Senn's Grist Mill-Blacksmith Shop-Orange Crush Bottling Plant

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Senn's Grist Mill-Blacksmith Shop-Orange Crush Bottling Plant
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Senn's Grist Mill-Blacksmith Shop-Orange Crush Bottling Plant, November 2012
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Location3 Cantey St., Summerton, South Carolina
Coordinates 33°36′32″N80°21′5″W / 33.60889°N 80.35139°W / 33.60889; -80.35139
Arealess than one acre
Builtc. 1905 (1905), 1921
NRHP reference No. 00000290 [1]
Added to NRHPMarch 24, 2000

Senn's Grist Mill-Blacksmith Shop-Orange Crush Bottling Plant is a complex of historic commercial buildings located at Summerton, Clarendon County, South Carolina. The complex consists of three interconnected early-20th century buildings of similar size and construction. The grist mill was built about 1905, is an example of small independent grist mills that were commonplace in rural communities across the South. The blacksmith shop and bottling plant, built about 1921, are typical of early-20th century light industrial buildings. The complex supplied the local agricultural sector with essential goods and services for nearly a century. [2] [3]

It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1994. [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. "Senn's Grist Mill, Blacksmith Shop, and Orange Crush Bottling Plant, Clarendon County (3 Cantey St., Summerton)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 25 February 2014.
  3. Daniel J. Vivian (January 1999). "Senn's Grist Mill-Blacksmith Shop-Orange Crush Bottling Plant" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places nomination. NRHP. Retrieved 25 February 2014.