Rockton and Rion Railroad Historic District
National Register Listing
Street Address:
S of Winnsboro from SC 34 W to SC 213, Winnsboro, SC (Fairfield County)
NRHP Nomination Form
Record Number:
S10817720033
Description and Narrative:
The Rockton and Rion Railroad Historic District is significant as a collection of buildings, sites, structures and objects associated with the quarrying, finishing, and transporting of Winnsboro blue granite between ca. 1883 and ca. 1945. The district is composed of forty-five properties located along the twelve mile stretch of the Rockton and Rion Railroad in south central Fairfield County. The district includes the Anderson and Rion Quarry sites, industrial buildings and structures associated with granite quarrying and finishing operations, residences constructed for management personnel at Anderson Quarry, the Rockton and Rion Railroad line and side tracks, two steam locomotives from the Rockton and Rion Railroad, and a ca. 1941 school building constructed of granite. The district retains sufficient integrity to reflect the history of the Winnsboro Granite Company and granite quarrying in the area between ca. 1883 and ca. 1945. The properties, with the exception of Greenbrier School, are grouped into two complexes, the Anderson Quarry-Phillips Granite Works and the Rion Granite Quarry-Brooks Granite Company. Most of the buildings and structures in the Historic District were constructed of Winnsboro blue granite, with the majority constructed from the late 1920s to the late 1930s. Listed in the National Register December 6, 1984.
Period of Significance:
circa 1883 – 1945
Level of Significance:
State
Area of Significance:
Industry
National Register Determination:
listed
Date of Certification:
1984-12-06
Date of Boundary Increase:
No Boundary Increase
Location:
Fairfield County;Winnsboro
