Newberry County is a county located in the U.S. state of South Carolina. As of the 2020 census, its population was 37,719. Its county seat is Newberry. The name is of unknown origin, although one theory suggests that it was named by Quaker settlers in honor of their home of Newberry, a suburb of London in the United Kingdom. Newberry County comprises the Newberry, SC Micropolitan Statistical Area.
Little Mountain is a town in Newberry County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 291 at the 2010 census. The town took its name from nearby Little Mountain.
Newberry is a city in Newberry County, South Carolina, United States, in the Piedmont 43 miles northwest of Columbia. The charter was adopted in 1894. The population was 10,277 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Newberry County; at one time it was called Newberry Courthouse.
Prosperity is a town in Newberry County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 1,178 at the 2020 U.S. census.
This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Newberry County, South Carolina.
The Old Newberry County Courthouse at 1207 Caldwell St. in Newberry, South Carolina was built in 1852. The courthouse was designed by Jacob Graves and constructed by James Darmon, and later remodeled in 1880 by builder Osborne Wells. It was constructed as part of a series of five county courthouses, in use from its construction until 1906. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.
Moon-Dominick House, also known as the Old Tin House, is a historic home located near Chappells, Newberry County, South Carolina. It was built about 1820, and is a 2+1⁄2-story, frame I-house with Federal style details. It has a high brick basement, gable roof, and exterior end chimneys.
George Mower House is a historic home located at Newberry, Newberry County, South Carolina. It was built in 1893, and is a two-story, weatherboarded Queen Anne style dwelling. It features prominent polygonal end turrets and a pedimented dormer. It was built for George Mower, prominent Newberry attorney, director of Newberry Cotton Mills, and member of the South Carolina House of Representatives and the South Carolina Senate (1893-1904).
Osborne Wells House is a historic home located at Newberry, Newberry County, South Carolina. It was built about 1860, and is a brick and stucco residence consisting of a piano nobile over a raised basement. It features a projecting raised porch supported by four stuccoed brick piers. It was built by Osborne Wells, a prominent 19th century Newberry builder, planter, and brick manufacturer.
Timberhouse is a historic plantation house located at Newberry, Newberry County, South Carolina. It was built about 1858 by Jacob Kibler, and is a two-story, weatherboarded Greek Revival style dwelling. It features double-tiered full-width porches supported by six square wood pillars and exterior end chimneys.
Boundary Street–Newberry Cotton Mills Historic District is a national historic district located at Newberry, Newberry County, South Carolina. The district encompasses 107 buildings, 1 site, and 1 structure in Newberry. The district includes classical and vernacular inspired upper and middle-class houses dating from 1857 to 1898. It also includes a relatively intact late-19th century mill village that surrounded the Newberry Cotton Mill (demolished).
Harrington Street Historic District is a national historic district located at Newberry, Newberry County, South Carolina. The district encompasses 11 contributing buildings in Newberry. The district includes residences dating from about 1870 to 1930. They include Victorian raised cottages, a Neoclassical style mansion, and shotgun and bungalow vernacular styles.
Main Street Historic District is a national historic district located at Newberry, Newberry County, South Carolina. The district encompasses 51 contributing buildings in an upper-class neighborhood of Newberry. The district includes residences dating from about 1840 to 1950. They include notable examples of the Italianate, Greek Revival, Neoclassical styles. Also located in the district is the St. Luke's Episcopal Church and the Newberry Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church.
Folk-Holloway House is a historic home located at Pomaria, Newberry County, South Carolina. It was built about 1835, and is a two-story, single pile frame I-house. It features a recessed front porch deck and freestanding columns. The house reflects Federal and Greek Revival style design elements.
Hatton House, also known as the 1892 House, is a historic home located at Pomaria, Newberry County, South Carolina. It was built about 1892, and is a two-story, frame gabled-ell cottage in a vernacular late-Italianate style. It features ornate brackets and other exterior decorative trim.
Pomaria, also known as the Summer–Huggins House, is a historic plantation house located near Pomaria, Newberry County, South Carolina. It was built about 1825, and is a two-story, frame dwelling on a raised basement with Greek Revival and Federal style design elements. It features a two-story, projecting pedimented portico. Also on the property are the contributing log smokehouse, a board and batten privy, and a Carpenter Gothic post office, which served as the first post office in the Dutch Fork. Pomaria Nurseries were begun on the plantation in 1840.
Oakland Mill, also known as Oakland-Kendall Mill, is a historic textile mill complex located at Newberry, Newberry County, South Carolina in the United States. The original section was built between 1910 and 1912, with building expansion campaigns conducted from 1949 to 1950 and from 1950 to 1951. The original section reflects Romanesque Revival style design influences. The complex includes the main mill building, a one-story brick office building, a two-story brick boiler house with a brick smokestack and auxiliary building, two masonry and concrete warehouses, two wood-frame auxiliary storage buildings, a railroad spur, two water towers, and a reservoir. The mill remained in operation until the 2000s.
Howard Junior High School, also known as Prosperity School, Shiloh School, and Shiloh Rosenwald School, is a historic Rosenwald school located at Prosperity, Newberry County, South Carolina. It was built in 1924–1925, and is a one-story, frame, double-pile, rectangular building on an open brick pier foundation. It originally had four classrooms; two additional classrooms were added in the 1930s.
Newberry County Memorial Hospital is a historic hospital building located at Newberry, Newberry County, South Carolina. Newberry County Hospital was built in 1924–1925, and is a two-story, Colonial Revival style brick building. Upon opening, the hospital's capacity was 25 beds. It was dedicated on December 22, 1925. Additions were made to the original building about 1949. Also on there are the former Nurse's Home, the Laundry/Boiler Plant and storage buildings dating to the 1950s. On May 30, 1950, the hospital's name was changed to Newberry County Memorial Hospital to honor the men and women who served in World War II. In January 1952, the People's Hospital merged with NCMH. In 1963, the north wing was added, increasing the capacity to 72 beds. The hospital moved to a new facility at 2669 Kinard Street in May 1976 with a capacity of 102 beds.
Michael Bedenbaugh is an American historical preservationist known for preserving South Carolina's historical landmarks including Trinity Episcopal Church, buildings in Society Hill community of Darlington County and Wilkins House. He received the Order of the Palmetto by Governor Henry McMaster in 2021.
