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

Abbeville County South Carolina has 15 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 2 places of National significance and 6 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Burt, Armistead, House, Calhoun, Patrick, Family Cemetery, Abbeville County Courthouse, Abbeville Historic District and Abbeville Historic District (Boundary Increase).

The famous person Jefferson Davis is associated with one of more of the Abbeville County historic places.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Abbeville County places including David Lesley, a slave Cubic, Frederic Minshall and William Augustus Edwards. Prominent architectural styles found in Abbeville Country are Classical Revival, Georgian and Gothic Revival.

Abbeville County Courthouse (added 1981 - - #81000706)

Also known as See Also:Abbeville Historic District;Abbeville Historic Dist

Court Sq. , Abbeville

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Edwards, William Augustus, Minshall,Frederic

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Politics/Government, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Government

Historic Sub-function:

Courthouse

Current Function:

Government

Current Sub-function:

Courthouse

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Abbeville Historic District (added 1972 - - #72001183)

Also known as See Also:Courthouses in South Carolina Designed by William A

Roughly bounded by Seaboard Coastline RR, SR 72, Rickey, Haight, Hemphill and Haigler Sts. , Abbeville

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Multiple

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Politics/Government, Architecture, Commerce

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799

Owner:

Local, Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Business, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Business, Single Dwelling

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Abbeville Historic District (Boundary Decrease) (added 1972 - - #72001579)

Also known as See Also:Abbeville Historic District

Roughly E of Magazine St., S of Whitehall St., NW along Long Branch St., W of Lemon St., N along Washington St. , Abbeville

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Multiple

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Commerce, Religion

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799

Owner:

Local, Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Business, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Business, Single Dwelling

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Abbeville Historic District (Boundary Increase) (added 1984 - - #84002014)

Also known as See Also:Abbeville Historic District;Abbeville Historic Dist

Roughly W along N. Main St. from Haigler to Livingston Sts., N along Greenville St., and NE on Marshall Ct. , Abbeville

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Multiple

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Politics/Government, Architecture, Commerce

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic, Landscape

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

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Abbeville Opera House (added 1970 - - #70000558)

Court Sq. , Abbeville

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Art, Social History

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Recreation And Culture

Historic Sub-function:

Theater

Current Function:

Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Theater

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Burt, Armistead, House (added 1970 - - #70000559)

Also known as The Burt (Stark) House

306 N. Main St. , Abbeville

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Historic Significance:

Person, Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Lesley,David, Cubic,a slave

Architectural Style:

Greek Revival

Historic Person:

Davis,Jefferson,et al.

Significant Year:

1865

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Social History, Politics/Government, Military, Landscape Architecture

Period of Significance:

1850-1874

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Agricultural Outbuildings, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic, Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Museum, Single Dwelling

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Calhoun, Patrick, Family Cemetery (added 1975 - - #75001684)

9.5 mi. SW of Abbeville on SC 823 , Abbeville

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Politics/Government, Exploration/Settlement, Military, Social History

Period of Significance:

1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1750-1799

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Funerary

Historic Sub-function:

Cemetery

Current Function:

Funerary

Current Sub-function:

Cemetery

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Cedar Springs Historic District (added 1982 - - #82003824)

SR 33, SR 112 and SR 47 , Abbeville

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Octagon Mode

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Social History

Period of Significance:

1850-1874, 1800-1824

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Hotel, Religious Structure, Restaurant, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic, Religion, Vacant/Not In Use

Current Sub-function:

Hotel, Religious Structure, Single Dwelling

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Donalds Grange No. 497 (added 1995 - - #94001564)

Also known as Patrons of Husbandry;Grange Hall

SC 184 , Donalds

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Social History

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Education, Government, Social

Historic Sub-function:

City Hall, Library, Meeting Hall

Current Function:

Social

Current Sub-function:

Meeting Hall

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Erskine College-Due West Historic District (added 1982 - - #82003825)

Main, Church, College, Bonner, Hayne, Washington, Cleveland, Depot, & Abbeville Sts. , Due West

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Multiple

Architectural Style:

Other, Classical Revival

Area of Significance:

Education, Architecture, Religion

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1825-1849

Owner:

Local, Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Education, Religion

Historic Sub-function:

College, Educational Related Housing, Hotel, Religious Structure, Specialty Store

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Education, Government, Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

College, Museum, Religious Structure, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store

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Harbison College President's Home (added 1983 - - #83002181)

N of Abbeville on SC 20 , Abbeville

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Black, Education

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic, Education

Historic Sub-function:

Educational Related Housing, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

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Lindsay Cemetery (added 2009 - - #09000364)

Also known as Lindsay Burying Ground

Lindsay Cemetery Rd. , Due West

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Social History

Period of Significance:

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

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Funerary

Historic Sub-function:

Cemetery

Current Function:

Funerary

Current Sub-function:

Cemetery

More Information:

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Trinity Episcopal Church and Cemetery (added 1971 - - #71000738)

Church St. , Abbeville

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Gothic Revival

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Performing Arts, Religion

Period of Significance:

1850-1874, 1825-1849

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Religious Structure

Current Function:

Religion

Current Sub-function:

Religious Structure

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Upper Long Cane Cemetery (added 2010 - - #10001039)

Greenville St (SC HWY 20 N) at junction with Beltline Rd (SC Sec Rd 1-35), Abbeville

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Area of Significance:

Social History, Art

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799

Young Place (added 1974 - - #74001818)

Also known as Goshen;The Young Place

SC 185 , Due West

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Georgian, Italianate

Area of Significance:

Education, Architecture, Religion

Period of Significance:

1825-1849

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Hotel, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

More Information:

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