Saluda Factory Historic District

Archaeological site in South Carolina, United States

United States historic place


Saluda Factory Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district

34°00′29.16″N 81°5′7.584″W / 34.0081000°N 81.08544000°W / 34.0081000; -81.08544000
Area	110 acres (45 ha)
NRHP reference No.	73001718^[1]
Added to NRHP	May 25, 1973

Saluda Factory Historic District is a national historic district located at West Columbia, Lexington County, South Carolina. It encompasses three contributing sites associated with the development of the area along the Saluda River; Saluda Factory, Camp Sorghum and old State Road. The Saluda Factory ruins consist of the granite foundation and sluices from a textile mill that operated on the river between the years 1834 and 1884. The Camp Sorghum site was the site of a Confederate prison camp. It held 1,300 Union soldiers, who were confined there from the autumn of 1864 to February 1865, and subsequently transferred to Charlotte, North Carolina. The old State Road, originally the Cherokee Path, bounded Saluda Factory and Camp Sorghum on the east.^[2]^[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ Nancy R. Ruhf (August 1972). "Saluda Factory Historic District" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved June 22, 2014.
^ "Saluda Factory Historic District, Lexington County (along Saluda River, West Columbia)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved June 22, 2014. and accompanying map