Georgetown Historic District, Historic district in Georgetown, South Carolina.

Georgetown Historic District covers 49 contributing buildings in Georgetown's central business district, including homes, churches and public buildings on wide, heavily shaded streets. Its architecture runs from early colonial or Georgian simplicity to Classical Revival, the style of the rice plantation era. Notable structures include the Georgetown County Courthouse, the U.S. Post Office, the Old Market Building (Rice Museum), Winyah Indigo Society Hall and Prince George Winyah Episcopal Church.

The district's oldest surviving structure is a dwelling from about 1737, but the district itself was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971. It preserves 49 contributing buildings in Georgetown's central business district, including about 28 from the 18th century and 18 erected before the American Civil War.

The district's name comes from the Georgetown settlement around which it grew. Its 49 contributing buildings include the Old Market Building, now the Rice Museum, and the Winyah Indigo Society Hall, a meeting hall rather than a museum. The Antipedo Baptist Church Cemetery and Prince George Winyah Episcopal Church complex are among the named sites.

The 49 contributing buildings sit in the central business district, so the district is best covered on foot along its wide, shaded streets. Many are private homes, churches and offices rather than open attractions, so visitors view most facades from the street; the county courthouse, post office and Rice Museum building are the landmarks to orient by.

The Winyah Indigo Society Hall is a meeting hall, not a museum; the Rice Museum occupies the Old Market Building. The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971, and its 49 contributing buildings include the Georgetown County Courthouse, the U.S. Post Office, the Masonic Lodge and the Antipedo Baptist Church Cemetery.