Anderson Downtown Historic District in

Anderson, South Carolina Anderson is a city in and the county seat of Anderson County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 28,106 at the 2020 census, making it the 16th-most populous city in South Carolina. It is one of the principal cities in the Gree ...

, originally built in the late 19th century, is a

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that was listed on the

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in 1979. The district was increased in 1987 to include a hotel building at 402 N. Main Street, and again in 2018.

National Register Properties

National Register properties within the district include: * Palmetto Building ''circa'' 1909, 201 S. Murray Avenue (formerly Sullivan Hardware Company Warehouse) * Sullivan Building ''circa'' 1881, 208 S. Main St. (former Sullivan Hardware Store, now Sullivan's Metropolitan Grill) * Chiquola Condominiums ''circa'' 1888, 100 W. Whitner St. (formerly Chiquola Hotel and Plaza Hotel) Courthouse Square/Plaza * Historic Anderson County Courthouse, ''circa'' 1898, 101 S. Main St., Courthouse Square/Plaza * Robert Anderson Fountain, 202 E. Greenville St. (Anderson County Museum, formerly located in the Courthouse Square/Plaza) * Anderson City Hall/Police Department, 401 S. Main St. * First Federal Post Office Building ''circa'' 1909, 401 N. Main St. * Anderson County Arts Center ''circa'' 1905, 405 N. Main St. (former Carnegie Library Building) * The Calhoun Historic Lofts ''circa'' early 1920s, 402 N. Main St. (former John C. Calhoun Hotel)

Chiquola Hotel

The Hotel Chiquola was built in 1888 in

. By the 1930s the Hotel Chiquola had been renamed

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and had suffered many setbacks largely due to the lack of parking and private restrooms. By the 1960s the Plaza was scarcely used and began to decline even further. In the 1980s the building was home to a few ground level businesses and a few retirement tenants. The Chiquola faced demolition several times in the 1990s but was revived in 2006 by a group of investors that restored the architectural elements long since removed and restored the Chiquola to luxury condominiums, and a

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with restaurant and bar.

References

External links

Official Downtown Anderson Website
Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in South Carolina Buildings and structures in Anderson County, South Carolina National Register of Historic Places in Anderson County, South Carolina {{AndersonCountySC-NRHP-stub