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Abbeville is a city and county seat of Abbeville County, in the U.S. state of South Carolina. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] It is located 86 miles (138 km) west of Columbia and 45 miles (72 km) south of Greenville . [ 7 ]
Location of Abbeville County in South Carolina. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Abbeville County, South Carolina.. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Abbeville County, South Carolina.
Abbeville Historic District is a historic district in Abbeville, South Carolina. It includes several properties listed separately in the National Register of Historic Places, including the Abbeville County Courthouse and the Abbeville Opera House. [2] The district was listed in National Register on September 14, 1972. [3]
Both Abbeville County and the county seat, Abbeville, get their name from the town of Abbeville, France, the native home of an early settler. [4] [5] The county was originally part of Ninety-Six District, South Carolina, but was designated Abbeville County in 1785, with parts of the county later going to the creation of the counties of Greenwood and McCormick. [5]
Secession Hill, just east of modern-day Secession Street in Abbeville, South Carolina, is the site where local citizens gathered on November 22, 1860 to adopt the ordinance of South Carolina's secession from the Union. It was here that delegates to the December 17, 1860 secession convention in Columbia, South Carolina were selected.
The Burt-Stark Mansion, also known as Armistead Burt House, in Abbeville, South Carolina was the site of the last Council of War of cabinet members of the Confederate government. On May 2, 1865, Jefferson Davis , hoping to continue the struggle, met unanimous opposition and realized the Confederate independence cause was lost.
The Abbeville Opera House, also known as the Abbeville Opera House and Municipal Office Building is an historic building located in Abbeville, South Carolina. [2] [3] Designed by William Augustus Edwards of Edwards and Wilson, it was opened in 1904 and dedicated in 1908. [2] [4] On July 1, 1970, it was added to the National Register of Historic ...
In the primary of South Carolina's gubernatorial election in July 1916, three months before Crawford's lynching, Manning had debated former governor (and future senator) of South Carolina Coleman Livingston Blease in Abbeville. Blease was known for his racist rhetoric, and he hurled invective at Manning's progressive approach toward race ...