South Carolina Penitentiary Cemetery

  • Also Known As: Central Correctional Institution (CCI)

  • Address: 301 Elmwood Ave
  • Vicinity: South Carolina Penitentiary site: 1511 Williams St
  • Type: Cemetery
  • Travel Genus: Sight
  • Sight Category: Site


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Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Todd and Benson Architect
J B Urquhart Architect

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Particulars for South Carolina Penitentiary Cemetery:
Funerary Cemetery
Criminal Justice Correctional Facility
Funerary Grave, burial
Area of Significance Law, Legal System
Sight Category Site
Area of Significance Social History



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration: 8th December 2005

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name: South Carolina Penitentiary
Registry Address: 1511 Williams St.
Registry Number: 95001489
Resource Type: Building
Owner: State
Architect: Todd and Benson; Urquhart, J.B.
Contributing Buildings: 7
Non-Contributing Buildings: 17
Contributing Structures: 1
Non-Contributing Structures: 1
Other Certification: Listed in the National Register, Date received-pending nomination
Certification: Removed from National Register
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: State
Area of Significance: Social history, Law, Industry, Health-medicine, Architecture
Applicable Criteria: Event, Architecture-Engineering
Period of Significance: 1850-1874, 1875-1899, 1900-1924, 1925-1949
Historic Function: Domestic, Health care, Government, Industry, processing, extraction
Historic Sub-Function: Correctional facility, Institutional housing, Hospital, Manufacturing facility
Current Function: Vacant, not in use
Current Sub-Function:

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