Vaucluse Mill Village Historic District
Vaucluse Mill Village Historic District | |
 Vaucluse Mill | |
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| Location | SC 191, 3 mi. N of Graniteville and 6 mi. W of Aiken, Vaucluse, South Carolina |
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| Coordinates | 33°36′54″N 81°48′12″W / 33.61500°N 81.80333°W |
| Area | 200 acres (81 ha) |
| Built | 1877 |
| Engineer | A. D. Lockwood & Company |
| Architectural style | Bungalow/craftsman, Greek Revival, Shot gun |
| NRHP reference No. | 96000494[1] |
| Added to NRHP | May 7, 1996 |
The Vaucluse Historic District, located in Vaucluse, South Carolina in Aiken County.[2][3] The district includes the mill, number of accompanying buildings, and over eighty mill village homes. The district is noteworthy in that it is considered to be oldest mill village in the state. No less significant, the mill building, completed in 1877, was based on the plans of engineers A. D. Lockwood & Company of Providence, Rhode Island. The Lockwood successor firm, Lockwood, Greene & Company, would later design around fifty of South Carolina's textile manufacturing facilities. The Vancluse Historic District was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on May 7, 1996.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Downey, Tom (May 4, 1995). "Vaucluse Mill Village Historic District" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved November 28, 2012.
- ^ "Vaucluse Mill Village Historic District, Aiken County (S.C. Hwy. 191, Vaucluse)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved November 28, 2012.
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