South Carolina - Cherokee County
Cherokee County South Carolina has 29 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 12 places of National significance and 4 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Archeological Site 38CK1, Archeological Site 38CK44, Archeological Site 38CK45, Coopersville Ironworks Site (38CK2) and Susan Furnace Site (38CK67) and Cowpens Furnace Site (38CK73).

Prehistoric cultural affiliation(s) include Late Archaic, Native American and Early 19th C Industrial dating back to 2999 BC.

The famous person Sevier, John and et al. is associated with one of more of the Cherokee County historic places.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Cherokee County places including Mead & White Mckim, Henry (NPS) Howser, Civilian Conservation Corps, Leander Baker, Ramus Wadkins, Arthur W. Hamby, S.A. Miller, Jubilee Lovelace and Victor I. Spurgeon. Prominent architectural styles found in Cherokee Country are Classical Revival, Bungalow/Craftsman and Gothic.

Archeological Site 38CK1 (added 1980 - - #80003661)
Also known as Upton Site
Address Restricted , Gaffney
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Historic Significance:
Information Potential
Area of Significance:
Prehistoric
Cultural Affiliation:
Late Archaic
Period of Significance:
500-999 BC, 1000-2999 BC, 1000 AD-999 BC
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Extractive Facility
Current Function:
Landscape
Current Sub-function:
Unoccupied Land
Archeological Site 38CK44 (added 1980 - - #80003662)
Also known as Locus 1
Address Restricted , Gaffney
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Historic Significance:
Information Potential
Area of Significance:
Prehistoric
Cultural Affiliation:
Late Archaic
Period of Significance:
500-999 BC, 1000-2999 BC, 1000 AD-999 BC
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Extractive Facility
Current Function:
Landscape
Current Sub-function:
Unoccupied Land
Archeological Site 38CK45 (added 1980 - - #80003663)
Also known as Locus 2
Address Restricted , Gaffney
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Historic Significance:
Information Potential
Area of Significance:
Prehistoric
Cultural Affiliation:
Late Archaic
Period of Significance:
500-999 BC, 1000-2999 BC, 1000 AD-999 BC
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Extractive Facility
Current Function:
Landscape
Current Sub-function:
Park
Carnegie Free Library (added 2000 - - #00000587)
Also known as Cherokee County Administration Building
210 N. Limestone St. , Gaffney
Cecouchman, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Hamby, Arthur W., Miller, S.A.
Architectural Style:
Classical Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Education
Historic Sub-function:
Library
Current Function:
Government
Current Sub-function:
Government Office
More Information:
Coopersville Ironworks Site (38CK2) and Susan Furnace Site (38CK67) (added 1976 - - #76001699)
Also known as Cherokee Ford Ironworks Site; Nesbitt Iron Manufacturing Co.
Address Restricted , Gaffney
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Historic Significance:
Event, Information Potential
Area of Significance:
Historic - Non-Aboriginal, Engineering, Prehistoric, Industry
Cultural Affiliation:
Native American, Early 19th C Industrial
Period of Significance:
1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Extractive Facility, Fishing Facility Or Site, Manufacturing Facility
Current Function:
Landscape
Current Sub-function:
Underwater, Unoccupied Land
Cowpens Furnace Site (38CK73) (added 1987 - - #87000704)
Also known as Cowpens Furnace;38CK73
Address Restricted , Gaffney
Martin H., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Information Potential
Area of Significance:
Engineering, Historic - Non-Aboriginal, Industry
Cultural Affiliation:
Rural Industrial
Period of Significance:
1825-1849, 1800-1824
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Manufacturing Facility
Current Function:
Landscape
Current Sub-function:
Forest
Cowpens National Battlefield (added 1966 - - #66000072)
Also known as The Cowpens;Hannah's Cowpens;Cowpens Battleground
2 mi. E of Chesnee at jct. of SC 11 and 110 , Chesnee
Urdangaray, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Military
Period of Significance:
1750-1799
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Defense
Historic Sub-function:
Agricultural Fields, Battle Site
Current Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Landscape
Current Sub-function:
Agricultural Fields, Park, Single Dwelling
More Information:
Davis, Winnie, Hall (added 1977 - - #77001219)
Also known as Winnie Davis School of History
1115 College Dr. , Gaffney
Bigskybill, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Late Gothic Revival
Area of Significance:
Education, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Education
Historic Sub-function:
College
Current Function:
Work In Progress
More Information:
Ellen Furnace Site (38CK68) (added 1987 - - #87000705)
Also known as 38CK68
Address Restricted , Gaffney
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Historic Significance:
Information Potential
Area of Significance:
Historic - Non-Aboriginal, Engineering, Industry
Cultural Affiliation:
Rural Industrial
Period of Significance:
1850-1874, 1825-1849
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Extractive Facility, Manufacturing Facility
Current Function:
Landscape
Current Sub-function:
Forest
Gaffney Commercial Historic District (added 1986 - - #86000602)
Roughly N. Limestone St. between Cherokee Ave. and E. Meadow St. , Gaffney
Bigskybill, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Romanesque, Italianate, Classical Revival
Area of Significance:
Commerce, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade
Historic Sub-function:
Business, Department Store, Specialty Store
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade
Current Sub-function:
Business, Specialty Store
More Information:
Gaffney Residential Historic District (added 1986 - - #86000601)
Roughly bounded by Floyd Baker Blvd., Johnson and Thompson Sts., Rutledge and Fairview Aves., and Limestone St. , Gaffney
Bigskybill, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Bungalow/Craftsman, Colonial Revival, Classical Revival
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
More Information:
Hicks, Zeno, House (added 1989 - - #89000002)
Also known as McKinney--Hicks Homeplace
US 221 and Mill Gap Rd. , Chesnee
Bigskybill, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Wadkins,Ramus, Lovelace,Jubilee
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Social History
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
More Information:
Irene Mill Finishing Plant (added 1986 - - #86000591)
Also known as Cherokee Finishing Company
W side of Buford St. between Liberty and Logan Sts. , Gaffney
Bigskybill, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Industry
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Manufacturing Facility
Current Function:
Industry/Processing/Extraction
Current Sub-function:
Manufacturing Facility
More Information:
Jefferies House (added 1986 - - #86000594)
Also known as Jolly House
306 S. Grannard St. , Gaffney
Bigskybill, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Baker,Leander
Architectural Style:
Italianate
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
More Information:
King's Creek Furnace Site (38CK71) (added 1987 - - #87000707)
Also known as King's Creek Furnace;38CK71
Address Restricted , Kings Creek
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Historic Significance:
Information Potential
Area of Significance:
Historic - Non-Aboriginal, Engineering, Industry
Cultural Affiliation:
Rural Industrial
Period of Significance:
1825-1849
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Manufacturing Facility
Current Function:
Landscape
Current Sub-function:
Forest
Kings Mountain National Military Park (added 1966 - - #66000079)
NW of Bethany on SC 161 , Bethany
KudzuVine, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Mckim, Mead & White, Howser, Henry (NPS)
Architectural Style:
Modern Movement, Federal, Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals
Historic Person:
Sevier, John, et al.
Significant Year:
1803, 1941, 1780
Area of Significance:
Military
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Defense, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Agricultural Fields, Battle Site, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic, Landscape, Recreation And Culture, Vacant/Not In Use
Current Sub-function:
Monument/Marker, Museum, Park, Single Dwelling
More Information:
Kings Mountain State Park Historic District (added 2008 - - #08000185)
1277 Park Rd. , Blacksburg
Uviolet, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Civilian Conservation Corps, et.al.
Architectural Style:
Late 19th And Early 20th Century American Movements, Other
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Community Planning And Development, Conservation, Entertainment/Recreation, Landscape Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
State
Historic Function:
Landscape, Recreation And Culture
Historic Sub-function:
Conservation Area, Outdoor Recreation, Park
Current Function:
Landscape, Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Conservation Area, Outdoor Recreation, Park
More Information:
Limestone Springs Historic District (added 1986 - - #86000597)
Also known as See Also:Winnie Davis Hall
O'Neal St. extension and Limestone College campus , Gaffney
BotMultichillT, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Education, Industry, Social History, Religion
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic, Education, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Religion
Historic Sub-function:
College, Extractive Facility, Hotel, Religious Structure
Current Function:
Education
Current Sub-function:
College
More Information:
Magness--Humphries House (added 2001 - - #01001159)
101 Grassy Pond Rd. , Gaffney
Bigskybill, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Queen Anne
Area of Significance:
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, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Agricultural Outbuildings, Single Dwelling
More Information:
Mulberry Chapel Methodist Church (added 2012 - - #12000370)
582 Asbury Rd., Pacolet
Upstateherd, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Gothic
Area of Significance:
Black, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
More Information:
Nesbitt's Furnace Site (38CK72) (added 1987 - - #87000709)
Also known as Nesbitt's Furnace;Furnace Place Mill;38CK72
Address Restricted , Gaffney
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Historic Significance:
Information Potential
Area of Significance:
Historic - Non-Aboriginal, Industry
Cultural Affiliation:
Rural Industrial
Period of Significance:
1800-1824
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Manufacturing Facility
Current Function:
Landscape
Current Sub-function:
Forest
Nesbitt's Limestone Quarry (38CK69) (added 1987 - - #87000710)
Also known as Limestone College Limestone Quarry;38CK69;See also:Limestone
Address Restricted , Gaffney
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Historic Significance:
Information Potential
Area of Significance:
Historic - Non-Aboriginal, Industry
Cultural Affiliation:
Rural Industrial
Period of Significance:
1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Extractive Facility
Current Function:
Landscape
Current Sub-function:
Underwater
Nuckolls--Jefferies House (added 2007 - - #07000336)
Also known as Wagstop Plantation, Nuckolls House
571 Asbury Rd. , Pacolet
Bigskybill, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Classical Revival, Greek Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Agricultural Outbuildings, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Agricultural Outbuildings, Single Dwelling
More Information:
Robbs House (added 2000 - - #86000593)
310 W. Burford St. , Gaffney
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Other
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
Sarratt House (added 2000 - - #86000599)
Also known as Taylor House
217 Marion St. , Gaffney
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Queen Anne
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Settlemyer House (added 1986 - - #86000598)
Also known as Bailey House
915 N. Limehouse St. , Gaffney
Bigskybill, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Other, Bungalow/Craftsman
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
More Information:
Thicketty Mountain Ore Pits (38CK74) (added 1987 - - #87000711)
Also known as Thicketty Mountain Ore Banks;38CK74
Address Restricted , Shady Grove Church
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Historic Significance:
Information Potential
Area of Significance:
Historic - Non-Aboriginal, Industry
Cultural Affiliation:
Rural Industrial
Period of Significance:
1850-1874, 1825-1849
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Extractive Facility
Current Function:
Landscape
Current Sub-function:
Forest
Victor Cotton Oil Company Complex (added 2000 - - #86000596)
W side of Frederick St. between Hill and Johnson Sts. , Gaffney
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Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Industry
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Manufacturing Facility, Processing
Current Function:
Unknown
West End Elementary School (added 2000 - - #86000600)
Also known as Cherokee High School
Floyd Baker Blvd. and Broad St. , Gaffney
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Spurgeon,Victor I.
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Education, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Education
Historic Sub-function:
School
Current Function:
Education
Current Sub-function:
School
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