Lancaster Cotton Oil Company

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Lancaster Cotton Oil Company
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Lancaster Cotton Oil Company, July 2012
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LocationS. Main St. at Lancaster & Chester Railroad tracks, Lancaster, South Carolina
Coordinates 34°42′51″N80°46′1″W / 34.71417°N 80.76694°W / 34.71417; -80.76694
Area1.3 acres (0.53 ha)
MPS Lancaster County MPS
NRHP reference No. 89002145 [1]
Added to NRHPFebruary 6, 1990

Lancaster Cotton Oil Company is a historic factory complex and national historic district located at Lancaster, Lancaster County, South Carolina. It encompasses five contributing buildings and six contributing structures associated with the Lancaster Cotton Oil Company established in 1907. The Lancaster Cotton Oil Company office and seed house burned in 1913 and were replaced as the company continued to grow. After the post-World War I decline the Lancaster and Kershaw cotton oil mills were among South Carolina's larger and more centrally located mills which survived into the 1930s and 1940s. Contributing resources include the Seed and Hull House (1937), Cotton Seed Processing Plant (1907), Oil Storage Tanks and Shed (1907), Cotton Gin (1907), and an office (1907). [2] [3]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Suzanne Pickens Wylie; Paul Gettys; Linda VanderBroek (April 1984). "Cotton Oil Company" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory.
  3. "Lancaster Downtown Historic District, Lancaster County". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. and Accompanying map