Ridgeway Historic District

Ridgeway Historic District is a national historic district located at Ridgeway, Fairfield County, South Carolina. The district encompasses 31 contributing buildings in the town of Ridgeway. A majority of the buildings in the district were built between 1890 and 1915, the heyday of cotton production in the area. The district includes a commercial block with a predominance of simply ornamented two-story brick stores and a residential block with primarily asymmetrical, frame, weatherboarded houses lining the tree shaded streets. Styles include Queen Anne, Neo-Classical, Victorian, and Bungalow. Notable buildings include the J. Spann Edmunds House, Augustus Talley Moore House, Thomas Co. Store, Ruff Furniture Store, Dobson's Drug Store, Ridgeway Town Hall, Ruff's Gin Shop, James Team's Drugstore, and the Charlotte and South Carolina Railroad House.[2][3]

Ridgeway Historic District
Ridgeway Country Store, July 2012
LocationUS 21 and SC 34, Ridgeway, South Carolina
Coordinates34°18′26″N 80°57′39″W
Area24.6 acres (10.0 ha)
Builtc. 1910 (1910)
ArchitectMultiple
Architectural styleColonial Revival, Classical Revival, Queen Anne
MPSRidgeway MRA
NRHP reference No.80004466[1]
Added to NRHPNovember 25, 1980

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[1]

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. unknown (n.d.). "Ridgeway Historic District" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved 20 October 2012.
  3. "Ridgeway Historic District, Fairfield County". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 20 October 2012. and accompanying map


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