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Silverstreet’s history is
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The public archives hold no old photos of Silverstreet. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.

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The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

Silverstreet is a town in Newberry County, South Carolina, United States. As of the 2020 census, Silverstreet had a population of 164.

Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 162 people in 2010, 164 in 2020. Half of its homes were built before 1976.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Silverstreet yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.

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Silverstreet, decade by decade

Before
2000
No old photos in the archives yetWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Silverstreet is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Silverstreet has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Hannah Rosenwald School in Silverstreet, 5.2 miles away.

Silverstreet and the nearest listed places

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Hannah Rosenwald SchoolWest Boundary Street Historic DistrictFrederick Nance HouseGallman High SchoolBoundary Street-Newberry Cotton Mills Historic DistrictVincent Street Historic District

Closest to Silverstreet

Hannah Rosenwald SchoolSilverstreet · Craftsman5.2miWest Boundary Street Historic DistrictNewberry · District6.2miFrederick Nance HouseNewberry · Building6.2miGallman High SchoolNewberry · Building6.3miBoundary Street-Newberry Cotton Mills Historic DistrictNewberry · District6.3mi

How a place gets listed

1Talk to the stateEvery nomination goes through the State Historic Preservation Office. Owners, towns and historical societies can start one.
2Try a local or state list firstMany states keep their own register with a shorter form, a common first step for old barns, halls and schoolhouses.
3Write it upA nomination covers the history, photos and a map. Hannah Rosenwald School’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Silverstreet?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Silverstreet’s story, or a memory of it.
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National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places · photos from Wikimedia Commons

Then & now

When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.

Stories next door

nearby towns’ history
📜 Newberry📜 Prosperity📜 Saluda📜 Cross Hill

From Wikimedia Commons (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.

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