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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...South Carolina Counties
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Slave Cabin | History of SC Slide Collection
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Home Of Native American Family In Summerville Vicinity | History of SC Slide Collection
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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...
The Old Stone Church | History of SC Slide Collection
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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...
Log Cabin In Union County | History of SC Slide Collection
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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...
Log Cabin in Aiken | History of SC Slide Collection
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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...
Discover the South Carolina State House | SC State Parks
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This video produced and provided by the South Carolina Department of Parks, Recreation & Tourism.
The McIver House | History of SC Slide Collection
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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...
Granny Corley's House | History of SC Slide Collection
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"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...
The Poinsett House | History of SC Slide Collection
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The Poinsett House, built early in the 19th century, is an example of early national folk housing. Courtesy of the Greenville County Historical Society.
Outside Kitchen At The Bush House In Ellenton | History of SC Slide Collection
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The "outside kitchen" at the Bush House in Ellenton, photographed in 1951 by the Savannah River Plant, when all the historic buildings within the plant were documented through photography prior to...