Hampton Pinckney is a neighborhood and national historic district located in Greenville, South Carolina. One of the oldest neighborhoods in Greenville, it was where the textile industry was started in the early 19th century and lasted until the 1920s. The first trolley car in Greenville was installed in this neighborhood in 1899, opening for business in 1901.

Hampton–Pinckney Historic District
J. M. Geer House, Hampton–Pinckney Historic District, March 2012
Hampton Pinckney is located in South Carolina
Hampton Pinckney
Hampton Pinckney is located in the United States
Hampton Pinckney
LocationHampton Ave. and Pinckney St. between Butler Ave. and Lloyd St.; Hampton, Lloyd, Hudson Sts., Butler and Asbury Aves., Greenville, South Carolina
Coordinates34°51′22″N 82°24′21″W / 34.85611°N 82.40583°W / 34.85611; -82.40583
Area30 acres (12 ha)
Built byGeer, J.M.; Et al.
Architectural styleItalianate, Queen Anne, Colonial Revival, Gothic Revival
MPSGreenville MRA
NRHP reference No.77001226, 82003858 (Boundary Increase)[1]
Added to NRHPDecember 12, 1977, July 1, 1982 (Boundary Increase)

It encompasses 70 contributing buildings in a residential section of Greenville. The houses date from about 1890 to 1930, and include Italianate, Greek Revival, Queen Anne, various bungalows, and examples of Gothic Revival and Colonial Revival design, as well as vernacular forms. The oldest house in the district is the McBee House (ca. 1835).[2][3][4]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1977, with a boundary increase in 1982.[1]

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Georgianna Graham; Mary Ann Eaddy; Steve Smith (December 1976). "Hampton-Pinckney Historic District" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved 2014-08-01.
  3. ^ "Hampton–Pinckney Historic District, Greenville County (Greenville)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 2014-08-01. and accompanying map
  4. ^ unknown (n.d.). "Hampton–Pinckney Historic District (Boundary Increase)" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved 2014-08-01.

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