[Anderson County, S.C.: Pendleton buildings]: 193u-194u ; [picture].

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[Anderson County, S.C.: Pendleton buildings]: 193u-194u ; [picture].

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Historic buildings of Pendleton in Anderson County, S.C., including exterior view of Woodburn, "built ca. 1800 by a nephew of Charles Cotesworth Pinckney (1746-1825) ... has 18 rooms and will be restored by the Resettlement Administration ... "; image shows front and right view of two-story frame house with gable roof, platform on roof, and wrap-around porches on each floor partially covered by vegetation. Also including one exterior image of Pendleton's First Baptist Church, "organized 1842" showing front and right sides of structure with short tower, 4 columns across front, wrought iron fence, and trees; exterior view of Pendleton Presbyterian Church, "built 1890 ... successor to Old Stone Church," showing exterior view of brick building among trees. Exterior image of Pendleton Farmers' Society Hall, temple-style structure with four monumental pillars, "organized 1815/ oldest farmers' hall in U.S./ erected 1826"; and exterior image of T-shaped, masonry building with small windows in rear two-story wing; verso of photo includes contradictory inscriptions: "Old brick jail, later Pendleton Female Academy" and "Ms. Donna Roper ... informs us that this was not an old jail, but 'was built as Guard House ... built on site of old jail ... never was a female academy.'"

5 photographs : developing-out paper, b&w ; 25.5 x 20.5 cm. or smaller.

University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries

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University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries

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