<p>Pacolet Mills Historic District is a national historic district in Pacolet, Spartanburg County, South Carolina. It encompasses 126 contributing buildings and 1 contributing site in the mill village of Pacolet. The Pacolet Mills village was laid out and built in 1919, with most worker and supervisor houses constructed between 1915 and 1920. Also located in the district are the Pacolet Mills Cloth Room and Warehouse, Pacolet Mill Office, and two churches. The three main Pacolet Mills  and a fourth mill  were demolished in the late 1980s.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.</p><br>
<p>Glenn Springs Historic District is a national historic district located at Glenn Springs, Spartanburg County, South Carolina. It encompasses 18 contributing buildings and 3 contributing sites in the historic health resort of Glenn Springs. The community developed as a resort around the mineral springs between about 1840 and 1940. The district includes several residences, two boarding houses, Cates House Ruins, Calvary Protestant Episcopal Church, Presbyterian Church, Cates Store, Glenn Springs Post Office, a pavilion, a cemetery, and the site of the Glenn Springs Hotel. It includes notable buildings in the Greek Revival, Gothic Revival, Queen Anne, and Bungalow styles.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.</p><br>
<p>Converse Heights Historic District is a national historic district located at Spartanburg, Spartanburg County, South Carolina. It encompasses 460 contributing buildings in a residential section of Spartanburg. The district documents the prevalent housing types for middle and upper class citizens from about 1900 to 1940. It includes residences representative of the Queen Anne, American Foursquare, American Craftsman, Spanish Mission, Tudor, Colonial Revival, and Neo-Classical styles.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.</p><br>
<p>Alexander House  is a historic house located at 319 East Main Street in Spartanburg, Spartanburg County, South Carolina.</p><br>
<h2>Description and history</h2><br>
<p>It was built in 1904 and is a two-story, wood-framed and weatherboard house in the Neo-Classical style. The front facade features a full-height entry porch with lower full-width porch. In 1969, the house was renovated and converted for use as a musical instruments store.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on April 11, 2003.</p><br>
<p>Bon Haven, also known as The Cleveland House, was an historic house located in Spartanburg, Spartanburg County, South Carolina. It was built about 1884, and was a two-story, brick Second Empire style dwelling with 1920s Neo-Classical style additions. It featured a mansard roof, central tower and massive Ionic order columns and portico. Its builder, John B. Cleveland, was a founder and trustee of Converse College, a trustee of Wofford College, and played a role in the establishment of Spartanburg&#39;s city school system. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.</p><br>
<p>Left to rot by its owner, the property was in a state of despair. A couple from Greenville offered to purchase Bon Haven for ~$380,000 and promised to historically restore the property and make it a venue or bed and breakfast. Bon Haven was demolished on September 25, 2017. It was removed from the National Register in 2020. An apartment complex, also named Bon Haven, was built on the former site of the house in 2021.</p><br>
<p>Bishop William Wallace Duncan House, also known as the DuPre House, is a historic home located at Spartanburg, Spartanburg County, South Carolina. It was designed by G. L. Norrman and built about 1886. It is a two-story, asymmetrical, clapboard and cedar shingled dwelling in the Queen Anne style. It has a high-pitched roof pierced by six chimneys, a decorative mosaic tile front porch landing, a massive wood shingle-clad cylindrical tower, and stained glass windows. It was moved from its original location at 249 N. Church St. to its present location in November 1999.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976, delisted in 2005, and relisted in 2009.</p><br>
<p>Evins-Bivings House, also known as the Dr. James Bivings House, is a historic home located at Spartanburg, Spartanburg County, South Carolina. It was built about 1854, and is a two-story, white clapboard house in the Greek Revival style. The house features double piazzas with massive Doric order columns and notable balustrades. Also on the property are the original kitchen, slave quarters, smokehouse, and well. It was built by Dr. James Bivings, who founded Glendale Mills.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1970.</p><br>
<p>Golightly-Dean House is a historic home located near Spartanburg, Spartanburg County, South Carolina. The oldest section dates before 1784. It is the one-story, double-pen, masonry wing. About 1830, the two-story, brick portion of the house was added. Following an 1884 tornado, further modifications were made to the dwelling. Located on the property are a contributing log smokehouse and a log shed.</p><br>
<p>The house and other buildings on the property fell into disarray from neglect until newlyweds Joe and Lena Webb bought and renovated the building following World War Two.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988 thanks to efforts by the then-owners, the Webb family, particularly Lena Webb.</p><br>
<p>Nicholls-Crook House is a historic home located near Spartanburg, Spartanburg County, South Carolina. It was built about 1800, and is a -story, three-bay, brick Georgian style dwelling. The interior features large fireplaces, an original hand-carved mantel, and a full basement, that was used as domestic slave quarters.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.</p><br>
<p>Jammie Seay House is a historic home located at Spartanburg, Spartanburg County, South Carolina. It was built between 1770&ndash;1800, and is one-story, log house with a loft, field stone foundation piers, gabled roof, and an end field stone chimney. It has a one-story "L" rear addition and a one-story lean-to front porch. It was built by Jammie Seay, a Revolutionary War soldier of the Second Virginia Infantry. It is believed to be the oldest house within the present limits of Spartanburg.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.</p><br>
<p>The house is owned by the Spartanburg County Historical Association and is open for tours in season.</p><br>
<p>Walter Scott Montgomery House is a historic home located at Spartanburg, Spartanburg County, South Carolina. It was designed by architect George Franklin Barber and built in 1909. It is a -story, frame, yellow brick-veneer residence in the Colonial Revival style. building is of frame construction with a yellow brick veneer and a red tile roof. It features a distinctive portico and leaded glass windows. Also on the property is a one-story, reinforced concrete auto garage .</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.</p><br>
<p>Cleveland Law Range is a historic office building located at Spartanburg, Spartanburg County, South Carolina. It was built in 1898–1899, and is a three-story, Richardsonian Romanesque style brick building. It features five arched bays on the ground floor, with repeated bay arrangements on the second and third floors. Three South Carolina governors maintained offices in the Cleveland Law Range: James F. Byrnes, John Gary Evans, and Donald S. Russell.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.</p><br>
<p>Hotel Oregon, also known as Oakman Drugs, Oakman Glass, and Spartan Hotel, is a historic hotel building located at Spartanburg, Spartanburg County, South Carolina. It was built in 1909, and is a three-story, brick building with two first floor storefronts. It features horizontal granite belt courses, decorative brick panels, brick cornices, and a stepped front parapet.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.</p><br>
<p>Palmetto Theater was a historic movie theater located at Spartanburg, Spartanburg County, South Carolina. It was built in 1940–1941, and was a one-story, rectangular plan brick building. It featured a large marquee and a separate shop storefront decorated in blue Carrera-glass panels. The interior featured double balconies, Terrazzo flooring, large Art Deco light fixtures, decorative wall painting, and a plaster Art Deco screen surround.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996. It has since been demolished.</p><br>
<p>Daniel Morgan Monument is a historic monument located at Spartanburg, Spartanburg County, South Carolina. The statue was designed by John Quincy Adams Ward and the monument erected in 1881. The monument commemorates the centennial of the victory at the Revolutionary War Battle of Cowpens and its hero, General Daniel Morgan. The statue stands on a columnar granite shaft on an octagonal base designed by noted Charleston architect, Edward Brickell White. In 1960, the monument was moved about 100 yards across Morgan Square to its east end. However, in 2005 as part of a larger project involving the redesign and reconstruction of Morgan Square, the monument was returned to its original position at the corner of West Main and Magnolia Streets and its original orientation, facing Cowpens National Battlefield.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.</p><br>
<p>The Carithers Store Building was a historic commercial building located adjacent to USA Route 136 on the northwest side of Village Square in Table Grove, Illinois. The two-story frame building was built in 1871; its design features Greek Revival and Italianate elements. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1987 as the only surviving two-story frame commercial building in the Table Grove area. The building is no longer standing, and was removed from the National Register in 2020.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The building was built in 1871 to serve as a mercantile store owned by the Carithers brothers, William and John H. The store was part of a wave of new commercial buildings erected in Table Grove during the 1870s. This period of business growth followed the introduction of Rockford, Rock Island, and St. Louis Railroad service to the village in 1870. The two-story building, which included office space and a canopy to show goods outdoors, signified that the Carithers brothers expected their store to be successful and long-lasting enough to support such a large building. The store was profitable into the 20th century, as evidenced by Johns purchase of a large home in 1897 and the stores inclusion on the Plat of Table Grove in 1912. Johns son Dwight B. Carithers and the brothers nephew William L. Hipsley took over the store in 1898; Hipsley assumed full control after Johns death in 1902, as Dwight took over the Carithers family farm in Johns place. Hipsley managed the store until 1922, after which time the building was used as a rented storefront, a Sunday school, and a storage area.</p><br>
<h2>Architecture</h2><br>
<p>The two-story wood frame store featured Greek Revival and Italianate elements in its design, reflecting a contemporary view that even functional buildings should have architectural ornaments. Broken pediments with dentillated eaves covered both gable ends of the building. Greek Revival-inspired pilasters marked three of the building&#39;s corners. The tall, narrow windows of the building had arched hoods, a typical Italianate feature.</p><br>
<p>At the time of the building&#39;s nomination to the National Register, it was the only surviving two-story frame commercial building within a 15 mi radius of Table Grove. The building was consequently considered a significant local example of its type, as similar buildings had once existed in nearby communities but had been lost to demolition and decay. However, recent photographs of the site indicate that the building is no longer standing.</p><br>
<p>Fremont School, also known as Freemont School, is a historic elementary school building located in Spartanburg, Spartanburg County, South Carolina. It was built in 1915, and is a two-story, brick Classical Revival style building with a partially raised basement, and a major addition built in 1926. It features decorative brickwork, terra cotta ornamentation, and entrance porticoes. The building housed an elementary school from 1915 to 1979.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.</p><br>
<p>Old Woodruff High School is a historic high school building located at Woodruff, Spartanburg County, South Carolina. It was built in 1925, and is a two-story, modified "H" plan stuccoed masonry building in the Collegiate Gothic style. It consists of a three-part center section with two perpendicular wings. The building has a flat roof with parapet, Gothic arches, recessed entrances framed by pointed arches. The building housed a high school until 1953 when Woodruff High School was constructed, then used as a middle school and later an elementary school. In 1978 the City of Woodruff acquired old Woodruff High School and adapted it for use as its city hall and police headquarters.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.</p><br>
<p>Hurricane Tavern, also known as Workman Farm, is a national historic district located near Woodruff, Spartanburg County, South Carolina. The district encompasses 30 contributing buildings, 1 contributing site, and 1 contributing structure on a rural farmstead. They include the vernacular Federal style brick farmhouse, built about 1811, with major alterations and additions about 1850 and Bungalow modifications about 1920; a frame farmhouse , a country store , and a collection of late-19th and early-20th century agricultural outbuildings.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.</p><br>
<p>New Hope Farm, also known as New Hope Post Office and Snoddy Farm, is a historic farm complex located at Wellford, Spartanburg County, South Carolina. The main house was built in 1885, and is a one-story farmhouse with Folk Victorian decorative elements. It features a steeply-pitched pressed metal-shingled roof, weatherboard siding, and a wraparound hip-roofed porch. Also on the property is a complex of domestic and agricultural outbuildings dating from about 1885 to 1905. They include a small two-story frame servant&#39;s house, a smokehouse, a privy, a corn crib, a buggy barn and a garage.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.</p><br>
<p>James M. Davis House is a historic house and national historic district located at Pelham, Spartanburg County, South Carolina.</p><br>
<h2>Description and history</h2><br>
<p>It was built in 1915, and is a large two-story, wood-frame, central hall modified American Foursquare dwelling. It features a pyramidal roof with wide overhanging eaves and a one-story, full-width wraparound porch. The property includes a landscaped yard with a stacked stone wall. The house is associated with prominent local merchant and community leader James Marvin Davis, who operated Davis Mercantile from 1905 until his death in 1943. The general store was torn down in 2007.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on June 7, 2010.</p><br>
<p>The Montgomery Building, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, is an iconic building located on Church Street in Spartanburg, Spartanburg County, South Carolina. It was built in 1924, and is a ten-story, nine-bay-wide, steel frame skyscraper faced in precast concrete. It originally housed the offices of textile companies, cotton brokers, and factories. The building also contained a theatre/auditorium space, a radio and television station. The Montgomery Building was the tallest building in Spartanburg until the 1950s. In 2016, a developer announced a $29 million plan to renovate the building for mixed-use to include apartments, offices and retail. Restoration began in Spring 2017 and was completed in December 2018.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<h3>Carolina Theatre</h3><br>
<p>The theatre built alongside the office building was originally called the Montgomery Theatre. Including floor seating and two balconies, the theatre seated a total of 1300 patrons. It was the largest theatre in Spartanburg, and hosted a variety of touring musicals, plays, and vaudeville acts. In 1932, the Wilby-Kincey Company took over management and renamed it the Carolina Theatre, installing a dazzling exterior marquee. In addition to stage shows, the Carolina began showing motion pictures and became the citys premier first-run movie theater. In 1956, though now primarily a movie theater, the Carolina hosted a live performance by Elvis Presley. Over the years, the Carolina underwent a series of renovations to "modernize" the interior for moviegoers. A 1970 renovation in particular removed or covered most of the theatres original architectural details and flourishes. Soon after, the Carolina closed, as audiences now preferred to patronize suburban cinemas and multiplexes.</p><br>
<h2>Renovation</h2><br>
<p>In 2016, Charleston SC based developers James Bakker and Tom Finnegan(BF Spartanburg LLC) revealed its $29 million plan to renovate the historic building, which it purchased in February 2017 from Florida-based Cypress Lending Group for $680,000.</p><br>
<p>The plan for this mixed-use project included retail and restaurant space on the ground floor, office space on the second and third floors, and 63 apartment units on the upper seven floors. Residential amenities including a fitness center and storage units were planned the basement, as well as additional office space.</p><br>
<p>It was a unique renovation project in that the building&#39;s thousands of precast concrete exterior panels were replaced with replicated panels made of modern materials and fit to historic standards. The original facade panels were cast using an inferior concrete mix and flawed techniques which, over time, caused the panels to buckle and deteriorate. Molds were made from the original panels, sharpened by an artist to capture all the details, and new panels were created as exact replicas (to historic standards) using the molds.</p><br>
<p>The developer began renovations on the 10-story building in early 2017 and completed the project in December 2018.</p><br>
<p>The Carolina Theatre was not part of the renovation project completed in 2018. However, the same developers plan to manage a restoration of the theatre in the coming years. Input from the local community will be sought to determine the end use for the theatre.</p><br>
<p>The Montgomery Building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2011.</p><br>
<h3>Awards and recognition</h3><br>
<p>The Montgomery Building&#39;s renovation has been recognized with numerous awards, including the 2020 Gignilliat Preservation Award from the Spartanburg County Historical Association; the 2021 Palladio Award for Commercial Adaptive Reuse and/or Sympathetic Addition from Traditional Building Magazine; and the 2021 Preservation Honor Award from Preservation South Carolina, SCDAH, and the Office of the Governor.</p><br>
<p>Frank Evans High School, also known as Evans Junior High School, is a historic high school building located at Spartanburg, Spartanburg County, South Carolina. It was built in 1922, with additions completed in 1925 and 1928. It is a three-story, Collegiate Gothic style, masonry school building. The school became a junior high school in 1959 when the new Spartanburg High School was built.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2012.</p><br>
<p>In summer 2009, Spartanburg Community College announced plans for a downtown Spartanburg presence, utilizing the historic Evans Building. Their goal was to provide a campus that would offer convenient access for under-served city residents. Classes began in Fall 2013 at the renovated building, referred to by SCC as the Evans Academic Center.</p><br>
<p>The building renovation received the 2015 Adaptive Reuse Citation Award from the American Institute of Architects’ South Carolina Chapter. The building also earned a LEED Silver certification.</p><br>
<p>Drayton Mill is a historic textile mill complex located near Spartanburg, Spartanburg County, South Carolina. The complex includes the distinctive Tudor Revival company store and office building, constructed in 1919. Other buildings and structures include the three-story, rectangular, red brick spinning mill  with later additions, a cotton warehouse , a two-story weaving building , a 1,500,000 gallon mill pond, two water towers, two pump buildings, and an information center.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2012.</p><br>
<h2>Redevelopment</h2><br>
<p>From 2014 to 2017, the mill complex underwent a $60 million redevelopment, making it the largest historic renovation project in South Carolina&#39;s history.</p><br>
<p>In 2016, Charlotte-based TMS Development completed a $35 million renovation of the spinning and weaving buildings into 289 apartments as the first phase of the project, known as Drayton Mills Lofts. In addition to apartments, Drayton Mills Lofts includes several common areas, a fitness center, an outdoor pool, and artwork made from repurposed textile equipment throughout the interior of the two buildings.</p><br>
<p>In 2017, Montgomery Development Group completed a second phase of redevelopment of the warehouses and company store into 60,000-square-feet of commercial space, known as Drayton Mills Marketplace. As of summer 2017, two restaurants, a coffee shop, a fitness studio and a corporate office have opened or announced leases. The developer hopes to attract additional, similar tenants to the Marketplace as part of their vision for a live-work-play community.</p><br>
<p>A 2-mile long, public, paved multi-use trail connecting the mill to nearby Mary Black Hospital was completed in 2015. There are plans to connect the trail to others in Spartanburg as part of a larger system of greenways that will eventually span 21 miles.</p><br>
<h3>Future Developments</h3><br>
<p>The renovation of the Drayton Mills complex is expected to spur investment in the adjacent community and on the east side of Spartanburg as a whole. Already, a new $36 million elementary school is under construction nearby on land donated by Pacolet Milliken. They own a significant amount of land in the Drayton area and plan to develop it into a mix of housing and commercial uses over the next several years.</p><br>
<p>Goodwill Parochial School, also known as Goodwill Day School, was a parochial school for African American children located near Mayesville, Sumter County, South Carolina. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.</p><br>
<p>About 1890, a vernacular two-story, frame building was constructed for the school. It is sheathed in weatherboard and set upon a brick pier foundation. The school was sponsored and supported by the Presbyterian Church in the USA until 1933. From 1933 it was supported by Goodwill Presbyterian Church until 1960 when it was consolidated with the public schools.</p><br>
<p>Ellerbe&#39;s Mill, also known as Millvale, is a historic grist mill complex located near Rembert, Sumter County, South Carolina. The mill was built about 1830, and is a 2 1/2-story pine clapboard building mounted on wooden pilings situated on a 90-acre millpond. Also located on the property is the associated store ; the two-story, frame Victorian style main house ; several tenant houses; and a dovecote.</p><br>
<p>It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.</p><br>
<p>J. Clinton Brogdon House is a historic house located at 3755 Boots Branch Road near Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina.</p><br>
<h2>Description and history</h2><br>
<p>It was built in 1911, and is a two-story, three-bay, frame Neo-Classical style dwelling. It features a full façade front porch supported by six unfluted columns with Ionic order capitals. It may be a rare example of a mail order house in the area.</p><br>
<p>It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on July 1, 1993.</p><br>
<p>Charles T. Mason House, also known as Mason Croft, is a historic home located at Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina. It was built about 1904, and is a two-story, brick Neo-Classical style dwelling. It features a full height portico supported by six fluted columns with Corinthian order capitals. Also on the property are a contributing playhouse and garage.</p><br>
<p>It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.</p><br>
<p>Henry Lee Scarborough House, also known as Scarborough Homeplace, is a historic home located at Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina. It was built in 1908–1909, and is a two-story, three-bay, frame Neo-Classical style dwelling. It features a full height portico supported by four massive columns with Corinthian order capitals.</p><br>
<p>It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.</p><br>
<p>This home was acquired in 2015 by attorney Willie H. Brunson. It is the current location of the Brunson Law Firm, LLC.</p><br>
<p>Elizabeth White House is a historic home in Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina. It was built about 1854, and is a 1 1/2-story vernacular Greek Revival cottage. The front facade features a pedimented one-story portico supported by four square columns. It was the home of artist Elizabeth White . Under the provisions of White&#39;s will, the property was transferred to the Sumter Gallery of Art for use as an art gallery.</p><br>
<p>It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.</p><br>
<p>Carnegie Public Library is a historic Carnegie library building located at Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina. It was built in 1916–1917, and is a two-story, brick Beaux-Arts style building. The front facade features four arched windows with limestone surrounds and the main entryway flanked by two Ionic order columns. It was one of the 1,679 public libraries built in the United States with funding from the Carnegie Corporation. The Sumter library was constructed with $10,000 provided by the Carnegie Corporation. It housed the public library until 1968, and afterwards housed a local genealogical society.</p><br>
<p>It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.</p><br>
<p>Sumter Town Hall-Opera House, also known as the Sumter Academy of Music, is a historic town hall building located at Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina. It was built in 1893, and is a four-story, ashlar brick Richardsonian Romanesque style building. It features a four-faced clock tower that serves as a focal point for the entire area. The building was remodeled internally in 1936, converting the first floor into a movie theater and the second floor opera house into offices.</p><br>
<p>It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. It is located in the Sumter Historic District.</p><br>
<p>The historic Opera House stands tall and proud in the heart of downtown Sumter, South Carolina and is known as one of Sumter’s Crown Jewels. Through the years this great building has served a number of purposes and has seen a great deal of change. In 1987 with the reopening of this building, its past is remembered as its future is celebrated.</p><br>
<p>1872: On January 14, 1872, the cornerstone was laid on Main Street in Sumter for a town hall and marketplace. $2,307.45 had been raised when contractors R.J. Tuomey, mason, and Hiram Phillips, carpenter, were hired to construct the building. By June the exterior was completed and painted, but the interior was still incomplete. Unfortunately, all the money for this project had been spent, and it was necessary for the promoters to obtain credit to hire A.J. Moses to complete the job. Completed in December, it was a two-story wooden structure with two rooms on the ground floor a guardhouse and market in the rear, and an elegant theater upstairs. The theater had 500 seats that could be removed for dances and receptions.</p><br>
<p>1873: Originally the town hall was called the Opera House, but in 1873, it was renamed the Music Hall.</p><br>
<p>1886: Opera prima donnas Clara Louise Kellogg, born in Sumter in 1839, was the first nationally acclaimed performer to appear in an opera in the upstairs Music Hall, which was managed by D. J. Auld.</p><br>
<p>1888: Belva Ann Lockwood, who was known as the "Queen of the Bar" for being the first woman admitted to practice before the USA Supreme Court, gave a lecture for the citizens of Sumter. Ms. Lockwood was also the first woman candidate for presidency of the United States, nominated in 1884 and 1888 by the National Equal Rights Party. An unusually small crowd expressed Sumter*s disapproval of the speaker.</p><br>
<p>1889: Sumter City Council signed a three- year lease on the hall with J.A. Schwerin & Company at a rental rate of $300.00 a year. The name of the hall was changed to the Academy of Music.</p><br>
<p>1890: Renovations included the addition of fifty electric lights, an inclined floor, and seven tiers of noiseless opera chairs with hat racks. The remodeled stage featured a box on each side and a drop curtain, painted by Eugene Cramer of Columbia, South Carolina, which showed a view of Lake Como nestled among the hills of Italy. The total number of seats was increased to 700.</p><br>
<p>1892: On December 9, 1892, while Chick Company from New York City was giving a performance, fire broke out in a dressing room of the Music Hall. The audience exited safely, but most of the actors lost valuables as they escaped with only the costumes they were wearing. The entire Music Hall including the second-floor office where the town*s records were kept, was destroyed as well as several surrounding stores. Total loss was set at $70,000.</p><br>
<p>1893: Within months of the devastating fire a second cornerstone was laid for a new City Hall-Opera House. A new building made of Cumberland buff stone was constructed in the Richardsonian Romanesque style and featured a 100-foot tall, four-faced tower with a clock operated by weights. Name the Opera House, it was designed by architect J.C. Turner of Augusta, Georgia, and built by J.W. McKiever of Charleston, South Carolina, at a total cost of $35,000. The Town Council met at the Masonic Temple on Liberty Street and marched with the Masons to the dedication ceremony on Main Street where General Kennedy of Camden, South Carolina, gave the address. Music for the occasion was provided by the 2nd Regiment Band.</p><br>
<p>1936: The cornerstone was reset in May, and a $120,000 renovation transformed the Opera House into a moving-picture theater. This project also provided jobs for 300 workers in the midst of the Great Depression. The premier picture shown at this Sumter Theater was Earthworm Tractor starring comedian Joe E. Brown. The admission price was.35 cents for adults and.10 cents for children.</p><br>
<p>1973: Through efforts spearheaded by Councilwoman Colleen Yates, the Opera House was officially listed on the National Register of Historical Places.</p><br>
<p>1982: The Sumter Theater closed its doors after 46 years of operation, thus sealing the doors of the Opera House. The future of this historical building was uncertain.</p><br>
<p>1984: The City of Sumter, needing more office space than was available in the City-County Complex, and sensitive to the needs of downtown, decided to relocate on Main Street in the Opera House. General Obligation Bonds in the amount of $1,800,000 were approved and sold to the First National Bank of South Carolina. The architecture firm Drakeford-Jackson & Associates was authorized to begin renovation plans.</p><br>
<p>1985: Mayor W.A. McElveen, Jr., city councilmen, and officials opened the Opera House cornerstone on September 18 as the renovation and expansion project was begun. The copper cornerstone box revealed coins from the 1700s, documents from the 1800s, and letters and newspapers from 1936. Unfortunately, the contents of the 1893 cornerstone were found to have been ruined by moisture.</p><br>
<p>1987: The renovation of the Opera House was completed. The 75th anniversary of the Council-Manager form of government which originated in Sumter in 1912 is celebrated.</p><br>
<p>Today, City administration occupies the upper levels of the Opera House as the center of city government for Sumter. On the first floor the auditorium continues to be in demand and used for concerts (by such groups as the Sumter Community band and celebrities such as Nancy Griffith), school events, and other local happenings. The Opera House stands today not only as a symbol of the past but also as an active sign of the ongoing progressive spirit of the people of Sumter.</p><br>
<p>The Sumter Opera House has hosted Starship in 2018, Tiffany in 2019, and The 5th Dimension in 2022.</p><br>
<p>Mayesville Historic District is a national historic district located at Mayesville, Sumter County, South Carolina. It encompasses 62 contributing buildings in the western half of the town of Mayesville. It includes a broad range of late-19th and early-20th century vernacular architectural design, including commercial, residential , and religious buildings. The district includes representative examples of the Neo-Classical, Victorian, Queen Anne, Colonial Revival, Greek Revival, and Bungalow. Notable buildings include the Town Hall, Kineen Hotel, Bland Stables, Granit Building, Davis Store, J. W. Rhodes House, and R. J. Mayes House.</p><br>
<p>It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.</p><br>
<p>Sumter Historic District is a national historic district located at Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina. It encompasses 62 contributing buildings in the central business district of Sumter. It includes buildings that primarily date from 1880 to 1912. They are typical of turn-of-the-20th century commercial buildings, using materials such as pressed tin, limestone, and brick. Notable buildings include the Sumter County Courthouse, Sumter Town Hall-Opera House, Lee and Moise Building, Bultman Brothers&#39; Boots and Shoes, Bank of Sumter, and Burns Hardware.</p><br>
<p>It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.</p><br>
<p>Rip Raps Plantation, also known as the James McBride Dabbs House, is a historic plantation house and national historic district located near Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina. It was the home of James McBride Dabbs, author and leading advocate for social justice and civil rights .</p><br>
<p>It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.</p><br>
<h2>Architecture</h2><br>
<p>The structure encompasses four contributing buildings, three contributing sites, and two contributing structures. The house was built in 1858, and is a two-story, frame vernacular Greek Revival dwelling with twin facades. Each facade features a two-story, full width, pedimented portico supported by six paneled piers. Also on the property are a log smokehouse (c. 1830), a two-story carriage house (c. 1830), and a barn.</p><br>
<h2>Ownership</h2><br>
<p>According to Edith Mitchell Dabbs the land under Rip Raps Plantation was "given to Peter Mellette" in the 1750s. It was subsequently purchased by the great-grandfather of James McBride Dabbs.</p><br>
<p>After James McBride Dabbs&#39; death it was willed to his wife, Edith Mitchell Dabbs, and subsequently their son, Richard W. Dabbs (1945–2022), after Edith passed in 1991.</p><br>
<p>Upon Richard Dabbs death in 2022, he left the home to his children: Samuel H. Dabbs, Sophie M. Dabbs, and Nathan W. Dabbs</p><br>
<p>The John Russell House is a historic house at 904 Charlotte Street in Fordyce, Arkansas. This single-story wood-frame house was built c. 1925, and is Dallas County&#39;s finest example of Craftsman architecture. It has an outstanding porch whose roof is supported by four columns of geometrically arranged wooden members. A horizontal tie beam between the inner columns supports a column up to the apex of the gable roof.</p><br>
<p>The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.</p><br>
<p>The William Parker Caldwell House is a property in the community of Gardner in Weakley County, Tennessee, that was the home of William Parker Caldwell, a local lawyer and politician who was Gardner&#39;s first mayor and who served in the USA House of Representatives and both houses of the Tennessee General Assembly. The historic home was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.</p><br>
<p>The Lincoln Mill and Mill Village Historic District is a historic district in Huntsville, Alabama. Opened in 1900, it quickly grew to be Huntsville&#39;s largest cotton mill in the first quarter of the 20th century. After closing in 1955, the mills were converted to office space that was used by the USA space program. Two of the older production buildings burned in 1980, but one main building and numerous houses built for workers remain. The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2010.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The Lincoln Mill began in 1900 as an entirely locally funded concern. One of the investors was Trevanian Dallas, founder of the adjacent Dallas Mill. Named the Madison Spinning Company, the original building was built on Oakwood Avenue. The mill required more capital to continue operating by 1903, and outside investors were brought in, including William Lincoln Barrell. Despite the extra cash, the mill closed in 1906. It reopened in 1908 under the name Abingdon Mills. Abingdon constructed a new mill building in 1915, and an addition to it in 1916. The mill was expanded again in 1918, with a two-story addition to the twisting mill, bringing capacity to 28,080 spindles and 476 looms. 47 houses and the village&#39;s first school were also built.</p><br>
<p>Despite the extra capacity, Abingdon went bankrupt in 1918. Barrell bought the company at auction, and production resumed later that year under the name Lincoln Mill. The next decade saw vast expansion of the mill and village. The company began constructing 40 more duplexes and apartment buildings north of Oakwood Avenue, on a tight grid pattern of streets which became known as Lincoln Village. A new mill building, costing $2 million and containing 750,000 square feet (70,000 sq. m.), was built in 1923–24. A one-story dye house quickly followed, and the mill employed 1,000 workers and operated 102,000 spindles. 600 additional houses and apartments were built to serve the expanded workforce. Another expansion in 1927 included more units for Mill No. 3 and 500 houses and apartments south of the mill. The expansion brought the operation to its highest capacity of 120,000 spindles, 1,200 looms, and 2,000 employees. In 1928, a mill store and community center were built, followed the next year by a larger school.</p><br>
<p>Production slowed during the Great Depression, and ground to a halt in 1934. From July 17 until September 22, 1934, a strike by the United Textile Workers of America brought violence to Huntsville. Although business rebounded during World War II, no further expansions of the mill or village were made. In 1953, longtime superintendent Phillip W. Peeler retired, and the new management clashed often with the union. Another strike in 1955 turned violent, and lawsuits reached the Supreme Court, but were not heard before the mill closed. The mill buildings were converted to offices, some of which were used by the space industry; the Apollo Lunar Roving Vehicle was designed in the mill by Brown Engineering. The oldest two mills, along Oakwood Avenue, were destroyed by fire in February 1980. The remaining Mill No. 3 has been renovated to house a variety of tenants, including offices, a microbrewery, loft apartments, and a school focusing on children with learning disabilities. The remodeling focuses on using sustainable practices.</p><br>
<h2>Architecture</h2><br>
<p>The only surviving production structures are Mill No. 3 and the adjoining dye house, both built in 1924. Both buildings are of reinforced concrete which was cast in place. The defining feature of the buildings are floor-to-ceiling multi-pane windows with steel muntins. The Lincoln School, built in 1929 and separately listed on the National Register in 1982, echos this design, with large bays of windows separated by thick, concrete pilasters, although it contains more decorative details. The company store, today used as a theater and antique shop, retains the same proportions but has more conventional windows along with street-level storefronts.</p><br>
<p>The remaining structures in the district are all residential. Most prominent is the two-story, Colonial Revival Superintendent&#39;s House along Meridian Street, that has been renovated as offices for an adjacent auto repair shop. The majority of the workers houses are duplexes, although there are also twelve extant apartment buildings and a handful of single-family homes. The majority follow the Type M plan, of a one-story, hipped roof duplex that is two rooms deep. The double entries are covered with a shed roofed porch. The apartments follow the Type M style, but have multiple units attached to one another, and separate, gable roof porches. Other styles include Type B, a rectangular, gable roofed plan with closely spaced entrance doors; Type D, a one-story plan with a central chimney and steeper gable roof; Type E, an L-shaped structure with a shed porch on the front; and Type H, a -story single-family design with a gable roof and shed roof dormer. Though mostly undecorated, the houses do show some basic Craftsman detail, such as exposed wood rafter ends. All houses are of wood-frame construction covered in stucco.</p><br>
<p>The Roscoe Goose House is a historic house at 3012 South Third Street in Louisville, Kentucky. Built around 1891, it is a -story brick building with Italianate and later Victorian styling. It has a low-pitch hip roof with bracketed cornice, a wall dormer rising at the center of the front facade, a single-story porch that wraps across the front and around the left side, and a large arched window on the ground floor next to the main entrance. It was home to jockey Roscoe Goose from 1913 until about 1970.</p><br>
<p>The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2015.</p><br>
<p>The McCartney–Bone House  is a historic residence near Maysville in Madison County, Alabama. The house was built in 1826 by James McCartney, who came to Madison County in 1810. McCartney held several public offices in the county, including Justice of the Peace, Tax Assessor and Collector, and County Commissioner. He was also a member of the Flint River Navigation Company, which sought to improve transportation along the Flint River to the Tennessee River, making it easier to get goods from northeastern Madison County to market. McCartney died in 1831, and his wife, Martha, remarried twice, the second time to Reverend Matthew H. Bone. After Martha&#39;s death in 1885, the house remained in the family until 1955.</p><br>
<p>The brickwork is laid in Flemish bond, and is of the same high quality on all sides of the house. The house is two stories, with a gable roof and a chimney in each gable end. A central entry portico, added in the 1960s, is supported by two square columns with matching pilasters against the house. The door is topped with an elliptical fanlight. A pair of two-over-two sash windows flank the portico on either side. Second floor windows are also two-over-two, but are slightly smaller. All windows on the façade have recessed lintels filled with stucco. A denticulated cornice with ogee modillions is repeated on the rear of the house, an unusual feature for an early 19th-century country house. The main portion of the house has two rooms on either side of a central hall on both floors. The house originally had a detached kitchen; it was rebuilt in 1873 to be closer to the house and later joined. A shed roofed veranda on the rear has been enclosed to form a sun porch.</p><br>
<p>The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977.</p><br>
<p>The Milligan Block is a historic commercial building in Huntsville, Alabama. It was built in 1900 and represents the transition from vertically-oriented Italianate style to more restrained, horizontally-oriented commercial styles of the early 20th century. It retains Italianate details such as an applied metal cornice and arched windows, but eschews other applied decoration in favor of using structural elements to provide ornamentation.</p><br>
<p>The street-level façade is recessed and divided into two bays by a large brick pilaster. Each bay has a single door covered with a shallow pediment that is flanked by one-over-one sash windows topped with a segmented fanlight. Above each window is a decorative brick arch with an ashlar keystone. The sills are a continuous course of ashlar, broken only by the doors and central pilaster, while a similar course of quarry-faced limestone forms the base of the arches. This window treatment is repeated on the second floor façade and on the Randolph Avenue side. The side is also divided into bays by pilasters, and the cornice on the middle bay is raised.</p><br>
<p>The building is adjacent to the May and Cooney Dry Goods Company and behind it on Randolph Avenue is the Randolph Street Church of Christ. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.</p><br>
<p>Longmont College, also known as The Landmark, is a building in Longmont, Colorado that briefly housed the city&#39;s first college from 1886 to 1889. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.</p><br>
<p>The Presbyterian Synod of Colorado originally commissioned the design of a much larger building for the site to house what was to become Longmont Presbyterian College. The south wing was built in 1886: a two-story brick building in the Italianate style. Due to financial problems, this was the only wing completed, and the college closed after only three years, reopening as a preparatory school, Longmont Academy. The building later housed Longmont High School and a series of Catholic schools before being sold and subdivided into apartments during the post-World War II housing shortage.</p><br>
<p>Hillside is a historic home located near Carlisle, Union County, South Carolina. It was built between 1820 and 1830, and is a two-story, "L-shaped" Federal style clapboard structure. It features a central double piazza with slender Tuscan order wooden columns. It was enlarged about 1850. Also on the property are tall granite gate posts with folk art relief sculpture. The posts are believed to have been carved about 1861 by J. E. Sherman, a Union soldier who became ill and was left at Hillside to recuperate prior to the American Civil War. Also on the property are a hand-hewn barn, a well with modern well-house, and another small 19th century structure.</p><br>
<p>It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.</p><br>
<p>Woodland Plantation is a historic plantation house and farm complex located near Carlisle, Union County, South Carolina, United States. It was built about 1850, and is a two-story, Greek Revival style clapboard structure. It features a front porch with square columns that have windows on all four sides. The complex includes buildings dating from 1850 to about 1950. They include a storehouse, a smokehouse, a carriage house, a bull pen, a cotton gin house, a privy, a hay barn, a calf barn, an office, a dairy milking parlor, and a silo.</p><br>
<p>It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.</p><br>
<p>Cross Keys House is a historic plantation house located at Cross Keys, Union County, South Carolina. It was built about 1812–1814, and is a two-story, five-bay, brick Georgian Colonial style dwelling. It features a gabled roof with identical pairs of end chimneys, a massive raised first-story portico, and date stones carved with the date of the houses completion , original owners initials , and crossed keys thought to be the insignia of the builder.</p><br>
<p>It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.</p><br>
<p>McWhirter House is a historic home located at Jonesville, Union County, South Carolina. It was built in 1909, and is a two-story, frame Classical Revival style dwelling. It features a full-height porch supported by classical columns, that is symmetrically balanced with side porches accented with classical detailing.</p><br>
<p>It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.</p><br>
<p>Judge Thomas Dawkins House, also known as The Shrubs, is a historic home located at Union, Union County, South Carolina. It was built about 1845, and is a two-story clapboard dwelling with a hipped metal roof. The front facade features a five-bay wide verandah supported by six chamfered columns. It was the residence of Judge Thomas Dawkins, a well-known political leader in Union County during and after the American Civil War.</p><br>
<p>It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.</p><br>
<p>Gov. Thomas B. Jeter House, also known as Sarratt House, is a historic home located at Union, Union County, South Carolina. It was built in 1859, and is a two-story, clapboard dwelling with Victorian detailing. It features a one-story front verandah and scalloped trim. It was the home of Thomas Bothwell Jeter, who served as the 79th Governor of South Carolina from September 1, 1880, to November 30, 1880.</p><br>
<p>It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.</p><br>
<p>Boulder County Poor Farm is the site of a poor farm in the Valmont area of Boulder County, Colorado, where long-term care for the county&#39;s indigent was provided from 1902 to 1918. The site operated as a farm from 1897, and many of the original farm buildings are still present, including a main house built in Queen Anne style. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2011.</p><br>
<p>Starting in 1875, Boulder County leased a series of properties to serve as the county poorhouse. In 1902, the 120 acre farm on today&#39;s 63rd Street was purchased to house the Boulder County Poor Farm and Hospital; many modifications were made to the farm house, including the construction of a two-story dormitory annex. The farm was sold and returned to private operation. In 2018, a century after the county left the property, the city of Boulder purchased the combined Poor Farm / Fort Chambers (a/k/a Fort Valmont) property for Open Space Mountain Parks (OSMP) use.</p><br>
<p>The Milroy State Bank Building is located in the small town of Milroy, Minnesota at the intersection of Superior Street and Euclid Avenue . The building was a former community bank built in 1902 by a group of businessmen from Springfield, Minnesota. It is nearly identical to the Clements State Bank Building in Clements, Minnesota representing the commercial investment of outsiders in a string of towns platted on a new railroad line, the Minnesota Western Branch of Chicago and North Western Railway.</p><br>
<p>The bank closed in 1930 and was used for several purposes, including a doctors office, and a bank exchange. It was the post office of Milroy from 1951 until 1989 when a new post office was built. On August 11, 1980 the building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places along with several other buildings in Redwood County, Minnesota.</p><br>
<p>Throughout the years the building stood abandoned, sitting unheated and the roof had also collapsed. In 2009 a local, Sunny Ruthchild, purchased the building for around $1,000 and renovated it which included improvements to the roof, restoration of the floors, and the installation of high-efficiency windows and a geothermal heat pump. The upper part of the building is currently leased as an apartment and the lower part currently sits empty with plans to turn it into a small business such as a bakery or café.</p><br>
