Young Farm (Florence, South Carolina)

Young Farm
Formerly listed on the  U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
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Location	West of Florence on U.S. Route 76, near Florence, South Carolina
Coordinates	34°9′28″N79°52′15″W / 34.15778°N 79.87083°W / 34.15778; -79.87083
Area	8.4 acres (3.4 ha)
Built	1919 (1919)
NRHP reference No.	83003854 [1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	November 10, 1983
Removed from NRHP	August 1, 2025

Young Farm is a historic farm complex and national historic district located near Florence, Florence County, South Carolina. The district encompasses 5 contributing buildings and 1 contributing structure associated with the dairy farm of Fred H. Young. The complex consists of a two-story frame main residence and a collection of outbuildings including a dairy barn, truck shed, cow shed, and silos. Fred H. Young, a farmer and partner in Young's Pedigreed Seed Farms, won regard throughout the South for his high-grade cottonseed and cattle. ^{[2] [3]} In July of 2024, the house was said to be too far gone to save and was torn down.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983, and was delisted in 2025.

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. Suzanne Pickens Wylie and Pete Rogers (August 1983). "Young Farm" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved October 20, 2012.
3. "Young Farm, Florence County (U.S. Hwy. 76, Florence vicinity)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved October 20, 2012.