Additional Documentation of Historic Property 298 0249 Located on SC Route 6

Summary

"In March 2004, the South Carolina Department of Transportation (SCDOT) contracted with Brockington and Associates, Inc., to conduct additional architectural documentation of historic property 298 0249, located on SC Route 6 in Lexington County. This documentation was undertaken to mitigate the adverse effect to the historic property that will result from a proposed road project. The SCDOT proposes to improve portions of SC Route 6 between Interstate (I-) 26 in Richland County, South Carolina and SC Route 602 in Lexington County, South Carolina. These activities will affect historic properties located in or near the right-of-way of the proposed improvements. Historic properties include sites, buildings, objects, and districts that are listed on or eligible for the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). Brockington and Associates, Inc., conducted an intensive architectural survey of the proposed improvements in March and April 2000 (Harvey 2001). Harvey (2001) recommended eighteen buildings within the SC Route 6 Improvements Project eligible for the NRHP. Site 298 0249 was included in the list of buildings recommended eligible for the NRHP. The South Carolina Department of Archives and History (SCDAH) concurred with this recommendation...."

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Lexington County

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Temporal Coverage

Calendar Date: 1872 to 1894 (Land owned by the Red Bank Manufacturing Company)

Calendar Date: 1894 to 1894 (Saxe Gotha Mill burned down and the property was sold to creditors)

Calendar Date: 1895 to 1960 (Land owned by Saxe Gotha Mills)

Calendar Date: 1890 to 1890 (Year that the historic property was built for the mill superviser "Uncle" Billy Redd)

Spatial Coverage

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contributor(s): Edward Bailey; Bonnie Frick; Inna Burns; Carol Poplin

Principal Investigator(s): Jennifer Salo

Sponsor(s): The South Carolina Department of Transportation

Prepared By(s): Brockington and Associates, Inc.

Notes

General Note: "The project cannot be designed to extend the right-of-way to the east of the current SC Route 6 because of a cemetery that extends into the present right-of-way immediately opposite site 298 0249. Therefore, proposed improvements cannot avoid 298 0249, and will have an adverse effect on this historic property. The SCDAH concurred with this determination of effect...."

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