Laurens Historic District is a national

historic district A historic district or heritage district is a section of a city which contains older buildings considered valuable for historical or architectural reasons. In some countries or jurisdictions, historic districts receive legal protection from c ...

located at Laurens,

Laurens County, South Carolina Laurens County is a county located in the U.S. state of South Carolina. As of the 2020 census, its population was 67,539. Its county seat is Laurens. Laurens County is included in the Greenville-Anderson- Mauldin, SC Metropolitan Statistical ...

. It encompasses 77 contributing buildings and 1 contributing structure in Laurens. The district includes residential, commercial, religious, and governmental buildings built between 1880 and 1940. Notable buildings include the Laurens County Courthouse, Old Methodist Church, St. Paul First Baptist Church, Public Square commercial buildings, Rosenblum's and Maxwell Bros. and Kinard Store, Provident Finance Co. and Parker Furniture, McDonald House, Augustus Huff House, Gov. William Dunlap Simpson House, and Hudgens-Harney House. an
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National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...

(NRHP) in 1980 and extended in 1986.

It includes the

Laurens County Courthouse Laurens County Courthouse is a historic courthouse located at Laurens, South Carolina, Laurens, Laurens County, South Carolina. History It was constructed in 1837–1838, and is a granite ashlar and brick Greek Revival architecture, Greek Revival ...

, the James Dunklin House,

William Dunlap Simpson House William Dunlap Simpson House is a historic home located at Laurens, Laurens County, South Carolina, USA. It was built about 1839 for a planter to use as his town house. The three-story, three bay, Greek Revival style clapboard dwelling has a tot ...

, and other properties that are separately NRHP-listed.

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Commercial buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in South Carolina Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in South Carolina Buildings and structures in Laurens County, South Carolina National Register of Historic Places in Laurens County, South Carolina {{LaurensCountySC-NRHP-stub

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