Ridgeway is a town in Fairfield County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 319 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Columbia, South Carolina Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Winnsboro is a town in Fairfield County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 3,550 at the 2010 census. The population was 3,215 at the 2020 census. A population decrease of approximately 9.5% for the same 10 year period. It is the county seat of Fairfield County. Winnsboro is part of the Columbia, South Carolina metropolitan Area. Winnsboro is a suburb of a Columbia, South Carolina.
St. Stephen's Episcopal Church is an historic Episcopal church building located northeast of Ridgeway, South Carolina, on County Road 106. Built of wood in 1854 in the Carpenter Gothic style, it was designed by the Rev. John Dewitt McCollough, who later became its rector. The exterior was painted a maroon color. In 1920, its exterior wood was covered by brick veneer, so that it appears today as a brick Gothic Revival style building on the outside while the interior retains its Carpenter Gothic features. A wing was added in the 1940s to create space for a parish hall and Sunday school.
Cypress Methodist Camp Ground is a historic Methodist camp meeting in Ridgeville, Dorchester County, South Carolina. Cypress Camp Ground was functional as early as 1794, and an adjacent cemetery contains graves from the early 1800s. The campground is in the general shape of a rectangle of 34 tents, or cabins, made of rough-hewn lumber. These cabins, rectangular shaped, are generally 1 1/2-stories and contain earthen floors.
Concord Presbyterian Church is a historic Presbyterian church located near Winnsboro, Fairfield County, South Carolina. It was built in 1818, and is a one-story, brick, gable-roofed building with a meeting house floor plan. It has a small, rectangular, gable-roofed rear extension and sits on a granite foundation. Also on the property is a cemetery with a cast-iron fence and gates.
Little River Baptist Church is a historic Southern Baptist church located near Jenkinsville, Fairfield County, South Carolina. USA. It was built about 1845, and is a one-story, frame meeting house plan church. The church is a rectangular clapboard structure of Greek Revival design with Gothic Revival details in the front facade. The front gabled roof is supported by four octagonal columns on a raised platform. In the early 1950s, a wing was added to provide Sunday School rooms and kitchen facilities.
Monticello Methodist Church is a historic Methodist church off SC 215 in Monticello, Fairfield County, South Carolina. It was built in 1861, and is a one-story, front gable-roofed, weatherboarded frame building in the Greek Revival style with a meeting house floor plan. The façade features a portico is supported by octagonal wooden columns on a stepped brick entrance. Also on the property is the church cemetery.
Tocaland is a historic plantation house located on S.C. Route 344 near Winnsboro, Fairfield County, South Carolina. It was built about 1854, and is a 1+1⁄2-story, weatherboarded frame Greek revival style dwelling on a raised basement. The front facade features four 8-foot high stuccoed granite piers that support a pedimented front porch. The porch is supported by four paneled wooden pillars, pilasters, and has a plain balustrade.
High Point is a historic home located near Jenkinsville, Fairfield County, South Carolina. The original section was built about 1800, and is a two-story, five bay, frame farmhouse with later expansions. A two-story rear ell was built about 1870. It features a one-story, shed-roofed porch across the front façade supported by square posts. Also on the property are the contributing family cemetery, a frame smoke house, and a frame barn.
Mayfair is a historic home located near Jenkinsville, Fairfield County, South Carolina. It was built about 1824, and is a two-story, weatherboarded Federal style frame residence with a hipped roof. The front façade features a central, two-story, polygonal pedimented portico. According to local tradition, Mayfair was the home of Burrell B. Cook, a moderately wealthy planter, who served in the Twenty-eighth General Assembly of South Carolina from 1828 to 1829.
Davis Plantation is a historic plantation house located near Monticello, Fairfield County, South Carolina. It was built about 1845, and is a two-story, white frame Greek Revival style house. It has a hipped roof and two mammoth chimneys. It features a gabled front portico supported by four square, paneled Doric order columns. The house was built by James B. Davis, descendant of Revolutionary War Captain, James Kincaid, and an early pioneer in South Carolina agricultural development.
Blink Bonnie, also known as Robertson House, is a historic plantation house located near Ridgeway, Fairfield County, South Carolina. It was built in 1822, and is a 1-½ story clapboard frame house on a brick foundation. It features a one-story, hipped roof front porch supported by six double capped square columns. The house has a one-story addition and an old two-room brick kitchen with large open fireplaces, ovens and warmers.
Century House, also known as Brick House and Beauregard's Headquarters, is a historic plantation house located near Ridgeway, Fairfield County, South Carolina. It was built about 1853, and is a large, two-story brick house in the Greek Revival style. It features double-tiered, balustraded piazzas. During the American Civil War, Century House entertained and sheltered many refugees from Low Country South Carolina and Georgia and also served as the headquarters for General P. G. T. Beauregard and his staff when Columbia was evacuated upon the approach of Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman’s Army in 1865.
Hunter House is a historic home located near Ridgeway, Fairfield County, South Carolina. It was built about 1820, and is a 1+1⁄2-story, "L"-shaped Federal style weatherboarded building on a raised brick basement. It has a gable roof and exterior end chimneys. The five-bay façade features a pedimented porch sheltering the three central bays.
Mount Hope is a historic home located near Ridgeway, Fairfield County, South Carolina. It was built about 1836, and is a 1+1⁄2-story, vernacular weatherboarded building on a raised brick basement. It has a gable roof and three pedimented dormers. Also on the property are a frame smoke house and a tenant house. It was the home of Dr. John Peyre Thomas, a prominent physician and amateur scientist.
Valencia is a historic plantation house located near Ridgeway, Fairfield County, South Carolina. It was built in 1834, and is a large two-story frame house on a brick pier foundation. The house features a hipped roof, two mammoth chimneys, and a broad one-story piazza with unique elliptical arches. Valencia was built by Edward Gendron Palmer, a leader in civic, political, and religious life of Ridgeway and Fairfield County.
The Oaks is a historic plantation house located near Winnsboro, Fairfield County, South Carolina in the Piedmont region. It was built in 1835 by Richard Hallum, and is a large, two-story, weatherboarded frame residence with a gable-end roof. The front façade features a central, two-tiered pedimented portico supported by four simple wooden columns. From 1856 the property was owned by John Montgomery Lemmon and his descendants. Considered a moderately wealthy planter, in 1860 he owned 19 slaves and his entire plantation was worth $10,000.
Vaughn's Stage Coach Stop is a historic stagecoach stop located near Ridgeway, Fairfield County, South Carolina. It was built about 1820, and is a two-story, weatherboarded frame, gable-roofed residence with a double-pile and central hall floor plan. The building sits on a foundation of stone piers, has end chimneys, rear shed rooms, and a left rear addition. The façade features a one-story, shed-roofed porch with a plain wooden balustrade supported by six slender wooden posts.
Furman Institution Faculty Residence is a historic residential building located near Winnsboro, Fairfield County, South Carolina. It was built about 1837, and is a two-story, brick building with a hipped roof and end chimneys. It has a single story, hip roofed front porch and a kitchen extension. The building serves as a visible reminder of the early history of Furman University and its brief establishment in Fairfield County.
Ridgeway Historic District is a national historic district located at Ridgeway, Fairfield County, South Carolina. The district encompasses 31 contributing buildings in the town of Ridgeway. A majority of the buildings in the district were built between 1890 and 1915, the heyday of cotton production in the area. The district includes a commercial block with a predominance of simply ornamented two-story brick stores and a residential block with primarily asymmetrical, frame, weatherboarded houses lining the tree shaded streets. Styles include Queen Anne, Neo-Classical, Victorian, and Bungalow. Notable buildings include the J. Spann Edmunds House, Augustus Talley Moore House, Thomas Co. Store, Ruff Furniture Store, Dobson's Drug Store, Ridgeway Town Hall, Ruff's Gin Shop, James Team's Drugstore, and the Charlotte and South Carolina Railroad House.
