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Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1825/00/00 Robert Mills Architect The third York County Courthouse (lost) is completed. The granite and red brick building features a large portico and Doric columns. The second story was damaged by an accidental fire in 1892.
1825/00/00 Robert Leckie Construction Supervisor The third York courthouse (lost) is constructed to replace a small brick building built in 1799. Believing that there is no chance he will be paid for bulding Landsford Canal, Leckie quit Landsford with the state still owing him $3,239.95.
1915/00/00 William Augustus Edwards Architect A new, monumental, two-story yellow brick Classical style courthouse is built 1914-1915.

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Particulars for York County Courthouse:
Area of Significance Architecture
Criteria Architecture-Engineering
Sight Category Building
Historic Use Courthouse
Criteria Exemplar
Area of Significance Politics-government



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration: 30th October 1981

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name: York County Courthouse
Registry Address: Corner of W. Liberty and S. Congress Sts.
Registry Number: 81000700
Resource Type: Building
Theme Group: Courthouses in South Carolina Designed by William Augustus Edwards TR
Owner: Local
Architect: Edwards,William Augustus
Architectural Style: No style listed
Certification: Listed in the National Register
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: State
Area of Significance: Politics-government, Architecture
Applicable Criteria: Architecture-Engineering, Event
Period of Significance: 1900-1924
Significant Year: 1914
Historic Function: Government
Historic Sub-Function: Courthouse
Current Function: Government
Current Sub-Function: Courthouse

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