function:

Education, Government, Landscape

Current Sub-function:

Forest, Park, Parking Lot

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Old Cokesbury and Masonic Female College and Conference School (added 1970 - - #70000589)

N of Greenwood at jct. of SR 246 and 254 , Cokesbury

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Multiple

Architectural Style:

Greek Revival

Area of Significance:

Education, Architecture, Military, Social History, Religion

Period of Significance:

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

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Education, Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Church School, School, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Work In Progress

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

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Old Greenwood Cemetery (added 2002 - - #02000115)

Also known as Methodist Cemetery

503 E. Cambridge Ave. , Greenwood

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Social History

Period of Significance:

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

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Funerary

Historic Sub-function:

Cemetery

Current Function:

Funerary

Current Sub-function:

Cemetery

More Information:

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Old Greenwood High School (added 1985 - - #85003120)

Also known as Greenwood High School

857 S. Main St. , Greenwood

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Hemphill,James C., Wilson,Berryman & Kennedy

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Education, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Education

Historic Sub-function:

School

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

More Information:

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Self, James C., House (added 1987 - - #87002064)

Also known as Self House

595 N. Mathis St. , Greenwood

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Historic Significance:

Person, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Cothran,Thomas W.

Architectural Style:

Other

Historic Person:

Self,James C.

Significant Year:

1918, 1917

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Industry

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

More Information:

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Southern Railway Depot (added 2011 - - #11000731)

99 SC 34, Ninety Six

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Classical Revival

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

More Information:

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Stony Point (added 1975 - - #75001700)

N of Greenwood at jct. of SC 246 and SR 39 , Greenwood

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Historic Significance:

Person, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Historic Person:

Smith,Joel,et al.

Significant Year:

1829, 1818

Area of Significance:

Agriculture, Architecture, Transportation, Industry

Period of Significance:

1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

More Information:

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Sunnyside (added 1978 - - #78002515)

105 Dargan Ave. , Greenwood

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Historic Significance:

Person, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Other, Gothic Revival, Greek Revival

Historic Person:

Gillam,Robert,et al.

Significant Year:

1851

Area of Significance:

Agriculture, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

More Information:

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Tabernacle Cemetery (added 2008 - - #08000736)

Also known as Old Tabernacle Cemetery

Tabernacle Cemetery Rd., just E. of SC Hwy. 254 , Greenwood

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Social History

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Funerary

Historic Sub-function:

Cemetery

Current Function:

Funerary

Current Sub-function:

Cemetery

More Information:

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The Oaks (added 2010 - - #10001040)

114 Old Puckett's Ferry Rd, Coronaca

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824

Trapp and Chandler Pottery Site (38GN169) (added 1986 - - #86000043)

Also known as 38 GN 169

Address Restricted , Kirksey

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Historic Significance:

Event, Information Potential

Area of Significance:

Historic - Non-Aboriginal, Black, Art, Industry

Cultural Affiliation:

American Industrial

Period of Significance:

1850-1874, 1825-1849

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Industry/Processing/Extraction

Historic Sub-function:

Manufacturing Facility

Current Function:

Landscape

Current Sub-function:

Underwater

Vance-Maxwell House (added 1982 - - #82003866)

Also known as Maxwell-Nicholson-Murphy House

158 E. Cambridge St. , Greenwood

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Person

Architectural Style:

Second Empire

Historic Person:

Maxwell,Dr. John C.

Significant Year:

1871, 1902, 1850

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Social History

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

More Information:

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Ware Shoals Inn (added 2007 - - #07001130)

1 Greenwood Ave. N. , Ware Shoals

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Classical Revival, Bungalow/Craftsman

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Industry

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Hotel

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

More Information:

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