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  2. Abbeville Historic District (Abbeville, South Carolina)

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    The district includes a large portion of Abbeville, the county seat of Abbeville County. The city, formed in the late 18th century, played a role in the political history of the area, including one of the first public meetings regarding succession from the Union, a precursor to the Civil War. Most of the commercial buildings in the district are ...

  3. National Register of Historic Places listings in Abbeville ...

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    September 14, 1972 (Roughly bounded by the former Seaboard Coast Line tracks, South Carolina Highway 72, Rickey, Haight, Hemphill, and Haigler Sts.; also roughly east of Magazine St., south of Whitehall St., northwest along Long Branch St., west of Lemon St., and north along Washington St.; also roughly west along N. Main St. from Haigler to Livingston Sts., north along Greenville St., and ...

  4. Abbeville County, South Carolina - Wikipedia

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    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]

  5. Frazier-Pressley House - Wikipedia

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    Frazier-Pressley House is an octagon house that is a contributing property in the Cedar Springs Historic District, in Abbeville, South Carolina. The Frazier-Pressley House is a three-story, stuccoed brick building. It is believed that it was built for Captain James W. Frazier in 1852 to 1856.

  6. J. B. Holman House - Wikipedia

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    J. B. Holman House is a historic home located at Batesburg-Leesville, Lexington County, South Carolina. It was built in 1910, and is an asymmetrical, two-story Queen Anne style frame residence. It features a polygonal, tent roofed turret and wraparound porch. The hipped porch is supported by paired Tuscan order colonettes. The gabled roof is ...

  7. Abbeville, South Carolina - Wikipedia

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    Abbeville has the unique distinction of being both the birthplace and the deathbed of the Confederacy.On November 22, 1860, a meeting was held at Abbeville, at a site since dubbed "Secession Hill", to launch South Carolina's secession from the Union; [10] [11] one month later, the state of South Carolina became the first state to secede.

  8. Charles W. "Speed" Holman - Wikipedia

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    Charles Willis "Speed" Holman (December 27, 1898 – May 17, 1931) was an American stunt pilot, barnstormer, wing walker, parachutist, airmail pilot, record-holding aviator, and airline pilot. Born in Bloomington , Minnesota, in 1926 he became the first pilot hired by Northwest Airways and later its first operations manager. [ 2 ]

  9. Thomas D. Howie - Wikipedia

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    He attended Abbeville High School where he was a star athlete and also worked part-time jobs at a print shop and local mill. [4] At The Citadel in Charleston , South Carolina he was a Dean's List English major, president of his class, All-State halfback on the football team and captain of the baseball team; he was also voted “Most Versatile ...