Jasper County Courthouse (South Carolina) Explained

Jasper County Courthouse
Coordinates:	32.4842°N -80.9856°W
Built:	1915
Architect:	William Augustus Edwards
Builder:	C.V. York
Architecture:	Colonial Revival
Added:	October 30, 1981
Refnum:	81000566

The Jasper County Courthouse, built in 1915, is an historic courthouse located in the city of Ridgeland in Jasper County, South Carolina.^{[1] [2]} It was designed in the Colonial Revival style by Darlington native William Augustus Edwards who designed eight other South Carolina courthouses as well as academic buildings at 12 institutions in Florida, Georgia and South Carolina.^[3] Jasper County was created in 1912 and this is the only courthouse it has ever had, On October 30, 1981, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places.

See also

• List of Registered Historic Places in South Carolina
• Jasper County Courthouse (disambiguation), for other places with the same name

External links

• South Carolina Association of Counties page for Jasper County
• National Register listings for Jasper County
• University of Florida biography of William Augustus Edwards

Notes and References

1. Web site: Jasper County Courthouse . National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory . October 30, 1981 . 22 July 2012.
2. Web site: Jasper County Courthouse, Jasper County (Russell St., Ridgeland) . National Register Properties in South Carolina . South Carolina Department of Archives and History . 22 July 2012.
3. Web site: University of Florida biography of William Augustus Edwards . 2008-04-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080628235817/http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/ufarch/edwards.htm . 2008-06-28 . dead .