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Secessionville Historic District

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NRHP Reference #
  
79002378

Area
  
17 ha

Added to NRHP
  
1 October 1979

Address
  
Charleston, SC 29412, USA

Year built
  
1862

Secessionville Historic District

Location
  
North of Folly Beach, near Folly Beach, South Carolina

Architectural style
  
Late Victorian, Greek Revival

Similar
  
Fort Sumter National Monument, McLeod Plantation Historic S, Fort Johnson Middle Sc, Nathaniel Russell House, Charleston Outdoor Adventures

Secessionville Historic District is a national historic district located near Folly Beach, Charleston County, South Carolina. It extends into the city of Charleston, South Carolina. The district encompasses six contributing buildings, one contributing site, and one contributing site in Secessionville. The district includes the summer homes of several leading James Island planters, the site of the American Civil War Battle of Secessionville, the unmarked grave of over 300 Union soldiers, and the remains of Fort Lamar, constructed about 1862.

The houses include one Victorian and two antebellum Greek Revival residences.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.

References

Secessionville Historic District Wikipedia