Vaucluse Mill Village Historic District


Vaucluse Mill Village Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Vancluse Mill
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Location	SC 191, 3 mi. N of Graniteville and 6 mi. W of Aiken, Vaucluse, South Carolina
Coordinates	33°36′54″N 81°48′12″W / 33.61500°N 81.80333°W / 33.61500; -81.80333Coordinates: 33°36′54″N 81°48′12″W / 33.61500°N 81.80333°W / 33.61500; -81.80333
Area	200 acres (81 ha)
Built	1877
Architect	Amos D. Lockwood
Architectural style	Other, Bungalow/craftsman, Greek Revival, Shot gun
NRHP Reference #	96000494^[1]
Added to NRHP	May 7, 1996

The Vaucluse Historic District, located in Vaucluse, South Carolina in Aiken County.^[2]^[3] The district includes the mill, number of accompanying buildings, and over eighty mill village homes. The district is noteworthy in that it is considered to be oldest mill village in the state. No less significant, the mill building, completed in 1877, was based on the plans of architect Amos D. Lockwood. Lockwood’s successor firm, Lockwood, Greene & Company, would later design around fifty of South Carolina’s textile manufacturing facilities. The Vancluse Historic District was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on May 7, 1996.^[1]

References

1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ Downey, Tom (May 4, 1995). "Vaucluse Mill Village Historic District" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved 28 November 2012.
↑ "Vaucluse Mill Village Historic District, Aiken County (S.C. Hwy. 191, Vaucluse)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 28 November 2012.

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