Clio Historic District
SC 9 and SC 381, Clio, South Carolina
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Coordinates:
+34.57919, -79.5467234°34'45" N, 79°32'48" W
Quadrangle map:Clio
Description
The Clio Historic District is notable as an unusually intact collection of late nineteenth and early twentieth century vernacular architectural design, including commercial, residential, and religious examples. Design influences include the Queen Anne, Victorian, Classical Revival, and Colonial Revival styles. The district centers along a downtown commercial district and extends outward to include significant residential sections of the town of Clio. Most of the properties were built or remodeled during the town’s boom period, from about 1895 until about 1920. The majority of these properties were constructed by local contractors without the help of an architect. The district continues to retain a unique sense of place as a small turn-of-the-century South Carolina community. Historically, Clio is significant as an economic center of northeastern Marlboro County. Its growth and development consequently reflect the evolution of a small South Carolina community which felt the combined impact of the changes that occurred in the rural trading patterns of the nineteenth century South - of railroad expansion into agricultural areas during that period, and of the great increase in cotton production. Listed in the National Register July 16, 1979. - SCDAH
National Register information
- Status
- Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on July 16, 1979
- Reference number
- 79002388
- Architectural styles
- Late 19th and 20th Century Revival: Colonial Revival; Late 19th and 20th Century Revival: Classical Revival; Victorian: Queen Anne
- Areas of significance
- Commerce; Transportation; Architecture
- Level of significance
- State
- Evaluation criteria
- A - Event; C - Design/Construction
- Property type
- District
- Historic functions
- Single dwelling; Secondary structure; Business
- Current functions
- Single dwelling; Secondary structure; Business
- Periods of significance
- 1900-1924; 1875-1899
- Significant years
- ca. 1880; 1925
- Number of properties
- Contributing buildings: 132
Non-contributing buildings: 4
Update Log
- September 26, 2014: Updated by Michael Miller: Added "Description" & "Street View" and Imported Photo
- September 26, 2014: Photo imported by Michael Miller