Bennettsville Historic District
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The Bennettsville Historic District is a historic district
in Bennettsville
, South Carolina
, United States
that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
in 1978.
The original area includes Magnolia
and Jennings-Brown houses, which are separately NRHP-listed. The NRHP-listed area was increased in 1993 to include the Playhouse Theater and other property along Clyde Street.
Historic district (United States)
In the United States, a historic district is a group of buildings, properties, or sites that have been designated by one of several entities on different levels as historically or architecturally significant. Buildings, structures, objects and sites within a historic district are normally divided...
in Bennettsville
Bennettsville, South Carolina
Bennettsville is a city in and the county seat of Marlboro County, South Carolina, United States. and home to the Bennettsville Historic District...
, South Carolina
South Carolina
South Carolina is a state in the Deep South of the United States that borders Georgia to the south, North Carolina to the north, and the Atlantic Ocean to the east. Originally part of the Province of Carolina, the Province of South Carolina was one of the 13 colonies that declared independence...
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
in 1978.
The original area includes Magnolia
Magnolia, Bennettsville, South Carolina
Magnolia House, also known as the Johnson-Kinney House, located in Bennettsville, South Carolina, is a fine example of an excellently preserved late antebellum neoclassical, or "bracketed Greek Revival" home in rural South Carolina. Magnolia is a two-story frame house constructed in 1853 by...
and Jennings-Brown houses, which are separately NRHP-listed. The NRHP-listed area was increased in 1993 to include the Playhouse Theater and other property along Clyde Street.