Jasper County Courthouse (South Carolina)

Infobox_nrhp | name =Jasper County Courthouse
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caption =
location= Ridgeland, South Carolina
lat_degrees = 32
lat_minutes = 29
lat_seconds = 3
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 80
long_minutes = 59
long_seconds = 8
long_direction = W
locmapin = South Carolina
area =
built =1915
architect= William Augustus Edwards; builder C.V. York
architecture= Colonial Revival, Other
added = October 30, 1981
governing_body = Local
mpsub=Courthouses in South Carolina Designed by William Augustus Edwards TR
refnum=81000566cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service] The Jasper County Courthouse, built in 1915, is an historic courthouse located on Russell Street in the city of Ridgeland in Jasper County, South Carolina. It was designed in the Colonial Revival style by Darlington native William Augustus Edwards who designed eight other South Carolina courthouses as well as academic buildings at 12 institutions in Florida, Georgia and South Carolina. [ [http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/ufarch/edwards.htm University of Florida biography of William Augustus Edwards] ] Jasper County was created in 1912 and this is the only courthouse it has ever had, On October 30, 1981, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places. [ [http://www.nationalregister.sc.gov/jasper/S10817727003/index.htm South Carolina Department of Archives and History file on Jasper County Courthouse] ]

ee also

*List of Registered Historic Places in South Carolina
* Jasper County Courthouse

References

External links

* [http://www.sccounties.org/counties/Jasper.htm South Carolina Association of Counties page for Jasper County]
* [http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/SC/Jasper/state.html National Register listings for Jasper County]
* [http://www.nationalregister.sc.gov/jasper/S10817727003/index.htm South Carolina Department of Archives and History file on Jasper County Courthouse]
* [http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/ufarch/edwards.htm University of Florida biography of William Augustus Edwards]
* [http://www.nr.nps.gov/multiples/64000769.pdf Multiple Resource Area for 4 of the 9 courthouses designed by William Augustus Edwards - 12 pages]