Ridgeway Historic District Explained

Ridgeway Historic District
Nrhp Type:hd
Nocat:yes
Location:US 21 and SC 34, Ridgeway, South Carolina
Coordinates:34.3072°N -80.9608°W
Built:c.
Architect:Multiple
Architecture:Colonial Revival, Classical Revival, Queen Anne
Added:November 25, 1980
Refnum:80004466

Ridgeway Historic District is a national historic district located at Ridgeway, Fairfield County, South Carolina. The district encompasses 31 contributing buildings in the town of Ridgeway. A majority of the buildings in the district were built between 1890 and 1915, the heyday of cotton production in the area. The district includes a commercial block with a predominance of simply ornamented two-story brick stores and a residential block with primarily asymmetrical, frame, weatherboarded houses lining the tree shaded streets. Styles include Queen Anne, Neo-Classical, Victorian, and Bungalow. Notable buildings include the J. Spann Edmunds House, Augustus Talley Moore House, Thomas Co. Store, Ruff Furniture Store, Dobson's DrugStore, Ridgeway Town Hall, Ruff's Gin Shop, James Team's Drugstore, and the Charlotte and South CarolinaRailroad House.[1] [2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: unknown . Ridgeway Historic District . National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory . n.d.. pdf . 20 October 2012.
  2. Web site: Ridgeway Historic District, Fairfield County . National Register Properties in South Carolina . South Carolina Department of Archives and History . 20 October 2012. and accompanying map