This is a List of National Historic Landmarks in South Carolina, United States. The United States'
National Historic Landmark (NHL) program is operated under the auspices of the
National Park Service, and recognizes buildings, sites, structures, districts, and objects according to a list of criteria of national significance.[1] There are 76 NHLs in
South Carolina and 3 additional National Park Service-administered areas of primarily historic importance.[2]
Architects whose work is recognized by two or more separate NHLs in the state are:
"The oldest and largest collection of 'high style' pise de terre (
rammed earth) buildings in the United States". Across the road from
Church of the Holy Cross
Historic and attractive campus center; Randolph Hall, Towell Library, and Gate Lodge completed by 1856, designed by
William Strickland,
Edward Brickell White, and George E. Walker
Designed by
Robert Mills, used from 1827 to 1937; "the oldest building in the country to be used continuously as a mental institution and one of the first mental hospitals built with public funds"
Home of
Mary Boykin Chesnut and source for her Civil War-time diary describing southern society, "acknowledged as the most important piece of Confederate literature"
Home of
Robert Barnwell Rhett, an extreme secessionist politician, a leading
fire-eater at the Nashville Convention of 1850, which failed to endorse his aim of secession
The primary residence of author
William Gilmore Simms, whose main house was burned in 1865; the remaining wing and several outbuildings constitute a literary landmark.
Historic areas of the National Park System in South Carolina
National Historic Sites, National Historic Parks, National Memorials, and certain other
areas listed in the National Park system are historic landmarks of national importance that are highly protected already, often before the inauguration of the NHL program in 1960, and are then often not also named NHLs per se. There are five of these in South Carolina. The National Park Service lists these five together with the NHLs in the state,[11] The
Charles Pinckney National Historic Site (also known as Snee Farm) and
Ninety Six National Historic Site
are also NHLs and are listed above. The remaining three are:
^Numbers represent an alphabetical ordering by significant words. Various colorings, defined
here, differentiate
National Historic Landmarks and
historic districts from other NRHP buildings, structures, sites or objects.
^The eight-digit number below each date is the number assigned to each location in the
National Register Information System database, which can be viewed by clicking the number.
^"Snow's Island". South Carolina History Trail. Retrieved November 5, 2015.
^These are listed on p.114 of "National Historic Landmarks Survey: List of National Historic Landmarks by State"
^Date of listing as National Monument or similar designation, from various sources in articles indexed.
This is a List of National Historic Landmarks in South Carolina, United States. The United States'
National Historic Landmark (NHL) program is operated under the auspices of the
National Park Service, and recognizes buildings, sites, structures, districts, and objects according to a list of criteria of national significance.[1] There are 76 NHLs in
South Carolina and 3 additional National Park Service-administered areas of primarily historic importance.[2]
Architects whose work is recognized by two or more separate NHLs in the state are:
"The oldest and largest collection of 'high style' pise de terre (
rammed earth) buildings in the United States". Across the road from
Church of the Holy Cross
Historic and attractive campus center; Randolph Hall, Towell Library, and Gate Lodge completed by 1856, designed by
William Strickland,
Edward Brickell White, and George E. Walker
Designed by
Robert Mills, used from 1827 to 1937; "the oldest building in the country to be used continuously as a mental institution and one of the first mental hospitals built with public funds"
Home of
Mary Boykin Chesnut and source for her Civil War-time diary describing southern society, "acknowledged as the most important piece of Confederate literature"
Home of
Robert Barnwell Rhett, an extreme secessionist politician, a leading
fire-eater at the Nashville Convention of 1850, which failed to endorse his aim of secession
The primary residence of author
William Gilmore Simms, whose main house was burned in 1865; the remaining wing and several outbuildings constitute a literary landmark.
Historic areas of the National Park System in South Carolina
National Historic Sites, National Historic Parks, National Memorials, and certain other
areas listed in the National Park system are historic landmarks of national importance that are highly protected already, often before the inauguration of the NHL program in 1960, and are then often not also named NHLs per se. There are five of these in South Carolina. The National Park Service lists these five together with the NHLs in the state,[11] The
Charles Pinckney National Historic Site (also known as Snee Farm) and
Ninety Six National Historic Site
are also NHLs and are listed above. The remaining three are:
^Numbers represent an alphabetical ordering by significant words. Various colorings, defined
here, differentiate
National Historic Landmarks and
historic districts from other NRHP buildings, structures, sites or objects.
^The eight-digit number below each date is the number assigned to each location in the
National Register Information System database, which can be viewed by clicking the number.
^"Snow's Island". South Carolina History Trail. Retrieved November 5, 2015.
^These are listed on p.114 of "National Historic Landmarks Survey: List of National Historic Landmarks by State"
^Date of listing as National Monument or similar designation, from various sources in articles indexed.