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

Georgetown County South Carolina (Historic Districts) has 12 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 8 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.

Learn about the many famous people who 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

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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

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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

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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

Pee Dee River Rice Planters Historic District (Boundary Increase) (added 2020 - #100005674)

Also known as Litchfield Plantation, 38GE0414

1 Ave. of Live Oaks, Pawleys Island

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Area of Significance:

Agriculture, Social History, Architecture, Ethnic Heritage-Black