Vaucluse Mill Village Historic District

The Vaucluse Historic District, located in Vaucluse, South Carolina in Aiken County.[2][3] The district includes the mill, number of accompanying buildings, and over eighty mill village homes. The district is noteworthy in that it is considered to be oldest mill village in the state. No less significant, the mill building, completed in 1877, was based on the plans of architect Amos D. Lockwood. Lockwood's successor firm, Lockwood, Greene & Company, would later design around fifty of South Carolina's textile manufacturing facilities. The Vancluse Historic District was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on May 7, 1996.[1]

Vaucluse Mill Village Historic District
Vancluse Mill
LocationSC 191, 3 mi. N of Graniteville and 6 mi. W of Aiken, Vaucluse, South Carolina
Coordinates33°36′54″N 81°48′12″W
Area200 acres (81 ha)
Built1877
ArchitectAmos D. Lockwood
Architectural styleBungalow/craftsman, Greek Revival, Shot gun
NRHP reference No.96000494[1]
Added to NRHPMay 7, 1996

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Downey, Tom (May 4, 1995). "Vaucluse Mill Village Historic District" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved 28 November 2012.
  3. "Vaucluse Mill Village Historic District, Aiken County (S.C. Hwy. 191, Vaucluse)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 28 November 2012.


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