Darlington is a city located in Darlington County, South Carolina, United States. In 2010, its population was 6,289. It is the county seat of Darlington County. It is part of the Florence, South Carolina Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Darlington Industrial Historic District is a national historic district located at Darlington, Darlington County, South Carolina. The district encompasses 12 contributing buildings and 1 contributing structure in an industrial section of Darlington. They were built between about 1890 and 1925. All of these buildings are located along the rights-of-way of the South Carolina Western Railway and the Charleston, Sumter and Northern Railroad since the industries each of these buildings served employed the services of the railroad. Among the prominent resources in the district are the Charleston, Sumter and Northern Railway Freight Station (1891), the Darlington Roller Mill (1899), Thomas and Howard Tobacco Warehouse ; and Price's Tobacco Warehouse, and a cotton warehouse.
West Broad Street Historic District is a national historic district located at Darlington, Darlington County, South Carolina. The district encompasses 36 contributing buildings in a primarily residential section of Darlington. They were constructed between about 1890 and 1928. Most of the residences are grand in scale and reflect the prosperity of the individuals who built them. Several of the houses were owned by some of Darlington's most prominent citizens. Most of the residences are large, two-story frame Victorian or Queen Anne structures with decorative woodwork. The dwellings are set on deep lots that are planted with large trees and shrubs. A number of these large residences are similar in appearance and were built by master carpenter Lawrence Reese. Also included in the district are 13 modest, one-story frame houses with a few decorative features, as well as two imposing brick bungalows.
Julius A. Dargan House is a historic house located at 488 Pearl Street in Darlington, Darlington County, South Carolina.
Edmund H. Deas House is a historic house located at 229 Avenue E in Darlington, Darlington County, South Carolina.
Clarence McCall House, also known as the Harrison House, is a historic home located at Darlington, Darlington County, South Carolina. It was built about 1904, and is a 1+1⁄2-story, frame Queen Anne style house. It has shiplap siding, a high brick foundation, and a high hipped roof. Also on the property is a small original barn with a gable roof and weatherboard siding.
Charles S. McCullough House, also known as the Memorial Center, is a historic home located at Darlington, Darlington County, South Carolina. It was built in 1889, and is a 1+1⁄2-story, brick Second Empire style residence. It has a projecting one-story ell and a porch on three sides. The front porch has elaborate sawn brackets on paired turned posts and an ornamental balustrade. The front elevation features a steeply pitched gable, which rises above the top of the mansard roof.
Mrs. B. F. Williamson House, also known as the Williamson-Wilson House, is a historic home located at Darlington, Darlington County, South Carolina. It was built about 1898, and is a two-story, frame Queen Anne style dwelling. It has shiplap siding, a high complex roof, and tall interior chimneys. It features a wraparound porch with hip roof and turned posts. Also on the property is an original servant's cottage.
James L. Coker III House is a historic home located at Hartsville, Darlington County, South Carolina. It was built in 1931, and is a two-story, three bay, brick Colonial Revival style residence. It has two-story, lateral gable wings flanked by one-story end gable wings, and a one-story sunroom. It features an engaged portico with four slender Tuscan order columns. It was the home of James Lide Coker, III (1904-1961), prominent Hartsville manufacturer and president of Sonoco Products Company. Also on the property is a one-story, frame, double-pen "cabin".
Jacob Kelley House is a historic home located near Hartsville, Darlington County, South Carolina. The original one-story, log portion of the house predates 1830. The home was enlarged, weatherboarded, and a second story added about 1830–1840. It was later doubled with the addition of a two-story annex. It was the home of Jacob Kelley (1780-1874), prominent early settler and founder of the small agricultural community, Kelley Town. Its military significance stems from its use as headquarters for the Union troops of Gen. John E. Smith, Commander of the 3rd Division, 15th Army Corps, in March 1865. From this location the Federal troops commandeered the nearby Kelley Mills, ransacking and laying waste to the surrounding area.
Arthur Goodson House, also known as John M. Lide House, is a historic home located at Springville, Darlington County, South Carolina. It was built in the 1850s, and is a 1+1⁄2-story, three bay, rectangular, central hall, weatherboard-clad, frame residence. The front façade features a full-width, hipped roof porch. Also on the property are two outbuildings, one weatherboard-clad, braced-frame building dating from the antebellum period and one tobacco barn constructed in the late-19th or early-20th century.
John L. Hart House, also known as Goodson House, is a historic home located at Springville, Darlington County, South Carolina. It was built about 1856 and is a two-story rectangular frame house with a central block and telescoping wings. It is clad in weatherboard and features a hip-roofed, one-story porch across the front façade. At the outbreak of the American Civil War, Hart was commissioned an officer in the Confederate Army and was killed in action.
Evan J. Lide House, also known as Meade House, is a historic home located at Springville, Darlington County, South Carolina. It was built about 1839, and is a rectangular, two-story gable-roofed weatherboard-clad dwelling. It is set on a brick pier foundation and has a central hall plan. The front façade features a full-width, one-story, shed-roofed porch supported by square, solid pine posts.
John W. Lide House, also known as Atkinson House, is a historic home located at Springville, Darlington County, South Carolina. It was built about 1830–1840, and is a two-story, rectangular, central-hall, frame residence with a low-pitched hip roof. The house features two massive, stuccoed brick, interior chimneys. It is sheathed in weatherboard and sits on a brick pier foundation with brick fill. A full-width, one-story, hip roof porch extends across the entire façade and wraps both side elevations. Also on the property is an antebellum outbuilding.
White Plains, also known as the Thomas P. Lide House and Blackmon House, is a historic home located at Springville, Darlington County, South Carolina. It was built about 1822, and is a two-story, square, frame, weatherboard-clad residence with a low-pitched hip roof. The house was substantially remodeled in about 1839 and in the late 1840s or early 1850s. Also on the property is a contributing single-pen log corn crib. Thomas Lide was one of the most active and involved members of the Springville community.
Wilds Hall, also known as the Peter A. Wilds House and Wilson House, is a historic home located at Springville, Darlington County, South Carolina. It was built about 1839, and enlarged to its present size about 1850. It is a 2+1⁄2-story, rectangular, weatherboard clad, frame residence with gabled roof. It sits on a low stuccoed brick pier foundation. Also on the property are four associated outbuildings. Peter Wilds was a wealthy planter owning 111 slaves in 1860. This house was lived in by four generations of the Wilds family over a 130-year period.
Japonica Hall, also known as the Major J.J. Lucas House, is a historic home located at Society Hill, Darlington County, South Carolina. It was built in 1896–1897, and is a 2+1⁄2-story over basement brick residence with a rusticated first story and a second story. It is in the Beaux Arts style with a facade reminiscent of Italian Renaissance palazzos. It has a projecting hipped-roof central entrance bay and a one-story Tuscan order verandah. It was the home of Major James Jonathan Lucas, a prominent local railroad builder and businessman. Lucas, who represented Charleston in the state House of Representatives from 1856 to 1862, was a prominent Confederate artillery officer in the defense of Charleston during the American Civil War.
The Manne Building is a historic commercial building located at Darlington, Darlington County, South Carolina.
South Carolina Western Railway Station, also known as the Seaboard Airline Railway Station, is a historic train station located at Darlington, Darlington County, South Carolina. It was built in 1911 by the South Carolina Western Railway and is a rectangular brick building with projecting rectangular bays at the center of two sides. The hipped roof features a bell-cast profile, red clay tile, wide bracketed eaves, and intersecting gables. Each gable contains a Palladian window. Lawrence Reese, an African-American master carpenter who had constructed many houses in Darlington, built the station.
E. W. Cannon House and Store is a historic home and general store located at Hartsville, Darlington County, South Carolina. The main house was built about 1880 and incorporates a small one-story residence built about 1840 that now serves as a rear wing. It is a two-story, rectangular, frame residence with weatherboard siding. It features a one-story hip roof porch that extends across the full façade. The store was built about 1870 and is located to the rear of the house. It is a 1+1⁄2-story, rectangular, hand-hewn heavy timber-frame building that served as a post office from 1873 to 1878. Also on the property are a contributing frame garage and a frame smokehouse. The house and store were built by Elihu W. Cannon (1841-1911), prominent Hartsville farmer, postmaster, and Darlington County politician.
