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This vernacular house in Spartanburg County, built with a gable front, is a good example of the type of tenant farm house that could have been built anywhere in the state of South Carolina between...The state of South Carolina is made up of 46 counties. Learn more about each county by selecting a county below to explore people, places and events.
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This vernacular house in Spartanburg County, built with a gable front, is a good example of the type of tenant farm house that could have been built anywhere in the state of South Carolina between...Photo
This row of cabins provided housing for slaves on the McLeod Plantation in Charleston County. The photograph was taken in the 1930s. Courtesy of the Library of Congress.Photo
The board and batten siding on this slave cabin on the Arundel Plantation in Georgetown County was promoted as an efficient form of house construction from 1850 onward, and is widely seen in...Photo
Summerville vicinity, December 1938. This home of a Native American family, built with a mud chimney, was documented by the Farm Security Administration photographer Marion Post. Courtesy of the...Photo
The Old Stone Church, located two miles southeast of Clemson University, is one of the historic landmarks of the upper South Carolina. It was built of native building materials in a vernacular style...Photo
Farmers in the Upcountry of South Carolina continued to live well into the 20th century in log cabins, like this one in Union County, that their original eighteenth or nineteenth builders may have...Photo
This log cabin in Aiken, photographed in 1896, has an external stone chimney. Its wooden shingle roof and construction (quite possibly using notched logs) represent the most common folk housing of the...Video
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The McIver House in Cheraw was the homestead of Henry McIver, Chief Justice of the South Carolina Supreme Court. An "I" house built in the early national style, it is a good example of the houses...Photo
"Granny" Corley and her family are regarded as the founders of Lexington County. Her house, a national style "I" house built in the late 18th century with exterior chimneys, is a good example of...