S.C. History

South Carolina's historical events, people and places. Content has been curated to meet South Carolina Social Studies Standards.

Middleton Place Gardens Along The Ashley River | History of SC Slide Collection

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Middleton Place Gardens Along The Ashley River | History of SC Slide Collection

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Middleton Place gardens along the Ashley River. This photograph around the 1920s shows the grounds at Middleton Place before they were redesigned and replanted. (See Middleton Place) Courtesy of the...

Original Middleton Place Mansion | History of SC Slide Collection

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Original Middleton Place Mansion | History of SC Slide Collection

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The original Middleton Place mansion was destroyed after the Civil War, but the elaborate gardens with their centerpiece "butterfly lakes" designed by John Middleton have survived. (See Middleton...

Gardens of the Hampton-Preston Mansion | History of SC Slide Collection

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Gardens of the Hampton-Preston Mansion | History of SC Slide Collection

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The gardens of the Hampton-Preston Mansion in Columbia, sketched here by the artists for "Harper's Weekly," April 15, 1865, when the mansion briefly served as Sherman's headquarters. The maze was...

Double Avenue Of Oaks At Heyward Plantation | History of SC Slide Collection

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Double Avenue Of Oaks At Heyward Plantation | History of SC Slide Collection

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South Carolina became famous for the beauty of the avenues of live oak trees leading up to the mansion house. One of the most noted was the double avenue of oaks at Heyward Plantation, in Bluffton...

Bungalow Style Building | History of SC Slide Collection

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Bungalow Style Building | History of SC Slide Collection

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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...

Four-square Bungalow Type House | History of SC Slide Collection

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Four-square Bungalow Type House | History of SC Slide Collection

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This four-square bungalow type house, built in the suburbs of Columbia as it began to expand beyond its boundaries into the surrounding countryside in the early 20th century, is probably one of...

Mill Housing | History of SC Slide Collection

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Mill Housing | History of SC Slide Collection

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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...

Houses Constructed by the Winnsboro Mill | History of SC Slide Collection

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Houses Constructed by the Winnsboro Mill | History of SC Slide Collection

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These houses were constructed by the Winnsboro Mill, now a part of the Uniroyal facility in Fairfield County, around 1929. The mill owners provided housing as a way to attract workers or operatives to...

Greek Revival Style House In Camden | History of SC Slide Collection

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Greek Revival Style House In Camden | History of SC Slide Collection

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This house, originally built in the Greek Revival style in Camden, perhaps as early as 1850 judging from the cornices, was later heavily ornamented with Queen Anne cutwork and balustrades on the porch...

Queen Anne Style House | History of SC Slide Collection

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Queen Anne Style House | History of SC Slide Collection

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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...

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