This is a List of National Historic Landmarks in South Carolina, United States. The United States' National Historic Landmark (NHL) program is operated under the auspices of the National Park Service, and recognizes buildings, sites, structures, districts, and objects according to a list of criteria of national significance. There are 76 NHLs in South Carolina and 3 additional National Park Service-administered areas of primarily historic importance.
Architects whose work is recognized by two or more separate NHLs in the state are: Robert Mills (8 sites),Robert Mills' eight NHLs in SC are: Bethesda Presbyterian Church, Fireproof Building, Lancaster County Courthouse, Lancaster County Jail, Robert Mills House, Mills Building, South Carolina State Hospital, Old Marine Hospital (Charleston), and Parish House of the Circular Congregational Church. Edward Brickell White (4 sites),Edward Brickell White's five NHLs in SC are: College of Charleston, Huguenot Church, Market Hall and Sheds, Saint Philip's Episcopal Church. Gabriel Manigault (3 sites),Architect Gabriel Manigault designed Joseph Manigault House, and possibly both Presqui'ile and William Blacklock House. and William Wallace Anderson (2 sites).Medical doctor William Wallace Anderson designed Borough House and Church of the Holy Cross.
These tallies do not include any buildings that are contributing properties within historic districts unless they are also individually designated as NHLs.
There are five places listed for their association with artists and writers.Places associated with an artist or writer are: Atalaya and Brookgreen Gardens/Anna Huntington; Dubose Heyward House/Dubose Heyward; Clark Mills Studio/Clark Mills; Mulberry Plantation (James and Mary Boykin Chesnut House)/Mary Boykin Chesnut; Woodlands/William Gilmore Simms
There are four World War II-era museum ships; all are located at Patriot's Point in Charleston Harbor.
Key
National Historic LandmarkNational Historic Landmark DistrictNational Historic Site, National Historical Park, National Memorial, or National MonumentDelisted Landmark
Current NHLs in South Carolina The 76 NHLs in South Carolina are distributed across 16 of the 46 counties in the state; 42 of the 76 are located in Charleston County.
Historic areas of the National Park System in South Carolina National Historic Sites, National Historic Parks, National Memorials, and certain other areas listed in the National Park system are historic landmarks of national importance that are highly protected already, often before the inauguration of the NHL program in 1960, and are then often not also named NHLs per se. There are five of these in South Carolina. The National Park Service lists these five together with the NHLs in the state,These are listed on p.114 of "National Historic Landmarks Survey: List of National Historic Landmarks by State" The Charles Pinckney National Historic Site (also known as Snee Farm) and Ninety Six National Historic Site are also NHLs and are listed above. The remaining three are:
Landmark nameImageDate establishedDate of listing as National Monument or similar designation, from various sources in articles indexed.LocationCounty Description Cowpens National Battlefield Gaffney Cherokee Site of Battle of Cowpens in 1781 Fort Sumter National Monument Charleston Charleston First shots of the American Civil War were fired on January 9, 1861, and the Battle of Fort Sumter raged from April 12 to April 13. Kings Mountain National Military Park Blacksburg Cherokee Site of Battle of Kings Mountain on 7 October 1780
Former NHLs in South Carolina
Landmark nameImageDate designatedDate moved orwithdrawnLocalityCountyDescription NS Savannah 1994 Patriot's Point, Charleston Charleston Nuclear-powered merchant cargo and passenger vessel. It was at Patriot's Point from 1982 until 1994, then later moved to Maryland and finally Virginia. Piedmont Number One Piedmont Greenville A historic Southern textile mill that burned in 1983. Its National Historic Landmark designation was removed on March 5, 1986.Withdrawal of National Historic Landmark designation USS Clamagore Mount Pleasant Charleston Scrapped in 2022.
See also National Register of Historic Places listings in South Carolina List of National Historic Landmarks by state List of National Natural Landmarks in South Carolina
References
External links . National Historic Landmarks program, at National Park Service South Carolina Department of Archives and History: The National Register of Historic Places - Search Records by County National Register Information System, National Park Service.