Laurens County Courthouse Courthouse Square	Old Methodist Church 419 W. Main St.	First United Methodist Church W. Main St.	Bethel A.M.E. Church 234 Caroline St.	St. Paul First Baptist Church Caroline St.
Laruens First Presbyterian Church Main St.	Episcopal Church of the Epiphany 225 W. Main St.	Mary Whitner House 225 Caroline St.	Ball House 248 Caroline St.	Public Square North Side
Public Square East Side	Public Square South Side	Public Square West Side	Rosenblum's and Maxwell Bros. and Kinard Store 103-105 N. Public Sq.	Brown Franklin Building 125 Franklin St.
Provident Finance Co. and Parker Furniture 107-109 W. Public Sq.	Men's Shop 102 S. Public Sq.	Old Law Range S. Harper St.	Wells-Clardy House 409 W. Main St.	McDonald House 517 W. Main St.
Augustus Huff House 520 W. Main St.	Flemming House 529 W. Main St.	Todd House 530 W. Main St.	James Dunklin House 544 W. Main St.	McAllister House 541 W. Main St.

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The Laurens Historic District contains 111 contributing properties, most of which were built between 1880 and 1940. The town of Laurens is the county seat of Laurens County, located in the Piedmont region of the state. The district includes the public square with the courthouse and surrounding commercial buildings, and extends to the north and west to include significant residential sections of Laurens. The district is an unusually intact collection of buildings of nineteenth and early twentieth century vernacular architectural design mixed with simple high-style examples. Although originally lined by antebellum residences (only two of which remain intact) on multi-acre lots, West Main Street experienced two periods of major development. The first period was from ca. 1885 to ca. 1915 and the second occurred between the World Wars. The buildings in the district display a wide range of architectural styles including Greek Revival, Gothic Revival, Queen Anne, Colonial Revival, Romanesque Revival, Bungalow, Craftsman, Spanish Colonial Revival, and Neo-Classical. The area is also characterized by its large trees, well-kept yards, and granite retaining walls. The town and county of Laurens are named for South Carolina Revolutionary War patriot Henry Laurens. Laurens County was one of six counties created in 1785 from a division of the old district of Ninety-Six. By 1792 Laurens was the county seat. Listed in the National Register October 10, 1980; Boundary increase November 19, 1986.

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