Richard Winn Academy - Aerie Yearbook (Winnsboro, SC)

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Cenfury House 17-19, 1 865, General P. G. T. Beauregard, with 's cavalry acting as rear guard, made his a he Century House, telegraphing General R. E, Lee of the evacuation of Columbia, twenty miles south, o Winnsboro. Following and destroying the •-oops arrived February 21. The Century House is c crary and boy scout meeting house. • :« 3

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Fairfield County Courthouse The Fairfield County Courthouse was built in 1822 by William McCreight under the supervision of Robert Mills, a South Carolina architect who was then serving as Superintendent of Public Works. Alterations and additions to the Courthouse were made in 1844. The building was renovated in 1939 with the addition of two rear wings and the flying stairways in front by G. Thomas Harmon, AIA, as supervising architect. 2 X'iT

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Old Brick Church Ebenezer Church, or the Old Brick Church, was built in 1 788. It is often called the birthplace of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church in South Carolina. The bricks for the walls were hand made by members of the congregation, who also constructed the church and built the furniture. During the Civil War, Union soldiers used flooring from the church to build a bridge across the river. A Union soldier penciled a note of apology for desecrating the church. The message may still be read in the door frame.