21 Vintage Photos Of South Carolina Houses In The 1930S

Let’s take a look at some South Carolina homes in the 1930s.

The 1930s dealt a wide range of economic ups and downs to the Palmetto State. The Great Depression ushered in some of the worst times in history. Conversely, the next era found some South Carolinians in a much better place, as people began to recover financially.

Here are 19 houses (plus a couple of bonus interior shots) that represent homes on both ends of the financial spectrum in South Carolina in the 1930s.

Georgetown, SC in 1936 or 1937.

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The home of a sharecropper near Chesnee, SC.

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Summerville, SC in 1938.

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Another part of Summerville in 1938.

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Charleston in 1938.

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An older home near Jacksonboro, SC in 1938.

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An older home photographed in 1938 on Monticello Road in Columbia, SC.

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61 Washington Street, Charleston, SC in the 1930s.

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An abandoned farmhouse with wooden windows near Camp Croft.

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Here’s a boarding house in the sawmill town of Ashepoo, SC in 1938.

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Summerton, SC in 1938.

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Inside the same Summerton home…

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An abandoned house near the Whitestone/Pacolet area that was turned into Camp Croft. There’s a notice on the tree that the government was “taking” the property.

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Chalmers Street in Charleston.

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Eutawville, SC in 1938.

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Hanover or Pinopolis, SC in 1938. The home is circa 1720, according to the Library of Congress notes.

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Georgetown, SC in 1936 or 1937.

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The John Chestnut House in Camden, SC in 1936 or 1937.

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A dormered cabin in Georgetown County, SC in 1936 or 1937.

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A 1930s view of the exterior of 46 Tradd Street in Charleston, SC.

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The interior of the same house at 46 Tradd Street in Charleston.

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