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

Anderson County South Carolina has 26 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 6 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Anderson Downtown Historic District, Anderson Downtown Historic District (Boundary Increase), Belton Standpipe, Pendleton Historic District and Ramer, Ralph John, House.

Many famous people are associated with these Anderson County historic places including Pickney, Charles Cotesworth, et al., Pickens, Gen. Andrew, et al., Andrew McFall, William Dunkling Garrison, Broyles, Dr. O.R., et al. and Dr. Samuel Marshall Orr.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Anderson County places including Joseph H. Casey, Henry Irven Gaines, James J. Baldwin, J.C. McMurray, Joseph L. Casey, J.H. Casey, William Dunkling Garrison, Samuel H. Langston, John W. Linley and Southern Railroad. Prominent architectural styles found in Anderson Country are Greek Revival, Romanesque and Classical Revival.

Anderson College Historic District (added 1998 - - #98000556)

316 Boulevard Ave. , Anderson

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Casey, Joseph L.

Architectural Style:

Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals

Area of Significance:

Education, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Education

Historic Sub-function:

College

Current Function:

Education

Current Sub-function:

College

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Anderson Downtown Historic District (added 1979 - - #79002372)

Also known as See Also:Anderson Downtown Historic District (Boundary Incre

Main St. between Tribble and Market Sts. , Anderson

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Romanesque, Early Commercial

Area of Significance:

Politics/Government, Commerce, Performing Arts, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Local, Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Government

Historic Sub-function:

Business, City Hall, Courthouse

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Government

Current Sub-function:

Business, City Hall, Courthouse

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Anderson Downtown Historic District (Boundary Increase) (added 1987 - - #87001996)

Also known as See Also:Anderson Downtown Historic District

402 N. Main St. , Anderson

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Baldwin,James J., Casey,Joseph H.

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Commerce, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Hotel

Current Function:

Unknown

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Anderson Historic District (added 1971 - - #71000739)

Bounded by Hampton, Main, Franklin, McDuffie, Benson, and Fant Sts. , Anderson

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Other, Romanesque, Classical Revival

Area of Significance:

Education, Politics/Government, Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Religion

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

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Ashtabula (added 1972 - - #72001186)

Also known as Gibbes Place;Broyles Place;Latta Place;Pelzer Place

1.25 mi. NE of Pendleton off SC 88 , Pendleton

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Person

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Other, No Style Listed

Historic Person:

Broyles, Dr. O.R., et al.

Significant Year:

1828

Area of Significance:

Science, Industry, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Museum

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Belton Depot (added 1979 - - #79002373)

Also known as Southern Railway Combined Depot

Public Sq , Belton

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Southern Railroad

Architectural Style:

Romanesque, Queen Anne

Area of Significance:

Transportation, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Rail-Related

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

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Belton Standpipe (added 1987 - - #87001948)

Also known as Belton Waterworks Tower

McGee St. , Belton

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

McMurray,J.C.

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Engineering, Community Planning And Development

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Industry/Processing/Extraction

Historic Sub-function:

Water Works

Current Function:

Industry/Processing/Extraction

Current Sub-function:

Water Works

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Boone--Douthit House (added 1997 - - #97000742)

1000 Milwee Creek Rd. , Pendleton

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Langston,Samuel H.

Architectural Style:

Greek Revival

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

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

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Commerce/Trade, Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Animal Facility, Professional, Single Dwelling, Storage

Current Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Work In Progress

Current Sub-function:

Animal Facility, Secondary Structure

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Caldwell-Johnson-Morris Cottage (added 1971 - - #71000740)

220 E. Morris St. , Anderson

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Person

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Other

Historic Person:

Johnson, William Bullein

Significant Year:

1851

Area of Significance:

Education, Architecture, Religion

Period of Significance:

1850-1874

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Museum

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Chamberlain-Kay House (added 1980 - - #80003652)

Also known as Chamberlain, Charles C., House

205 River St. , Belton

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Other, Queen Anne, Greek Revival

Area of Significance:

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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Denver Downs Farmstead (added 2007 - - #07000118)

Also known as Garrison Farm

4915 Clemson Blvd. , Anderson

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Historic Significance:

Event, Person, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Garrison, William Dunkling

Architectural Style:

Colonial Revival

Historic Person:

Garrison, William Dunkling

Area of Significance:

Agriculture, Architecture

Period of Significance:

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

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Agricultural Outbuildings, Processing, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Agricultural Outbuildings, Processing, Single Dwelling

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Faith Cabin Library at Anderson County Training School (added 2012 - - #12000941)

145 Town St., Pendleton

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Education, Black

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949

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Kennedy Street School (added 2007 - - #07001111)

816 Kennedy St. , Anderson

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Casey, J.H., Linley, John W.

Architectural Style:

Classical Revival

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Local, Private

Historic Function:

Education

Historic Sub-function:

School

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

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McFall House (added 2005 - - #82003829)

Also known as Brick House

SR 247 , Anderson

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Person

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Other, No Style Listed

Historic Person:

McFall,Andrew

Significant Year:

1825

Area of Significance:

Exploration/Settlement, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1825-1849

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

North Anderson Historic District (added 2008 - - #08000733)

E. and W. North Ave. between Boundary St. and Mauldin Dr., including parts of Edgewood Dr. Blair St., Central Ave. , Anderson

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architectural Style:

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

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Community Planning And Development

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 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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Orr, Dr. Samuel Marshall, House (added 1973 - - #73001673)

809 W. Market St. , Anderson

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Historic Significance:

Person

Historic Person:

Orr, Dr. Samuel Marshall

Significant Year:

1885

Area of Significance:

Industry, Commerce

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

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Pelzer Manufacturing Company and Mill Village Historic District (added 2017 - - #100001718)

Portions of Lebby, Reed, Courtney, Smythe, and Anderson Streets, Pelzer

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Colonial Revival, Mixed (More Than 2 Styles From Different Periods)

Area of Significance:

Industry, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1881-1954 AD

Pelzer Presbyterian Church (added 1993 - - #93001407)

13 Lebby St. , Pelzer

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Gothic, Late Gothic Revival

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Religious Structure

Current Function:

Religion

Current Sub-function:

Religious Structure

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Pendleton Cotton Mill (added 2018 - - #100002060)

250 South Depot Street, Pendleton

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Factory/Mill

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Industry

Period of Significance:

1903-1967 AD, 1903-1906 AD

Pendleton Historic District (added 1970 - - #70000560)

Also known as See Also:Ashtabula

Bounded on W by Hopewell and Treaty Oak, N by Old Stone Church, E by Montpelier, and S by town limits , Pendleton

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Historic Significance:

Information Potential, Architecture/Engineering, Event, Person

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Greek Revival

Historic Person:

Pickens, Gen. Andrew, et al.

Significant Year:

1789

Area of Significance:

Politics/Government, Industry, Agriculture, Architecture, Historic - Aboriginal, Commerce, Military, Communications

Cultural Affiliation:

Cherokee

Period of Significance:

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

Owner:

Private, Local

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Agricultural Fields, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Agricultural Fields, Single Dwelling

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Prevost, Nick, House (added 2005 - - #84002020)

105 N. Prevost St. , Anderson

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Renaissance

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

Ramer, Ralph John, House (added 1992 - - #92000023)

Also known as Ramer-Stringer-Rainey House

402 Boulevard , Anderson

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Gaines,Henry Irven

Architectural Style:

Tudor Revival

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

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Shirley, Obediah, House (added 1999 - - #99000201)

Bagwell Rd. , Honea Path

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Work In Progress

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United States Post Office and Court House (added 2017 - - #100001746)

315 South McDuffie Street, Anderson

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Other

Area of Significance:

Politics/Government, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1938-1940 AD

Woodburn (added 1971 - - #71000741)

Also known as Frank Place

End of Woodburn Rd., W of Pendleton , Pendleton

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Person

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Historic Person:

Pickney, Charles Cotesworth, et al.

Significant Year:

1855, 1800

Area of Significance:

Politics/Government, Agriculture, Architecture, Social History, Religion

Period of Significance:

1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use, Work In Progress

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Woodson Farmstead (added 1998 - - #98000422)

3 Powdersville Rd. , Greenville

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Sheck, John O.

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Agricultural Fields, Agricultural Outbuildings, Single Dwelling, Storage

Current Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Agricultural Fields, Agricultural Outbuildings, Single Dwelling, Storage

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