West Main Street Historic District (Chesterfield, South Carolina)

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West Main Street Historic District
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Mount Tabor United Methodist Church, West Main Street Historic District, August 2012
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LocationW. Main, Church and Academy Sts., Chesterfield, South Carolina
Coordinates 34°44′09″N80°05′33″W / 34.73583°N 80.09250°W / 34.73583; -80.09250 Coordinates: 34°44′09″N80°05′33″W / 34.73583°N 80.09250°W / 34.73583; -80.09250
Area21 acres (8.5 ha)
Built1858 (1858)
Architectural styleLate 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Late Victorian, Gothic Revival
MPS Chesterfield MRA
NRHP reference No. 82003849 [1]
Added to NRHPMay 4, 1982

West Main Street Historic District is a national historic district located at Chesterfield, Chesterfield County, South Carolina. The district encompasses 13 contributing buildings in a primarily residential section of the town of Chesterfield dating from about 1858 to 1930. They include the ornate, Gothic Revival Austin-Craig House, built in 1858, and two churches, a school, and five larger residences built between 1900–1930. Many properties are of brick construction. Freedmen of the community built one of the churches in the district in 1878, and it is the only identified ecclesiastical building in Chesterfield to have survived this period. One early commercial building, now used as apartments, is also included in the historic district. [2] [3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. [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. unknown (n.d.). "West Main Street Historic District" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
  3. "West Main Street Historic District, Chesterfield County (Chesterfield)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 17 March 2014. and Accompanying map