Trapp and Chandler Pottery Site (38GN169)

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Trapp and Chandler Pottery Site (38GN169)
Nearest cityKirksey, South Carolina
Area0.6 acres (0.24 ha)
Built1852 (1852)
NRHP reference No.86000043[1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 6, 1986

Trapp and Chandler Pottery Site (38GN169) is an historic archaeological site located near Kirksey, Greenwood County, South Carolina. It is the last known intact site of a production center of Edgefield decorated stoneware. The Trapp and Chandler Stoneware pottery was an antebellum pottery factory and began production of Alkaline glazed utilitarian stoneware around 1834. It continued production until the later part of the 19th century.[2][3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Novick / McGuire / Rodeffer / Terry (1984) [1979]. "Trapp and Chandler Pottery Site (38GN169)" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved June 1, 2014.
  3. ^ "Trapp and Chandler Pottery Site, Greenwood County (Restricted Site)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved June 1, 2014.