National Register of Historic Places

Kingstree Historic District

Kingstree, Williamsburg County, South Carolina
Listed
June 27, 1982
Type
District
Period
Listed
Ref No.
82003906

About this property

The Kingstree Historic District contains forty-eight properties situated along Main Street, Academy Street, and Hampton Street in the commercial area of downtown Kingstree, South Carolina. The district includes the courthouse, public library, railroad station, and numerous commercial buildings. The district is a fine collection of nineteenth-century vernacular commercial architecture. Details such as arched doorways and windows, cast-iron columns and pilasters, decorative or corbelled brickwork and pressed tin interior ceilings are present on most of the district's buildings. The Williamsburg County Courthouse, built ca. 1823, and designed by Robert Mills, is a fine example of Roman neoclassical design with its raised first floor, pediment with lunette, and Doric columns. In 1953-54 the courthouse underwent substantial remodeling on the exterior and interior, though it still reflects much of Mill's original design. With the exception of the courthouse, most of the buildings in the district were built between 1900 and 1920 when Kingstree enjoyed prosperity as a retail and tobacco marketing center of Williamsburg County. The majority of the buildings in the district are a visible record of this twenty-year growth and the historic fabric of the area remains substantially intact. The Kingstree Historic District was listed in the National Register of Historic Places June 28, 1982.

Location

Kingstree, Williamsburg County, South Carolina
33.66321, -79.83153

Categories

COMMERCEARCHITECTURE
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Sources

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Nearby Historic Sites

Heller, M. F., House
Industrial
0.3 mi
Thorntree
Industrial
0.3 mi
Pressley, Colonel John Gotea, House
Industrial
0.6 mi
Epps-McGill Farmhouse
Industrial
1.2 mi
Salters Plantation House
Listed
4.5 mi

Nearby Battles

Action at Dingles Mill — Williamsburg District 1865
1865Civil War
3.1 mi
Battle of Tearcoat Swamp
1780Revolutionary War
5.5 mi

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When was Kingstree Historic District listed on the National Register?

Kingstree Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on June 27, 1982.

What type of historic resource is Kingstree Historic District?

Kingstree Historic District is classified as a district in the National Register of Historic Places.

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