Magnolia Cemetery
National Register Listing
Street Address:
S. Cedar Ln., Hartsville, SC (Darlington County)
NRHP Nomination
Record Number:
S10817716043
Description and Narrative:
Magnolia Cemetery is significant as an expression of community planning and development in early twentieth century Hartsville, following a twenty year period from 1890 to 1910 which was the most dramatic period of growth and development in Hartsville’s history. The town’s population doubled in the period 1890 to 1900, then tripled in the period 1900-1910. That expansion convinced the Hartsville Town Council to take steps to upgrade or replace many existing public services. The Hartsville Board of Health, which had already expressed concerns over crowded church and family cemeteries in Hartsville, persuaded the council to recommend the establishment of a city cemetery “away from the settled portion of town.” Landscaping for the new cemetery was underway by March 1917. Magnolia Cemetery is a twenty-three acre cemetery characterized by narrow and gently curving streets and by landscaping which includes an avenue of cedars lining the entrance drive and magnolias lining the streets which form the historic core of the cemetery. The historic portion, approximately 14.5 acres, includes approximately 2,000 graves dating from ca. 1920 to the mid-twentieth century. Listed in the National Register September 8, 1994.
Period of Significance:
1917
Level of Significance:
Local
Area of Significance:
Community Planning and Development
National Register Determination:
listed
Date of Certification:
September 8 1994
