Alderman's 20 Stores in One

Alderman's 20 Stores in One, also known as The Belk Building, is a historic commercial building located at Manning, Clarendon County, South Carolina. It was built in 1919, and is a two-story red brick building or two-part commercial block with a flat roof and parapets. The main façade of the building features a metal entablature supported by brackets and ornamented by recessed panels. Constructed by David W. Alderman, a wealthy Clarendon County lumber merchant and entrepreneur, the building was the first shopping mall in the county and is the largest storefront in the main business section of downtown Manning. Belk operated from the building from 1955 to the late-1980s.[2][3]

Alderman's 20 Stores in One
Aldermans 20 Stores in One, November 2012
Alderman's 20 Stores in One is located in South Carolina
Alderman's 20 Stores in One
Alderman's 20 Stores in One is located in the United States
Alderman's 20 Stores in One
Location34 and 36 Brooks St., Manning, South Carolina
Coordinates33°41′14″N 80°12′38″W
Arealess than one acre
Built1919 (1919)
ArchitectAlderman, David W.
Architectural styleEarly Commercial
NRHP reference No.94001047[1]
Added to NRHPAugust 26, 1994

It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.[1]

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "Alderman's 20 Stores in One, Clarendon County (34 & 36 Brooks St., Manning)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 25 February 2014.
  3. Katherine H. Richardson (November 1993). "Alderman's 20 Stores in One" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places nomination. NRHP. Retrieved 25 February 2014.


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