Summerville Historic District (Summerville, South Carolina)

Summerville Historic District is a national historic district located at Summerville, Dorchester County, South Carolina. The district encompasses 700 contributing buildings in the village of Summerville. About 70 percent of the buildings predate World War I. The buildings include raised cottages, Greek Revival influenced, and Victorian / Queen Anne and other turn of the 20th century structures are found throughout. In addition to residential structures, the district includes churches and commercial buildings—most dating from around 1900. Notable buildings include Tupper's Drug Store, O. J. Sire's Commercial Building, White Gables, Pettigru-Lebby House Gazebo, Summerville Presbyterian Church, Wesley United Methodist Church, and the Squirrel Inn.[2][3]

Summerville Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
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Location	Roughly bounded by S. Railroad Ave., Magnolia, Main Sts. and town boundary, Summerville, South Carolina
Coordinates	33°00′53″N 80°10′59″W
Area	607 acres (246 ha)
Architectural style	Stick/eastlake, Queen Anne, Shingle Style
NRHP reference No.	76001701[1]
Added to NRHP	May 19, 1976

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.[1]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. David Moltke Hansen; Elias Bull & Mrs. W.A. McIntosh (December 1975). "Summerville Historic District" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved 5 July 2012.
3. "Summervile Historic District, Dorchester County (Summerville)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 5 July 2012. and accompanying map