The Jasper County Courthouse, built in 1915, is an historic courthouse located in the city of Ridgeland in Jasper County, South Carolina.[2][3] It was designed in the Colonial Revival 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.[4] Jasper County was created in 1912 and this is the only courthouse it has ever had, On October 30, 1981, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places.[1]
Jasper County Courthouse | |
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| Location | 265 Russell St., Ridgeland, South Carolina |
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| Coordinates | 32°29′3″N 80°59′8″W / 32.48417°N 80.98556°W |
| Built | 1915 |
| Built by | C.V. York |
| Architect | William Augustus Edwards |
| Architectural style | Colonial Revival |
| MPS | Courthouses in South Carolina Designed by William Augustus Edwards TR |
| NRHP reference No. | 81000566[1] |
| Added to NRHP | October 30, 1981 |
See also
edit- List of Registered Historic Places in South Carolina
- Jasper County Courthouse (disambiguation), for other places with the same name
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ "Jasper County Courthouse" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. October 30, 1981. Retrieved 22 July 2012.
- ^ "Jasper County Courthouse, Jasper County (Russell St., Ridgeland)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 22 July 2012.
- ^ "University of Florida biography of William Augustus Edwards". Archived from the original on 2008-06-28. Retrieved 2008-04-08.
External links
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Media related to Jasper County Courthouse (South Carolina) at Wikimedia Commons
- South Carolina Association of Counties page for Jasper County
- National Register listings for Jasper County
- University of Florida biography of William Augustus Edwards
- Multiple Resource Area for 4 of the 9 courthouses designed by William Augustus Edwards - 12 pages
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