Darlington Industrial Historic District

Darlington Industrial Historic District is a national historic district located at Darlington, Darlington County, South Carolina. The district encompasses 12 contributing buildings and 1 contributing structure in an industrial section of Darlington. They were built between about 1890 and 1925. All of these buildings are located along the rights-of-way of the South Carolina Western Railway and the Charleston, Sumter and Northern Railroad since the industries each of these buildings served employed the services of the railroad. Among the prominent resources in the district are the Charleston, Sumter and Northern Railway Freight Station (1891), the Darlington Roller Mill (1899), Thomas and Howard Tobacco Warehouse (ca. 1901); and Price's Tobacco Warehouse (ca. 1901), and a cotton warehouse.[2][3]

Darlington Industrial Historic District
LocationRoughly bounded by Sixth St., Ave. B, Dargan St., and Siskron St., Darlington, South Carolina
Coordinates34°18′01″N 79°51′54″W
Area26 acres (11 ha)
Builtc.1890-1925
MPSCity of Darlington MRA
NRHP reference No.88000062[1]
Added to NRHPFebruary 10, 1988

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.[1]

It includes a stemmery, the W. B. Lewis & Sons Tobacco Stemmery, at 474 E. Broad Street, built ca. 1900, with a brick addition on the east side. It is a large, three-story, flat-roofed building with a stepped parapet. It is 11 bays wide on north and south sides, 20 bays wide on east and west.[4]

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. unknown (n.d.). "Darlington Industrial Historic District" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
  3. "Darlington Industrial Historic District, Darlington County (Darlington)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 17 March 2014. and Accompanying map
  4. "City of Darlington Multiple Resource Area Inventory: Darlington Industrial Historic District". National Park Service. Retrieved April 25, 2018. With accompanying 22 photos from 1987


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