Newberry is a city in Newberry County, South Carolina, United States, in the Piedmont 43 miles northwest of Columbia. The charter was adopted in 1894. The population was 10,277 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Newberry County; at one time it was called Newberry Courthouse.
This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Newberry County, South Carolina.
Cashua Street–Spring Street Historic District is a national historic district located at Darlington, Darlington County, South Carolina. The district encompasses 39 contributing buildings in a residential section of Darlington. The district includes a significant collection of intact residences constructed between about 1890 and 1930. Many of the homes were owned by prominent Darlington citizens. The residences along Cashua Street are large, two-story frame dwellings while the residences along Spring Street are smaller, one-story frame houses. Most of the residences have decorative woodwork and are significant examples of the builder's art. Architectural styles include Victorian, Queen Anne, Colonial Revival, and Bungalow. The buildings are situated on large lots that are planted with trees and shrubs.
East Home Avenue Historic District is a national historic district located at Hartsville, Darlington County, South Carolina. The district encompasses 52 contributing buildings and 1 contributing site in a primarily residential section of Hartsville. They were constructed between about 1890 to about 1938, and is associated with the leading figures of the town's history. Home Avenue has historically been the major residential street in Hartsville since it was laid out and landscaped in 1890. Architectural styles and influences include Renaissance Revival, Colonial Revival, Classical Revival, American Craftsman, and Bungalow. Notable non-residential buildings include the First Baptist Church, Thornwell Elementary School, and Hartsville Public School. Located in the district is the separately listed John L. Hart House.
City of Camden Historic District is a national historic district located at Camden, Kershaw County, South Carolina. The district encompasses 48 contributing buildings, 8 contributing sites, 2 contributing structures, and 3 contributing objects in Camden. The district is mostly residential but also include public buildings, a church, and a cemetery. Camden's architecture is classically inspired and includes examples of Federal, Greek Revival, and Classical Revival, in addition to cottage-type, Georgian, Charleston-type with modifications, and mansion-type houses. Several of the city's buildings were designed by architect Robert Mills. Notable buildings include the Kershaw County Courthouse (1826), U.S. Post Office, Camden Opera House and Clock Tower, Camden Powder Magazine, Trinity United Methodist Church, St. Mary's Catholic Church, Gov. Fletcher House, Greenleaf Villa, The First National Bank of Camden, and the separately listed Bethesda Presbyterian Church and Kendall Mill.
Church Street Historic District is a national historic district located at Batesburg-Leesville, Lexington County, South Carolina. It encompasses nine contributing buildings in a residential section of Leesville. They were largely constructed between about 1865 and 1909, with one house built after 1910. The district includes the Gothic Revival style Leesville Methodist Church (1909) and notable Italianate and Queen Anne style residences.
Francis B. Higgins House, also known as the Caldwell-Higgins House, is a historic home located at Newberry, Newberry County, South Carolina. It was built about 1820, and is a two-story weatherboarded residence with Federal and Greek Revival style details. The front facade features a projecting central portico. It was built by Francis B. Higgins, Newberry attorney, planter, and county commissioner in equity, and is the oldest documented dwelling in Newberry.
Boundary Street–Newberry Cotton Mills Historic District is a national historic district located at Newberry, Newberry County, South Carolina. The district encompasses 107 buildings, 1 site, and 1 structure in Newberry. The district includes classical and vernacular inspired upper and middle-class houses dating from 1857 to 1898. It also includes a relatively intact late-19th century mill village that surrounded the Newberry Cotton Mill (demolished).
Harrington Street Historic District is a national historic district located at Newberry, Newberry County, South Carolina. The district encompasses 11 contributing buildings in Newberry. The district includes residences dating from about 1870 to 1930. They include Victorian raised cottages, a Neoclassical style mansion, and shotgun and bungalow vernacular styles.
Main Street Historic District is a national historic district located at Newberry, Newberry County, South Carolina. The district encompasses 51 contributing buildings in an upper-class neighborhood of Newberry. The district includes residences dating from about 1840 to 1950. They include notable examples of the Italianate, Greek Revival, Neoclassical styles. Also located in the district is the St. Luke's Episcopal Church and the Newberry Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church.
Vincent Street Historic District is a national historic district located at Newberry, Newberry County, South Carolina. The district encompasses seven contributing buildings in a compact residential neighborhood of Newberry. The residences date from the late-19th and early-20th century and include notable examples of the Greek Revival and Late Victorian styles.
West Boundary Street Historic District is a national historic district located at Newberry, Newberry County, South Carolina. The district encompasses six contributing buildings and one contributing site in a residential neighborhood of Newberry. The four residences date between 1840 and 1935, and include examples of the Greek Revival, a Victorian raised cottage, and Bungalow styles.
Little Mountain Historic District is a national historic district located at Little Mountain, Newberry County, South Carolina. The district encompasses 50 contributing buildings and 2 contributing structures in the railroad town of Little Mountain. The buildings date from about 1890 to 1950 and include residences, businesses, and other institutional buildings. They include examples of the Gothic Revival, Neo-Classical, Colonial Revival, Victorian or Queen Anne, and Bungalow styles.
Newberry College Historic District is a national historic district located on the campus of Newberry College at Newberry, Newberry County, South Carolina. The district encompasses four contributing buildings and are Smeltzer Hall (1877), Keller Hall (1895), Holland Hall, and Derrick Hall (1925). Smeltzer Hall and Keller Hall reflect the Italianate, and Holland and Derrick Halls reflect the Neo-Classical and Colonial Revival styles.
Pomaria, also known as the Summer–Huggins House, is a historic plantation house located near Pomaria, Newberry County, South Carolina. It was built about 1825, and is a two-story, frame dwelling on a raised basement with Greek Revival and Federal style design elements. It features a two-story, projecting pedimented portico. Also on the property are the contributing log smokehouse, a board and batten privy, and a Carpenter Gothic post office, which served as the first post office in the Dutch Fork. Pomaria Nurseries were begun on the plantation in 1840.
Oakland Mill, also known as Oakland-Kendall Mill, is a historic textile mill complex located at Newberry, Newberry County, South Carolina. The original section was built between 1910 and 1912, with building expansion campaigns conducted from 1949 to 1950 and from 1950 to 1951. The original section reflects Romanesque Revival style design influences. The complex includes the main mill building, a one-story brick office building, a two-story brick boiler house with a brick smokestack and auxiliary building, two masonry and concrete warehouses, two wood-frame auxiliary storage buildings, a railroad spur, two water towers, and a reservoir. The mill remained in operation until the 2000s.
Newberry County Memorial Hospital is a historic hospital building located at Newberry, Newberry County, South Carolina. Newberry County Hospital was built in 1924–1925, and is a two-story, Colonial Revival style brick building. Upon opening, the hospital's capacity was 25 beds. It was dedicated on December 22, 1925. Additions were made to the original building about 1949. Also on there are the former Nurse's Home, the Laundry/Boiler Plant and storage buildings dating to the 1950s. On May 30, 1950, the hospital's name was changed to Newberry County Memorial Hospital to honor the men and women who served in World War II. In January 1952, the People's Hospital merged with NCMH. In 1963, the north wing was added, increasing the capacity to 72 beds. The hospital moved to a new facility at 2669 Kinard Street in May 1976 with a capacity of 102 beds.
Columbia Historic District I is a national historic district located in the Arsenal Hill neighborhood at Columbia, South Carolina. The district encompasses nine contributing buildings and includes a complex of fine mansions and attractive homes built before the American Civil War. The buildings are in the Greek Revival, Italianate, Classical Revival, and the “Columbia Cottage” styles. They include the Governor's Mansion, Caldwell-Hampton-Boylston House, Lace House, and Palmetto Iron Works and Armory.
Lenoir Downtown Historic District is a national historic district located at Lenoir, Caldwell County, North Carolina. The district includes 41 contributing buildings and 2 contributing objects in the central business district of Lenoir. It includes commercial, governmental, and institutional buildings in a variety of popular architectural styles including Art Deco, Art Moderne, Classical Revival and Tudor Revival. Notable contributing resources include the Center Theater (1941), O. P. Lutz Furniture Company and Lutz Hosiery Mill (1939), Dayvault's Drug Store (1937), Caldwell County Agricultural Building (1937), Courtney Warehouse, Masonic Hall, Miller Building, Confederate Monument (1910), Belk's Department Store (1928), Lenoir Building (1907), J. C. Penney Department Store, Fidelity Building (1928), and U. S. Post Office (1931). Located in the district is the separately listed Caldwell County Courthouse.
