Final Report: A Historic Resources Survey of the City of Bennettsville, South Carolina, September 2003

Brockington and Associates, Inc.; Beaty, John; Harvey, Bruce

From introduction: "The project includes much of the limits of the City of Bennettsville. The project starts at the western edge of the city at West Main Street, then follows the city limits to the south and east to the intersection of the US Routes 15-401 Bypass and Chapel Street. The project boundary follows the US Routes 15-401 Bypass to the east to the intersection of the city limits and Ayers Street; from there the project boundary roughly follows the city limits to the east and north to the intersection of Tator House Road and Woodland Drive. From this intersection the project boundary follows Woodland Drive and Country Club Drive to the west-northwest to the intersection of Country Club Drive and McLeod Street. The project boundary then follows McLeod Street to the south and west to the city limits. The project boundary follows the city limits to the west and the south back to its intersection with West Main Street. The area within these boundaries is the survey universe. Figure 1 presents an aerial view of the City of Bennettsville showing the survey universe. The project staff covered all of the public roads within the survey universe during these investigations. The Architectural Historian recorded 641 historic architectural resources within the survey universe. All of these resources were built before 1953 and retain sufficient integrity to be included in the Statewide Survey of Historic Places... The objective of this survey is to identify all above ground historic resources that retain sufficient integrity to be included in the Statewide Survey of Historic Places in the survey universe in the City of Bennettsville, South Carolina. These resources include buildings, structures, districts, and landscapes that have architectural or historical significance. We conducted this research and field work with several goals in mind. First, the project can provide information for public officials in both the City of Bennettsville and Marlboro County to allow them to make informed decisions regarding the impact of development and other public activities on Bennettsville’s cultural resources, and to set priorities for the protection and use of these resources. Second, we hope that this project will generate additional public awareness of the presence of cultural resources in the city, and their value to the community. The historical overview contained in this report can provide an appreciation and understanding of these resources. The results of this survey can serve as an archival record of Bennettsville’s historic resources at the time of the survey; this report contains an inventory list of every site recorded during the field work." Funding was provided in part by a 2002 Historic Preservation Fund grant to the City of Bennettsville (project number SC-02-004) administered by the South Carolina State Historic Preservation Office (grant number 45-02-17571) and the State, Tribal, and Local Plans and Grants Division, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior. Bennettsville, South Carolina is a Certified Local Government.

Final Report: A Historic Resources Survey of the City of Bennettsville, South Carolina, September 2003

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