Summerville Historic District (Summerville, South Carolina) Explained

Summerville Historic District
Nrhp Type:hd
Nocat:yes
Coordinates:33.0147°N -80.1831°W
Architecture:Stick/eastlake, Queen Anne, Shingle Style
Added:May 19, 1976
Refnum:76001701

Summerville Historic District is a national historic district located at Summerville, Dorchester County, South Carolina. The district encompasses 700 contributing buildings in the village of Summerville. About 70 percent of the buildings predate World War I. The buildings include raised cottages, Greek Revival influenced, and Victorian / Queen Anne and other turn of the 20th century structures are found throughout. In addition to residential structures, the district includes churches and commercial buildings—most dating from around 1900. Notable buildings include Tupper's Drug Store, O. J. Sire's Commercial Building, White Gables, Pettigru-Lebby House Gazebo, Summerville Presbyterian Church, Wesley United Methodist Church, and the Squirrel Inn.[1] [2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: David Moltke Hansen . Elias Bull . Mrs. W.A. McIntosh . amp . Summerville Historic District . National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory . December 1975. pdf . 5 July 2012.
  2. Web site: Summervile Historic District, Dorchester County (Summerville) . National Register Properties in South Carolina . South Carolina Department of Archives and History . 5 July 2012. and accompanying map