Lee County Courthouse (South Carolina) Explained

Lee County Courthouse
Location:Bishopville, South Carolina
Coordinates:34.2171°N -80.2493°W
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Marker:building
Mapframe-Zoom:12
Mapframe-Caption:Interactive map showing the location of Lee County Courthouse
Built:1908
Architect:William Augustus Edwards
Architecture:Classical Revival
Added:October 30, 1981
Refnum:81000568

The Lee County Courthouse, built in 1908, is a historic courthouse located at 123 S. Main Street[1] in the city of Bishopville in Lee County, South Carolina.[2] [3] It was designed in the Classical 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.[4] Lee County was created in 1902 and this is the only courthouse it has ever had.

On October 30, 1981, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places.

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.qpublic.net/sc/lee/index.html Lee County Assessor's website.
  2. Web site: Lee County Courthouse . National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory . October 30, 1981 . pdf . 23 July 2012.
  3. Web site: Lee County Courthouse, Lee County (123 Main St., Bishopville) . National Register Properties in South Carolina . South Carolina Department of Archives and History . 23 July 2012.
  4. 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 .