Durbin's Clothing 109 N. Academy St.	Pressly's Boutique 106-108 N. Academy St.	Sears and Tucker Shoes 117 N. Academy St.	Welch Insurance Co. 119 N. Academy St.	106 S. Academy St.
124 S. Academy St.	Cato's Department Store 133 1/2 E. Main St.	The General Store 111 N. Hampton St.	Kingstree Hardware Co. 117-119 N. Hampton St.	Kiddie Shop and Max's Department Store 123-129 N. Hampton St.
Williamsburg County Library 135 N. Hampton St.	Aerial View	N. Academy St. ca. 1910	E. Main St. ca. 1910	E. Main St. ca. 1935

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The Kingstree Historic District contains forty-eight properties situated along Main Street, Academy Street, and Hampton Street in the commercial area of downtown Kingstree. The district includes the courthouse, public library, railroad station, and numerous commercial buildings. The district is a fine collection of nineteenth-century vernacular commercial architecture. Details such as arched doorways and windows, cast-iron columns and pilasters, decorative or corbelled brick work and pressed tin interior ceilings are present on most of the district’s buildings. The Williamsburg County Courthouse, built ca. 1823, and designed by Robert Mills, is a fine example of Roman Neo-Classical design with its raised first floor, pediment with lunette, and Doric columns. In 1953-54 the courthouse underwent substantial remodeling on the exterior and interior, though it still reflects much of Mill’s original design. With the exception of the courthouse, most of the buildings in the district were built between 1900 and 1920 when Kingstree enjoyed prosperity as a retail and tobacco marketing center of Williamsburg County. The majority of the buildings in the district are a visible record of this twenty-year growth and the historic fabric of the area remains substantially intact. Listed in the National Register June 28, 1982.

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