National Register of Historic Places listings in South Carolina facts for kids

The National Register of Historic Places is the official list of places in the United States that are important to history. These places can be buildings, sites, structures, objects, or districts. They are recognized for their historical, architectural, archaeological, engineering, or cultural importance.

This page lists all the special places in each of South Carolina's 46 counties that are on the National Register of Historic Places. It's like a big scrapbook of South Carolina's past!

South Carolina counties (clickable map)

Historic Places in South Carolina Counties

This section shows how many historic places are listed in each county. The numbers are from April 24, 2008, and include new additions since then. These numbers are close estimates, as new places are added often.

Woodlands Study, Bamberg County Joseph Banks House, Calhoun County Charleston Historic District, in Charleston County Landsford Canal Lockkeeper's House Walterboro Library in 1934

County # of Sites 1 Abbeville 13 2 Aiken 40 3 Allendale 13 4 Anderson 20 5 Bamberg 12 6 Barnwell 6 7 Beaufort 72 8 Berkeley 26 9 Calhoun 17 10.1 Charleston (city) 94 10.2 Charleston (other) 95 10.3 Charleston: Duplicates (3) 10.4 Charleston: Total 186 11 Cherokee 25 12 Chester 19 13 Chesterfield 9 14 Clarendon 8 15 Colleton 12 16 Darlington 52 17 Dillon 18 18 Dorchester 12 19 Edgefield 9 20 Fairfield 42 21 Florence 23 22 Georgetown 37 23.1 Greenville (city) 43 23.2 Greenville (other) 38 23.3 Greenville: Total 81 24 Greenwood 21 25 Hampton 14 26 Horry 30 27 Jasper 10 28 Kershaw 19 29 Lancaster 27 30 Laurens 25 31 Lee 17 32 Lexington 59 33 Marion 12 34 Marlboro 10 35 McCormick 20 36 Newberry 35 37 Oconee 22 38 Orangeburg 40 39 Pickens 29 40.1 Richland (Columbia) 128 40.2 Richland (other) 36 40.3 Richland: Total 164 41 Saluda 11 42 Spartanburg 74 43 Sumter 29 44 Union 29 45 Williamsburg 11 46.1 York (Rock Hill) 26 46.2 York (other) 29 46.3 York: Total 55 (duplicates) (7) Total: 1,508

Stony Point, Greenwood County Stoney Creek Presbyterian Church, Hampton County Bethesda Presbyterian Church, Camden Marlboro Courthouse Price's or Calliham's Mill, McCormick County Ellicott's Rock with "NC" marked in red chalk