Sumter County Courthouse (South Carolina) Explained

Sumter County Courthouse
Nrhp Type:	cp
Nocat:	yes
Location:	Sumter, South Carolina
Coordinates:	33.9244°N -80.3414°W
Built:	1907
Architect:	William Augustus Edwards Frank C. Walter
Architecture:	Beaux Arts
Refnum:	04000619

The Sumter County Courthouse, built in 1907, is an historic courthouse located at 141 North Main Street in the city of Sumter in Sumter County, South Carolina.^{[1] [2]} It was designed in the Beaux Arts 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] It was built in an I-shape. In the early 1960s it was enlarged and remodeled. On June 16, 2004, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places. It is located in the Sumter Historic District.

See also

• List of Registered Historic Places in South Carolina
• Sumter County Courthouse (disambiguation)

External links

• Sumter County website
• National Register listings for Sumter County
• South Carolina Department of Archives and History file on Sumter County Courthouse
• University of Florida biography of William Augustus Edwards

Notes and References

1. Web site: Samia . Hanafi . Elizabeth Kleinfelder . Kristy Lunfield . Chris Nelson . Kate Ruhr . Rawls Teft . Sumter County Courthouse . National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory . April 23, 2003 . pdf . 8 September 2012.
2. Web site: Sumter County Courthouse, Sumter County (141 North Main St., Sumter) . National Register Properties in South Carolina . South Carolina Department of Archives and History . 8 September 2012.
3. http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/ufarch/edwards.htm University of Florida biography of William Augustus Edwards