K. South Carolina Houses & Gardens | History of SC Slide Collection

This section of images brings together a group of historic South Carolina buildings, gardens, and interior rooms in order to point out architectural features or other characteristics. They are interesting not just because of their own historic connections, but as examples of styles that have characterized South Carolina building construction over the years. Historic preservation has had a long and important history in South Carolina. Ann Pamela Cunningham, whose story can be found in “Portraits of Noted Carolinians,” was one of the first historic preservationists in the country. The preservation of the important architectural heritage of Old Charleston was one of the first efforts to save an historic district, rather than simply to preserve an individual building.
 
Buildings representing the various architectural styles or functions can be found in images throughout the rest of this collection.
 
Courtesy of the South Carolina Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism.
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The Columns | History Of SC Slide Collection
The Columns | History Of SC Slide Collection
Episode 5

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The Columns, also known as the Rankin or Johnson House, was built near Florence by Dr. William R. Johnson around 1850-60. The full-façade porch of its Classical Revival architecture represents a style...
The Godfrey Harmon House | History Of SC Slide Collection
The Godfrey Harmon House | History Of SC Slide Collection
Episode 2

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The Godfrey Harmon House, built in Lexington around 1870 by the founder of the Lexington "Dispatch," burned in 1894. The square columns are an interesting adaptation of a vernacular Greek Revival...
Plantation of St. Matthews | History of SC Slide Collection
Plantation of St. Matthews | History of SC Slide Collection
Episode 1

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Far too many of South Carolina's historic buildings have met the fate of Peterkin Plantation of St. Matthews, which burned to the ground in a fire photographed by Frances Benjamin Johnston around 1910...
The Gardens At Court Inn | History of SC Slide Collection
The Gardens At Court Inn | History of SC Slide Collection
Episode 5

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Camden was famous for its elaborate formal gardens. This photograph of the gardens at Court Inn, around the turn of the century, shows benches placed under an ivy-covered shelter. Courtesy of the...
Bungalow Style Building | History of SC Slide Collection
Bungalow Style Building | History of SC Slide Collection
Episode 2

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This bungalow style building represents the adaptation of this style to the needs of the sea islands. The commandant's quarters at the U.S. Naval Station on Parris Island, it was photographed by...
Mill Housing | History of SC Slide Collection
Mill Housing | History of SC Slide Collection
Episode 2

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Mill housing in South Carolina exhibited a variety of styles, but the most widely used was a copy of the salt-box construction of New England mill villages, where the steeply pitched roof helped keep...
Queen Anne Style House | History of SC Slide Collection
Queen Anne Style House | History of SC Slide Collection
Episode 3

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This Queen Anne style house was built in Georgetown at the east corner of Front Street and James Street by Dr. H.A. Farris, a dentist. Its four octagonal rooms on each floor all had five windows and a...
Pebble Lodge in Aiken | History of SC Slide Collection
Pebble Lodge in Aiken | History of SC Slide Collection
Episode 2

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Pebble Lodge in Aiken, home of Miss Elizabeth League, was photographed around 1900. The Queen Anne style of this house was popular around 1880-1910. Courtesy of the Aiken County Historical Museum.