South Carolina - Georgetown County - Historic Districts
Georgetown County South Carolina (Historic Districts) has 11 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 7 places of National significance and 2 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Belle Isle Rice Mill Chimney, Brookgreen Gardens, Georgetown Historic District, Hobcaw Barony and Keithfield Plantation.

Many famous people are associated with these Georgetown County historic places including Robert F.W. Allston, William Allston, Bernard Mannes Baruch, R.F.W. Allston and Julia Peterkin.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Georgetown County places including Anna Hyatt Huntington, Murgatroyd and Ogden, Lafaye and Lafaye, Walter (Mellor & Meigs) Mellor, Arthur I. Meigs and R.L. Gravely. Prominent architectural styles found in Georgetown Country are Colonial Revival, Classical Revival and Greek Revival.

All Saints' Episcopal Church, Waccamaw (added 1991 - - #91000232)
SC 255 .2 mi. N of jct. with SC 46 , Pawleys Island
Eshelms, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Gravely,R.L.
Architectural Style:
Classical Revival
Area of Significance:
Social History, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Funerary, Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Cemetery, Church Related Residence, Religious Structure
Current Function:
Funerary, Religion
Current Sub-function:
Cemetery, Church Related Residence, Religious Structure
Belle Isle Rice Mill Chimney (added 1988 - - #88000525)
Also known as Black Out Plantation
Cat Island , Georgetown
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Area of Significance:
Agriculture, Industry, Engineering
Period of Significance:
1850-1874, 1825-1849
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence
Historic Sub-function:
Agricultural Fields, Processing
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Brookgreen Gardens (added 1978 - - #78002510)
18 mi. (28.8 km) NE of Georgetown on U.S. 17 , Georgetown
Doug Coldwell, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Huntington,Anna Hyatt
Historic Person:
Allston,William,et al.
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government, Art, Invention, Agriculture, Military, Literature, Landscape Architecture, Social History
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Landscape, Recreation And Culture
Historic Sub-function:
Forest, Museum, Work Of Art (Sculpture, Carving, Rock Art)
Current Function:
Landscape, Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Forest, Museum, Work Of Art (Sculpture, Carving, Rock Art)
Friendfield Plantation (added 1996 - - #96000409)
Also known as Mount Pleasant;Silver Hill;Slave Street
Roughly bounded by US 521--17A, the Sampit River, Whites Cr., and Creek Rd. , Georgetown
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Mellor, Walter (Mellor & Meigs), Meigs, Arthur I.
Architectural Style:
Colonial Revival
Area of Significance:
Industry, Agriculture, Architecture, Engineering, Black, Landscape Architecture, Maritime History, Social History, Transportation, Entertainment/Recreation
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Funerary, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Recreation And Culture
Historic Sub-function:
Agricultural Fields, Cemetery, Irrigation Facility, Processing Site, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Funerary, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Agricultural Fields, Cemetery, Irrigation Facility, Processing Site, Single Dwelling
Georgetown Historic District (added 1971 - - #71000781)
Also known as See also:Old Market Building
Along N side of Sampit River , Georgetown
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Colonial
Area of Significance:
Education, Architecture, Commerce, Military
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799, 1700-1749
Owner:
Local, Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Business, Single Dwelling
Hobcaw Barony (added 1994 - - #94001236)
Also known as Bellefield Plantation
Roughly bounded by US 17, Winyah and Mud Bays and Jones Cr. , Georgetown
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Historic Significance:
Person, Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Lafaye and Lafaye, Murgatroyd and Ogden
Architectural Style:
Colonial Revival
Historic Person:
Baruch, Bernard Mannes
Significant Year:
1930, 1936, 1905
Area of Significance:
Agriculture, Architecture, Engineering, Entertainment/Recreation, Black, Landscape Architecture, Social History, Transportation
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799, 1700-1749
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic, Funerary, Recreation And Culture, Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Cemetery, Outdoor Recreation, Religious Structure, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling, Sport Facility
Current Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Education, Funerary
Current Sub-function:
Cemetery, Educational Related Housing, Horticulture Facility, Research Facility, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Keithfield Plantation (added 1988 - - #88000529)
Off CR 52 , Georgetown
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Black, Architecture, Social History, Agriculture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Agricultural Fields, Irrigation Facility, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Vacant/Not In Use
Current Sub-function:
Storage
Milldam Rice Mill and Rice Barn (added 1988 - - #88000530)
Off CR 30 , Georgetown
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Industry, Architecture, Agriculture
Period of Significance:
1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence
Historic Sub-function:
Agricultural Fields, Irrigation Facility, Processing
Current Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Vacant/Not In Use
Current Sub-function:
Storage
Murrells Inlet Historic District (added 1980 - - #80003670)
Also known as Murrells Inlet
Off U.S. 17 , Murrells Inlet
Upstateherd, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Greek Revival
Historic Person:
Peterkin,Julia
Area of Significance:
Agriculture, Architecture, Literature, Social History
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Restaurant, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Restaurant, Single Dwelling
Pawleys Island Historic District (added 1972 - - #72001211)
W side of Pawleys Island , Pawleys Island
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Historic Significance:
Event, Person
Historic Person:
Allston,R.F.W.
Area of Significance:
Education, Military, Social History
Period of Significance:
1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Pee Dee River Rice Planters Historic District (added 1988 - - #88000532)
Also known as See Also:Chicora Wood Planation
Along the Pee Dee and Waccamaw Rivers , Georgetown
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Historic Significance:
Person, Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Other, No Style Listed
Historic Person:
Allston,Robert F.W.
Area of Significance:
Industry, Black, Social History, Architecture, Agriculture, Engineering
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Agricultural Fields, Irrigation Facility, Processing, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic, Vacant/Not In Use
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
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