SC 19 and Gregg St., Graniteville, South Carolina. County/parish: Aiken.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places June 02, 1978. NRIS 78002491.
38 contributing buildings. 1 contributing structure.
The Graniteville Historic District encompasses one of the first textile company towns to be established in the Southern United States. Built in the late 1840s by William Gregg near Aiken, South Carolina, and now known as Graniteville, it was modeled after New England mill towns. Gregg used the success of this enterprise to advocate for the industrialization of the South, laying the groundwork for its eventual domination of the American textile industry. The district, which includes the original canal, mill building, mill worker housing, and a period church, was designated a National Historic Landmark District in 1978.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/118996808