Browntown is a national historic district located near Johnsonville, Florence County, South Carolina. The district encompasses 7 contributing buildings and 4 contributing structures reflecting the self-sufficient way of life practiced by several generations of the Brown family during the 19th and early-20th centuries. Moses Brown and his son and grandsons were self-sufficient farmers who operated their own brick kiln, grist mill, lumber mill, cotton gin, retail and wholesale mercantile business, and school. The property nominated includes the cotton gin building, three residences, the school, a tobacco barn, and several outbuildings. Browntown includes examples of both log and frame construction, and are grouped in two complexes, one group adjacent to the road and the other across the fields around the cotton gin building.[2][3]
Browntown | |
.jpg) Browntown Cotton Gin, HAER Photo, March 1987 | |
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| Location | South Carolina Highway 341, near Johnsonville, South Carolina |
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| Coordinates | 33°47′59″N 79°37′49″W / 33.79972°N 79.63028°W |
| Area | 104 acres (42 ha) |
| Architect | Multiple |
| NRHP reference No. | 82003850[1] |
| Added to NRHP | June 28, 1982 |
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.[1]
References edit
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Elaine Eaddy; Suzanne Pickens Wylie & John Wells (August 1983). "Browntown" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved October 20, 2012.
- ^ "Browntown, Florence County (S.C. Hwy 341, Johnsonville vicinity)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved October 20, 2012.
External links edit
- Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. SC-13, "Browntown Cotton Gin, SC Route 341 between Johnsonville & Lake City, Johnsonville, Florence County, SC", 16 photos, 3 data pages, 1 photo caption page
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