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

Florence County South Carolina (Vacant / Not In Use) has 8 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 2 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Browntown and Gregg--Wallace Farm Tenant House, Askins, W. T., House, Blooming Grove and Florence Downtown Historic District.

The famous person Frank Mandeville Rogers is associated with one of more of the Florence County historic places.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Florence County places including Haynesworth & Stuckey and Wilkins & Hopkins. Prominent architectural styles found in Florence Country are Classical Revival, Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals and Late Victorian.

Askins, W. T., House (added 1995 - - #95000636)

178 S. Acline Ave. , Lake City

Evanoco, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Late Victorian

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Blooming Grove (added 2005 - - #05000517)

Also known as Mandeville-Rogers House

E. end of Rogers Court , Florence

KLOTZPLATE, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Person, Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Classical Revival

Historic Person:

Rogers, Frank Mandeville

Significant Year:

1820, 1790, 1800

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

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

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Browntown (added 1982 - - #82003850)

SC 341 , Johnsonville

Martin H., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Multiple

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Engineering

Period of Significance:

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

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction

Historic Sub-function:

Agricultural Fields, Agricultural Outbuildings, Manufacturing Facility, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Vacant/Not In Use

Current Sub-function:

Agricultural Fields

Florence Downtown Historic District (added 2008 - - #08000621)

Portions of West Evans, North Dargan St., and South Dargan St , Florence

KLOTZPLATE, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architectural Style:

Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Commerce

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Local, Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade

Historic Sub-function:

Business, Department Store, Financial Institution, Specialty Store

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Vacant/Not In Use

Current Sub-function:

Department Store, Restaurant, Specialty Store

Florence Public Library (added 2006 - - #06001041)

Also known as Florence County Public Library

319 S. Irby St. , Florence

Ttomba456, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Wilkins & Hopkins, Haynesworth & Stuckey

Architectural Style:

Classical Revival

Area of Significance:

Education, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Education

Historic Sub-function:

Library

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Gregg--Wallace Farm Tenant House (added 2002 - - #01001550)

310 Price Rd. , Mars Bluff

KLOTZPLATE, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Black, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Mt. Zion Rosenwald School (added 2001 - - #01001098)

Also known as Mt. Zion--Rosenwald Colored School

5040 Liberty Chapel Rd. , Florence

KLOTZPLATE, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Education, Black

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Education

Historic Sub-function:

School

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Slave Houses, Gregg Plantation (added 1974 - - #74001856)

Francis Marion College campus , Mars Bluff

KLOTZPLATE, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Black, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use