Lancaster Downtown Historic District Explained

Lancaster Downtown Historic District
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Location:S. Main, Gay, and Catawba Sts., Lancaster, South Carolina
Coordinates:34.7181°N -80.77°W
Added:August 9, 1984
Refnum:84002048

Lancaster Downtown Historic District is a national historic district located at Lancaster, Lancaster County, South Carolina. It encompasses 12 contributing commercial buildings in central business district of Lancaster. The buildings date from about 1880 to 1935. It is the most intact section of Lancaster's early business area. Notable building include the United States Post Office, the Springs Block, the Farmers’ Bank and Trust Company Building, and the Bank of Lancaster/Opera House.[1] [2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Suzanne Pickens Wylie . Paul Gettys . Linda VanderBroek . Lancaster Downtown Historic District. National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory . April 1984. pdf . June 8, 2014.
  2. Web site: Lancaster Downtown Historic District, Lancaster County. National Register Properties in South Carolina . South Carolina Department of Archives and History . June 8, 2014. and Accompanying map