South Carolina - Darlington County - Historic Districts
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
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