Alderman's 20 Stores in One

Alderman's 20 Stores in One
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Aldermans 20 Stores in One, November 2012
Location	34 and 36 Brooks St., Manning, South Carolina
Coordinates	33°41′14″N 80°12′38″W / 33.68722°N 80.21056°WCoordinates: 33°41′14″N 80°12′38″W / 33.68722°N 80.21056°W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1919
Architect	Alderman, David W.
Architectural style	Early Commercial
NRHP Reference #	94001047[1]
Added to NRHP	August 26, 1994

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]

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

References

1. National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
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.