South Harper 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 44 contributing buildings in a residential section of Laurens. It includes a collection of early-20th century vernacular residences and houses that range in date from the early-19th century to about 1935, with almost half having been built during the first decade of the 20th century. Architectural styles include Neo-Classical, Queen Anne,

Colonial Revival The Colonial Revival architectural style seeks to revive elements of American colonial architecture. The beginnings of the Colonial Revival style are often attributed to the Centennial Exhibition of 1876, which reawakened Americans to the archi ...

, and

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. Notable dwellings include the Hix-Blackwell House (c. 1857), H. Douglas Gray House (c. 1910), Machen-Long House (c. 1905), and Gov.

Robert Archer Cooper Robert Archer Cooper (June 12, 1874August 7, 1953) was the 93rd Governor of South Carolina from January 21, 1919 to May 20, 1922. Biography Born in Waterloo Township, Laurens County, Cooper graduated with a law degree from Polytechnic Institu ...

House (c. 1905).accompanying map
/ref> The South Harper Historic District was added to the

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 ...

in 1986.

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Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in South Carolina Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in South Carolina Queen Anne architecture in South Carolina Colonial Revival architecture in South Carolina Neoclassical architecture in South Carolina Houses in Laurens County, South Carolina National Register of Historic Places in Laurens County, South Carolina 1986 establishments in South Carolina {{LaurensCountySC-NRHP-stub