Photo: Rural Point (Robertson House; Doty House), ca. 1852, Old Camden Road, Winnsboro, SC. Listed on National Register of Historic Places in 1972. Photographed by user:Bill Fitzpatrick, 2012, (own work) [cc-by-3.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons, accessed December, 2014.
Winnsboro Town Hall is located at 207 North Congress Street, Winnsboro, SC 29180.
Phone: 803‑635‑4041.
Neighborhoods
Beginnings [1]
Settled in the 1700s, Winnsboro was established in 1785 and named for Richard Winn, a Revolutionary War hero who served in the U.S. Congress and as Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina. According to Robert Mills, the early town consisted of two "gin factories" (saw gin), a Masonic Hall, a Markey Hall, two houses of entertainment, a blacksmith and carriage shop, and 8 or 10 stores. Special entertainments were quadrilles, fairs and jousting tournaments. He remarked on handsome houses and buildings in the early 1800s.