Darlington Industrial Historic District is a national

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located at

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Darlington County, South Carolina Darlington County is a county in the U.S. state of South Carolina. As of the 2020 census, its population was 62,905. Its county seat is Darlington. Hartsville is the largest city in the county. Darlington County is home to the Darlington Rac ...

. The district encompasses 12 contributing buildings and 1 contributing structure in an industrial section of Darlington. They were built between about 1890 and 1925. All of these buildings are located along the rights-of-way of the

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and the

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since the industries each of these buildings served employed the services of the railroad. Among the prominent resources in the district are the Charleston, Sumter and Northern Railway Freight Station (1891), the Darlington Roller Mill (1899), Thomas and Howard Tobacco Warehouse (ca. 1901); and Price's Tobacco Warehouse (ca. 1901), and a cotton warehouse. an
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It was listed on the

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in 1988. It includes a

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, the W. B. Lewis & Sons Tobacco Stemmery, at 474 E. Broad Street, built ca. 1900, with a brick addition on the east side. It is a large, three-story, flat-roofed building with a stepped

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. It is 11 bays wide on north and south sides, 20 bays wide on east and west. With

References

Industrial buildings and structures in South Carolina Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in South Carolina Historic districts in Darlington County, South Carolina National Register of Historic Places in Darlington County, South Carolina Darlington, South Carolina Stemmeries Tobacco buildings in the United States {{DarlingtonCountySC-NRHP-stub