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Landmark name
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Image
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Date designated[9]
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Location
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Description
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William Aiken House and Associated Railroad Structures
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November 4, 1963 (#66000698)
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Charleston 32°47′21″N 79°56′15″W / 32.789167°N 79.9375°W / 32.789167; -79.9375 (William Aiken House and Associated Railroad Structures)
| Charleston |
Structures of South Carolina Canal and Railroad Company, the longest operating railroad in the world in 1833, and home of founder William Aiken
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Atalaya and Brookgreen Gardens
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October 5, 1992 (#84002045)
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Murrells Inlet 33°30′50″N 79°05′07″W / 33.513889°N 79.085278°W / 33.513889; -79.085278 (Atalaya and Brookgreen Gardens)
| Georgetown |
Landmark combining Atalaya and portions of Brookgreen Gardens associated with artist Anna Hyatt Huntington
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Beaufort Historic District
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November 7, 1973 (#69000159)
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Beaufort 32°26′08″N 80°40′04″W / 32.435556°N 80.667778°W / 32.435556; -80.667778 (Beaufort Historic District)
| Beaufort |
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Bethesda Presbyterian Church
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February 4, 1985 (#85003258)
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Camden 34°14′48″N 80°36′19″W / 34.246589°N 80.605213°W / 34.246589; -80.605213 (Bethesda Presbyterian Church)
| Kershaw |
Church designed by Robert Mills
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5
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William Blacklock House
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November 7, 1973 (#73001681)
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Charleston 32°46′59″N 79°56′22″W / 32.782927°N 79.939353°W / 32.782927; -79.939353 (William Blacklock House)
| Charleston |
Adamesque house, possibly designed by Gabriel Manigault
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Borough House
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June 7, 1988 (#72001224)
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Stateburg 33°57′14″N 80°32′16″W / 33.953889°N 80.537778°W / 33.953889; -80.537778 (Borough House)
| Sumter |
"The oldest and largest collection of 'high style' pise de terre (rammed earth) buildings in the United States". Across the road from Church of the Holy Cross
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7
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Miles Brewton House
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October 9, 1960 (#66000699)
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Charleston 32°46′20″N 79°55′56″W / 32.772131°N 79.932201°W / 32.772131; -79.932201 (Miles Brewton House)
| Charleston |
Fine examples of a "double house" (having four main rooms per floor) in Charleston
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Robert Brewton House
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October 9, 1960 (#66000700)
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Charleston 32°46′28″N 79°55′45″W / 32.774388°N 79.929041°W / 32.774388; -79.929041 (Robert Brewton House)
| Charleston |
Charleston's oldest dated "single" house (one room wide, with the narrow end toward the street, and entry centered in long side)
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Brick House Ruins
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April 15, 1970 (#70000580)
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Edisto Island 32°35′59″N 80°19′32″W / 32.599774°N 80.325420°W / 32.599774; -80.325420 (Brick House Ruins)
| Charleston |
Ruins of a plantation house that burned in 1929
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Burt-Stark Mansion
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October 5, 1992 (#70000559)
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Abbeville 34°10′49″N 82°22′55″W / 34.180317°N 82.382023°W / 34.180317; -82.382023 (Burt-Stark Mansion)
| Abbeville |
Where the American Civil War ended.
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Camden Battlefield
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January 20, 1961 (#66000707)
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Camden 34°20′47″N 80°36′27″W / 34.346389°N 80.6075°W / 34.346389; -80.6075 (Camden Battlefield)
| Kershaw |
Site of Battle of Camden, British victory in 1780
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Chapelle Administration Building
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December 8, 1976 (#76001710)
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Columbia 34°00′37″N 81°01′15″W / 34.010263°N 81.020966°W / 34.010263; -81.020966 (Chapelle Administration Building)
| Richland |
Allen University building designed by John A. Lankford, "dean of black architecture"
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Charlesfort-Santa Elena Site
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January 3, 2001 (#74001822)
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Parris Island 32°18′23″N 80°40′32″W / 32.306389°N 80.675556°W / 32.306389; -80.675556 (Charlesfort-Santa Elena Site)
| Beaufort |
Archeological site of French fort built in 1562 and Spanish forts built in 1566 and after.
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Charleston Historic District
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October 9, 1960 (#78002497)
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Charleston 32°47′08″N 79°56′13″W / 32.785556°N 79.936944°W / 32.785556; -79.936944 (Charleston Historic District)
| Charleston |
Historic district including 81 contributing properties and 700 others.
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Church of the Holy Cross
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November 7, 1973 (#73001732)
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Stateburg 33°57′39″N 80°31′55″W / 33.960744°N 80.531944°W / 33.960744; -80.531944 (Church of the Holy Cross)
| Sumter |
Gothic Revival Church constructed of rammed earth in 1852. Across the road from Borough House
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USS Clamagore
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June 29, 1989 (#89001229)
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Mount Pleasant 32°47′16″N 79°54′28″W / 32.787883°N 79.907744°W / 32.787883; -79.907744 (USS Clamagore)
| Charleston |
A submarine that was in training when World War II ended
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Coker Experimental Farms
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July 19, 1964 (#66000706)
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Hartsville 34°21′47″N 80°03′35″W / 34.363056°N 80.059722°W / 34.363056; -80.059722 (Coker Experimental Farms)
| Darlington |
Site of crop-improvement experiments that "played a great role in the agricultural revolution of the South"
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College of Charleston
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November 11, 1971 (#71000748)
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Charleston 32°47′03″N 79°56′17″W / 32.784167°N 79.938056°W / 32.784167; -79.938056 (College of Charleston)
| Charleston |
Historic and attractive campus center; Randolph Hall, Towell Library, and Gate Lodge completed by 1856, designed by William Strickland, Edward Brickell White, and George E. Walker
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Drayton Hall
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October 9, 1960 (#66000701)
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Charleston 32°52′15″N 80°04′35″W / 32.8709°N 80.0763°W / 32.8709; -80.0763 (Drayton Hall)
| Charleston |
Plantation house built in 1742 of Palladian architectural style
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Exchange and Provost
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November 7, 1973 (#69000160)
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Charleston 32°46′37″N 79°55′37″W / 32.776842°N 79.927009°W / 32.776842; -79.927009 (Exchange and Provost)
| Charleston |
Variously a customhouse, mercantile exchange, military prison and barracks, post office, and meeting place of the 1790 State Legislature
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Farmers' and Exchange Bank
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November 7, 1973 (#73001685)
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Charleston 32°46′39″N 79°55′37″W / 32.777435°N 79.926964°W / 32.777435; -79.926964 (Farmers' and Exchange Bank)
| Charleston |
A unique Moorish-style bank building built in 1854
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Fig Island
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March 29, 2007 (#70000585)
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Charleston 32°34′13″N 80°12′55″W / 32.5703°N 80.2153°W / 32.5703; -80.2153 (Fig Island)
| Charleston |
Archaeological site that is "one of the most complex shell-ring sites" in the United States
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Fireproof Building
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November 7, 1969 (#69000161)
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Charleston 32°46′37″N 79°55′52″W / 32.776923°N 79.931052°W / 32.776923; -79.931052 (Fireproof Building)
| Charleston |
Designed by Robert Mills to be the most fireproof building in America; now the South Carolina Historical Society building.
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First Baptist Church
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November 7, 1973 (#71000800)
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Columbia 34°00′21″N 81°02′00″W / 34.005864°N 81.033450°W / 34.005864; -81.033450 (First Baptist Church)
| Richland |
Where the American Civil War started, with the secession of South Carolina from the Union.
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Fort Hill (John C. Calhoun House)
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December 19, 1960 (#66000708)
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Clemson 34°40′34″N 82°50′21″W / 34.675976°N 82.839208°W / 34.675976; -82.839208 (Fort Hill (John C. Calhoun House))
| Pickens |
Home of John C. Calhoun, now within Clemson University campus.
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William Gibbes House
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April 15, 1970 (#70000575)
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Charleston 32°46′15″N 79°56′04″W / 32.770701°N 79.934493°W / 32.770701; -79.934493 (William Gibbes House)
| Charleston |
Adamesque style home with a beautiful ballroom, and exceptional wrought iron work and marble steps in front
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Graniteville Historic District
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June 2, 1978 (#78002491)
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Graniteville 33°34′01″N 81°48′30″W / 33.566893°N 81.808377°W / 33.566893; -81.808377 (Graniteville Historic District)
| Aiken |
Textile mill town with Gothic revival church and carpenter gothic homes
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Hampton Plantation
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April 15, 1970 (#70000582)
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McClellanville 33°11′54″N 79°26′16″W / 33.198333°N 79.437778°W / 33.198333; -79.437778 (Hampton Plantation)
| Charleston |
"South Carolina's finest example of a large two-and-a-half frame Georgian plantation house"
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Dubose Heyward House
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November 11, 1971 (#71000749)
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Charleston 32°46′29″N 79°55′45″W / 32.774663°N 79.929029°W / 32.774663; -79.929029 (Dubose Heyward House)
| Charleston |
Home of Dubose Heyward, author of the novel Porgy.
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Heyward-Washington House
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April 15, 1970 (#70000576)
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Charleston 32°46′31″N 79°55′45″W / 32.775337°N 79.929125°W / 32.775337; -79.929125 (Heyward-Washington House)
| Charleston |
Residence of George Washington during his 1792 visit to Charleston
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Hibernian Hall
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November 7, 1973 (#73001686)
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Charleston 32°46′39″N 79°55′52″W / 32.777469°N 79.931148°W / 32.777469; -79.931148 (Hibernian Hall)
| Charleston |
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Hopsewee
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November 11, 1971 (#71000782)
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Georgetown 33°12′38″N 79°23′05″W / 33.210556°N 79.384722°W / 33.210556; -79.384722 (Hopsewee)
| Georgetown |
Plantation mansion built in 1749; the birthplace of Thomas Lynch Jr.
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Huguenot Church
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November 7, 1973 (#73001687)
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Charleston 32°46′41″N 79°55′46″W / 32.778090°N 79.929312°W / 32.778090; -79.929312 (Huguenot Church)
| Charleston |
Gothic Revival church built in 1844; designed by architect E. B. White
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Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim
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June 19, 1980 (#78002499)
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Charleston 32°46′55″N 79°55′59″W / 32.781979°N 79.932948°W / 32.781979; -79.932948 (Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim)
| Charleston |
Greek revival building from 1840; second oldest synagogue in continuous use in the United States
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USS Laffey
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January 14, 1986 (#83002189)
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Mount Pleasant 32°47′16″N 79°54′28″W / 32.787883°N 79.907744°W / 32.787883; -79.907744 (USS Laffey)
| Charleston |
A destroyer
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Lancaster County Courthouse
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November 7, 1973 (#71000788)
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Lancaster 34°43′17″N 80°46′17″W / 34.721264°N 80.771369°W / 34.721264; -80.771369 (Lancaster County Courthouse)
| Lancaster |
Courthouse in continuous use since 1828; designed by Robert Mills
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Lancaster County Jail
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November 7, 1973 (#71000789)
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Lancaster 34°43′06″N 80°46′17″W / 34.718335°N 80.771270°W / 34.718335; -80.771270 (Lancaster County Jail)
| Lancaster |
Former jail building built in 1823, virtually unaltered work of Robert Mills, reflecting innovative changes in jail design he promoted
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Joseph Manigault House
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November 7, 1973 (#73001688)
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Charleston 32°47′19″N 79°56′08″W / 32.788703°N 79.935558°W / 32.788703; -79.935558 (Joseph Manigault House)
| Charleston |
Home designed by Gabriel Manigault for his brother
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Market Hall and Sheds
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November 7, 1973 (#73001689)
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Charleston 32°46′51″N 79°55′53″W / 32.780720°N 79.931515°W / 32.780720; -79.931515 (Market Hall and Sheds)
| Charleston |
Greek Revival meat market with two blocks of sheds where vegetables, fish, etc., were sold
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Marshlands
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November 7, 1973 (#73001674)
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Beaufort 32°26′01″N 80°39′57″W / 32.433520°N 80.665831°W / 32.433520; -80.665831 (Marshlands)
| Beaufort |
Home of Dr. James Robert Verdier, who discovered a treatment for yellow fever
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Middleburg Plantation
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April 15, 1970 (#70000568)
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Huger 33°04′52″N 79°50′35″W / 33.081111°N 79.843056°W / 33.081111; -79.843056 (Middleburg Plantation)
| Berkeley |
One of the earliest frame plantation houses in the state
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Middleton Place
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November 11, 1971 (#71000770)
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Summerville 32°53′59″N 80°08′12″W / 32.899722°N 80.136667°W / 32.899722; -80.136667 (Middleton Place)
| Dorchester |
Plantation mansion and ornamental gardens on the Ashley River
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Millford Plantation
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November 7, 1973 (#71000808)
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Pinewood 33°44′54″N 80°32′15″W / 33.7484°N 80.53745°W / 33.7484; -80.53745 (Millford Plantation)
| Sumter |
A monumental 2-story Greek Revival mansion built in 1839 and meticulously restored in the early 1990s.
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Mills Building, South Carolina State Hospital
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November 7, 1973 (#70000890)
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Columbia 34°00′55″N 81°02′03″W / 34.015160°N 81.034151°W / 34.015160; -81.034151 (Mills Building, South Carolina State Hospital)
| Richland |
Designed by Robert Mills, used from 1827 to 1937; "the oldest building in the country to be used continuously as a mental institution and one of the first mental hospitals built with public funds"
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Clark Mills Studio
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December 21, 1965 (#66000703)
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Charleston 32°46′36″N 79°55′46″W / 32.776597°N 79.929503°W / 32.776597; -79.929503 (Clark Mills Studio)
| Charleston |
Studio of self-taught sculptor Clark Mills
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Robert Mills House
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November 7, 1973 (#70000595)
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Columbia 34°00′34″N 81°01′45″W / 34.009444°N 81.029167°W / 34.009444; -81.029167 (Robert Mills House)
| Richland |
Home designed by architect Robert Mills
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Mulberry Plantation
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October 9, 1960 (#66000697)
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Moncks Corner 33°08′31″N 80°01′04″W / 33.141944°N 80.017778°W / 33.141944; -80.017778 (Mulberry Plantation)
| Berkeley |
Built in 1714 for a Royal governor; one of the earliest plantation homes in the United States
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Mulberry Plantation (James and Mary Boykin Chesnut House)
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February 16, 2000 (#80003673)
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Camden 34°12′24″N 80°35′31″W / 34.206528°N 80.591944°W / 34.206528; -80.591944 (Mulberry Plantation (James and Mary Boykin Chesnut House))
| Kershaw |
Home of Mary Boykin Chesnut and source for her Civil War-time diary describing southern society, "acknowledged as the most important piece of Confederate literature"
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Ninety-Six and Star Fort
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November 7, 1973 (#69000169)
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Ninety Six 34°08′49″N 82°01′28″W / 34.146944°N 82.024444°W / 34.146944; -82.024444 (Ninety-Six and Star Fort)
| Greenwood |
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Old Marine Hospital
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November 7, 1973 (#73001690)
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Charleston 32°46′39″N 79°56′15″W / 32.777621°N 79.937483°W / 32.777621; -79.937483 (Old Marine Hospital)
| Charleston |
Gothic Revival design by Robert Mills built in 1833 to serve sick sailors and other transients
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Parish House of the Circular Congregational Church
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November 7, 1973 (#73001683)
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Charleston 32°46′45″N 79°55′53″W / 32.779032°N 79.931308°W / 32.779032; -79.931308 (Parish House of the Circular Congregational Church)
| Charleston |
Parish house designed by Robert Mills
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Penn School Historic District
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December 2, 1974 (#74001824)
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Frogmore 32°23′18″N 80°34′31″W / 32.3883°N 80.5753°W / 32.3883; -80.5753 (Penn School Historic District)
| Beaufort |
School for freed slaves, Gullahs, on St. Helena Island which was occupied by the Union near the outset of the American Civil War
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Pompion Hill Chapel
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April 15, 1970 (#70000567)
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Huger 33°05′12″N 79°50′12″W / 33.086667°N 79.836667°W / 33.086667; -79.836667 (Pompion Hill Chapel)
| Berkeley |
Episcopal chapel built in 1763, unaltered
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Powder Magazine
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September 27, 1989 (#72001200)
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Charleston 32°46′47″N 79°55′47″W / 32.779656°N 79.929791°W / 32.779656; -79.929791 (Powder Magazine)
| Charleston |
The oldest public building in the city
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Joseph H. Rainey House
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April 20, 1984 (#84003877)
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Georgetown 33°22′07″N 79°17′02″W / 33.368607°N 79.283817°W / 33.368607; -79.283817 (Joseph H. Rainey House)
| Georgetown |
Home of the first black U.S. Congressman, Joseph H. Rainey, a former slave
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Robert Barnwell Rhett House
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November 7, 1973 (#73001691)
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Charleston 32°47′11″N 79°56′33″W / 32.786250°N 79.942502°W / 32.786250; -79.942502 (Robert Barnwell Rhett House)
| Charleston |
Home of Robert Barnwell Rhett, an extreme secessionist politician, a leading fire-eater at the Nashville Convention of 1850, which failed to endorse his aim of secession
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Robert William Roper House
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November 7, 1973 (#73001692)
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Charleston 32°46′14″N 79°55′42″W / 32.770529°N 79.928419°W / 32.770529; -79.928419 (Robert William Roper House)
| Charleston |
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Nathaniel Russell House
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November 7, 1973 (#71000750)
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Charleston 32°46′27″N 79°55′51″W / 32.774177°N 79.930737°W / 32.774177; -79.930737 (Nathaniel Russell House)
| Charleston |
Adamesque home completed in 1811
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Edward Rutledge House
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November 11, 1971 (#71000751)
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Charleston 32°46′34″N 79°56′01″W / 32.776202°N 79.933560°W / 32.776202; -79.933560 (Edward Rutledge House)
| Charleston |
Home of Edward Rutledge, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, and a governor of South Carolina
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John Rutledge House
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November 7, 1973 (#71000752)
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Charleston 32°46′34″N 79°56′01″W / 32.776231°N 79.933563°W / 32.776231; -79.933563 (John Rutledge House)
| Charleston |
Home of Gov. John Rutledge, a signer of the U.S. Constitution.
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St. James Church, Goose Creek
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April 15, 1970 (#70000566)
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Goose Creek 32°58′25″N 80°01′47″W / 32.973616°N 80.029594°W / 32.973616; -80.029594 (St. James Church, Goose Creek)
| Berkeley |
Episcopal chapel
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St. James Church, Santee
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April 15, 1970 (#70000581)
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Georgetown 33°10′13″N 79°27′56″W / 33.170166°N 79.46569°W / 33.170166; -79.46569 (St. James Church, Santee)
| Charleston |
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Saint Michael's Episcopal Church
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October 9, 1960 (#66000704)
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Charleston 32°46′33″N 79°55′51″W / 32.775963°N 79.930931°W / 32.775963; -79.930931 (Saint Michael's Episcopal Church)
| Charleston |
Built in 1750s, Charleston's oldest church building
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St. Philip's Episcopal Church
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November 7, 1973 (#73001695)
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Charleston 32°46′44″N 79°55′46″W / 32.778874°N 79.929469°W / 32.778874; -79.929469 (St. Philip's Episcopal Church)
| Charleston |
Church with E. B. White-designed steeple
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St. Stephen's Episcopal Church
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April 15, 1970 (#70000570)
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St. Stephen 33°24′19″N 79°55′00″W / 33.4054°N 79.9166°W / 33.4054; -79.9166 (St. Stephen's Episcopal Church)
| Berkeley |
A small Georgian brick country church with a high gambrel roof.
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Simmons-Edwards House
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November 7, 1973 (#71000753)
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Charleston 32°46′22″N 79°56′02″W / 32.7729°N 79.93397°W / 32.7729; -79.93397 (Simmons-Edwards House)
| Charleston |
Known as the "Pineapple Gate House" by locals, referring to finials upon its large brick gates
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Robert Smalls House
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May 30, 1973 (#74001823)
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Beaufort 32°26′07″N 80°40′05″W / 32.435156°N 80.668186°W / 32.435156; -80.668186 (Robert Smalls House)
| Beaufort |
Post-Civil War home of U.S. congressman Robert Smalls, a former slave who commandeered a Confederate ship out to Union lines
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Snee Farm
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November 7, 1973 (#73001702)
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Mount Pleasant 32°50′46″N 79°49′29″W / 32.846111°N 79.824722°W / 32.846111; -79.824722 (Snee Farm)
| Charleston |
Home of early South Carolina Governor Charles Pinckney.
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Snow's Island
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December 2, 1974 (#73001708)
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Across the Peedee River from Dunham Bluff, near Johnsonville[10] 33°50′13″N 79°20′28″W / 33.8369°N 79.3411°W / 33.8369; -79.3411 (Snow's Island)
| Florence |
Revolutionary War era refuge of the "Swamp Fox", Francis Marion
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South Carolina State House
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May 11, 1976 (#70000598)
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Columbia 34°00′02″N 81°01′59″W / 34.000433°N 81.033147°W / 34.000433; -81.033147 (South Carolina State House)
| Richland |
This Greek Revival capitol building was completed in 1907, with major renovations in 1959 and 1998.
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Stono River Slave Rebellion Site
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May 30, 1974 (#74001840)
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Rantowles 32°47′08″N 80°08′44″W / 32.785501°N 80.145560°W / 32.785501; -80.145560 (Stono River Slave Rebellion Site)
| Charleston |
Beginning point of the earliest slave revolt in the United States.
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Colonel John Stuart House
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November 7, 1973 (#70000578)
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Charleston 32°46′28″N 79°56′02″W / 32.774370°N 79.933807°W / 32.774370; -79.933807 (Colonel John Stuart House)
| Charleston |
Home of Colonel John Stuart.
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Unitarian Church
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November 7, 1973 (#73001696)
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Charleston 32°46′41″N 79°56′04″W / 32.778149°N 79.934554°W / 32.778149; -79.934554 (Unitarian Church)
| Charleston |
Church built in 1772 and reworked in Gothic style during 1852-1854
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Denmark Vesey House
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May 11, 1976 (#76001698)
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Charleston 32°46′56″N 79°56′28″W / 32.782209°N 79.941180°W / 32.782209; -79.941180 (Denmark Vesey House)
| Charleston |
Said to be the home of Denmark Vesey, who was accused of plotting slave rebellion in 1822 and executed
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Woodlands
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November 11, 1971 (#71000742)
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Bamberg 33°17′27″N 80°55′53″W / 33.29085°N 80.931271°W / 33.29085; -80.931271 (Woodlands)
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The primary residence of author William Gilmore Simms, whose main house was burned in 1865; the remaining wing and several outbuildings constitute a literary landmark.
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USS Yorktown
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January 14, 1986 (#82001519)
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Mount Pleasant 32°47′20″N 79°54′31″W / 32.788792°N 79.908588°W / 32.788792; -79.908588 (USS Yorktown)
| Charleston |
Famous World War II aircraft carrier
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