Antebellum (1816-1860)
436 highway markers.
Abbeville County
Aiken County
- 02-23AikenAiken, chartered in 1835 and the county seat of Aiken County since its creation in 1871, was an early stop on the railro...
- 02-53Aiken Colored CemeteryThis cemetery, established in 1852 as a city cemetery, became Pine Lawn Memorial Gardens in 1988. The only burial ground...
- 02-29Aiken First Baptist ChurchThis church, founded in 1805, predates the city of Aiken and was first called Levels Baptist Church. Its first location ...
- 02-07Beech Island Agricultural ClubOn January 5, 1856, Governor James H. Hammond and eleven other farmers of this area organized the Beech Island Agricultu...
- 02-14Beech Island Baptist ChurchThis church was organized in the Beech Island Academy on January 21, 1832, with Rev. Iverson Brooks as its first ministe...
- 02-80Chancellor Carroll HouseBuilt c.1856 for James Parsons Carroll (1809-1883), this is the last surviving house from the original Kalmia village, a...
- 02-46Coker SpringThe freshwater spring less than 1/4 mi. SW was used by prehistoric Indians. It was deeded to the town of Aiken in 1844 b...
- 02-18Downer Institute & SchoolDowner Institute, founded in 1843, was originally located 1.5 mi. NE of this site and operated until 1865. It was named ...
- 02-40First Presbyterian Church of AikenThis church, founded in 1858 with 14 charter members and W. Peronneau Finley and John D. Legare as elders, first met in ...
- 02-54Graniteville AcademyThis Carpenter Gothic school was built in 1848 by the Graniteville Mill, then the largest textile mill in S.C. William G...
- 02-30Graniteville CemeteryThis cemetery, established about 1850, is closely associated with the Graniteville Mill, the largest and most successful...
- 02-22Graniteville MillThis mill, the largest textile mill in antebellum S.C., was chartered in 1845 and opened in 1847. It was founded by Will...
- 02-03HamburgSituated between this point and the Savannah River, Hamburg was a thriving river port and trading center for cotton and ...
- 02-62HamburgHamburg, located in the surrounding area, was a thriving river port and trading center for cotton and tobacco. Founded i...
- 02-04Historic ChurchThis church was built in 1836 by Beech Island Presbyterian Church, organized in 1827 with the Rev. Nathan H. Hoyt of Ver...
- 02-77Inclined PlaneNear here is the site of the Inclined Plane, a crucial segment of the original S.C. Railroad. The railroad’s mainline wa...
- 02-52KalmiaThis is the site of Kalmia, the home and plantation and William Gregg (1800-1867), pioneer industrialist of the antebell...
- 02-64Legare-Morgan HouseOne of the oldest houses in Aiken, this was home to the Legare family, including writer James Mathewes Legare (1823-1859...
- 02-26Original Survey of AikenThe town of Aiken, on land donated by Mr. Beverly M. Rodgers to the S.C. Rail Road in 1834, was laid out around a core o...
- 02-10Pascalis PlantationElizabeth Pascalis purchased these 790 acres in 1835, settled here with her son Cyril Ouviere, and brought the orphaned ...
- 02-24Pickens-Salley HouseThis plantation house, first known as “Edgewood,” is an excellent example of Federal-era architecture. Originally near E...
- 02-01South Carolina Canal & Rail Road Company Original Track LocationBegan first successful scheduled steam railroad service in America on December 25, 1830, and by 1833 its 136 miles from ...
- 02-35St. John's Methodist ChurchThis church has its origin in 1825 as a Methodist congregation on the Hollow Creek Circuit that predates the city of Aik...
- 02-12St. Thaddeus ChurchThis Episcopal Church (cornerstone laid Sept. 5, 1842) was consecrated Aug. 9, 1843. It is the city's oldest church stru...
- 02-02Western Terminus South Carolina RailroadNear the foot of this bluff in the old town of Hamburg stood the western terminus of the S.C. Canal and Rail Road Co. Be...
- 02-67Williams CemeteryThis cemetery dates to the 1820s and was in use prior to the founding of the Town of Aiken (1835). It was established by...
- 02-70Williams HouseThis house was built for the family of William White Williams (1787-1845), a planter and S.C. legislator for Barnwell Di...
Allendale County
- 03-03Antioch Christian ChurchOrganized in 1833 by Dr. and Mrs. W.R. Erwin and Mrs. U.M. Robert, this was the second Christian Church (Disciples of Ch...
- 03-02Beech Branch Baptist ChurchConstituted September 12, 1759 as Coosawhatchie Church, this church became in 1822 Beech Branch Baptist Church. The pres...
- 03-10Bethel Baptist ChurchThis church was organized in 1851 by Revs. Lewis Parker and John Hoover, with twelve charter members and Rev. Hoover as ...
- 03-04Bethlehem ChurchThis Baptist Church, organized by 1854, built its first house of worship near here on land purchased in 1859 from A. R. ...
- 03-16Gilette Methodist ChurchGillette Methodist Church dates to the early 19th C., possibly around the time that Rev. James Capers settled on land ow...
- 03-08Harmony Baptist ChurchThis church had its origins in a brush arbor as early as 1830 but was formally organized in 1878 with Rev. H.C. Smart as...
- 03-07Old AllendaleOriginal site of Allendale, named for its first postmaster, Paul Allen, in 1849. Sherman's troops under Gen. Kilpatrick ...
- 03-01Smyrna Baptist ChurchOrganized in 1827 as Kirkland Church, the name was changed in 1836 to Smyrna Baptist Church. Title to the site was conve...
- 03-18Swallow Savannah CemeteryThis cemetery was est. by Swallow Savannah Methodist Church, which formed c.1815 at a log house 1 mi. S. The church was ...
- 03-17Swallow Savannah Methodist ChurchThis church first organized c.1815, when members met in a log house 2 mi. S that was adjacent to a sheet of water known ...
Anderson County
- 04-15AshtabulaThis plantation on the old road to Pickensville has been the home of several prominent S.C. families. Many of its owners...
- 04-09Barkers Creek ChurchFounded in 1821, this is the boyhood church and burial place of Olin D. Johnston. He was decorated for bravery in World ...
- 04-10Barnard Elliott BeeBorn Charleston, S.C. 1824. Graduated West Point 1845. Brigadier General, C.S.A., 1861. Commanded 3rd Brigade, Army of t...
- 04-40Belton AcademyThis site, on a lot donated by Dr. George Brown, was the location of a school for more than a century. Belton Academy, a...
- 04-42Chamberlain-Kay HouseThis house, built c. 1854 for railroad supervisor Charles C. Chamberlain, was among the first homes constructed in Belto...
- 04-39Ebenezer Methodist ChurchThis church, formally organized by about 1800, is thought to be the oldest Methodist congregation in Anderson County. Ci...
- 04-04Farmers HallBuilt 1826-1828/Home of Pendleton Farmers Society./Organized 1815./Within this hall/THOMAS GREEN CLEMSON,/one of the Soc...
- 04-31Generostee A.R.P. ChurchThis church, the first Associate Reformed Presbyterian congregation in what is now Anderson County, was organized about ...
- 04-32Good Hope Presbyterian Church CemeteryThis cemetery, dating from the early 19th century, is at the third site of Good Hope Presbyterian Church, founded in 178...
- 04-30Grace Episcopal ChurchThis parish, organized in 1851 with the Rev. Benjamin Webb as its first vicar, grew out of occasional Episcopal services...
- 04-36Greenville & Columbia RRThe Greenville & Columbia Railroad, founded in 1845, began construction in 1849. It reached Greenville in 1852, with a b...
- 04-13Hopewell ChurchThis Baptist church, which was first located about 1.5 miles northwest, was constituted in 1803. The congregation moved ...
- 04-19MoffettsvilleAt this site once stood the town of Moffettsville, originating with the establishment of Moffett's Mill Post Office on F...
- 04-34Nazareth on the Beaverdam Presbyterian ChurchThis is the first known site of Townville Presbyterian Church, founded in this area in 1803 as Nazareth on the Beaverdam...
- 04-14Old Hopewell CemeteryLocated 1.09 miles northwest, this cemetery marks the original site of Hopewell Baptist Church which was constituted in ...
- 04-50Ruhamah ChurchRuhamah Methodist Church organized in 1822 and initially worshipped under a brush arbor. The first church, known as the ...
- 04-07St. John's Methodist ChurchOrganized in 1828, this was the first church in Anderson. A log meeting house built in 1830 on West Benson Street served...
- 04-35St. Paul Methodist ChurchThis church, founded in 1803, held its first services in the home of John Wilson and was first known as Wilson’s Chapel....
- 04-17Thomas Green Clemson (1807-1888)A native Philadelphian and leading agriculturist, Mr. Clemson was U.S. chargé d'affaires to Belgium, U.S. Superintendent...
- 04-11University HillThree educational institutions have been in this immediate area: Johnson Female University (1856-63) named for William B...
- 04-12William Bullein Johnson (1782-1862)President of Triennial, Southern, South Carolina Baptist Conventions. Johnson Female University, founded here in 1848 as...
- 04-20Woodburn PlantationSome 200 yards west of here stands Woodburn, built by S.C. Lieutenant Governor Charles Cotesworth Pinckney by 1832. Dr. ...
Bamberg County
- 05-03Mizpah ChurchMethodist Church established by 1832. Present 1856 house of worship is all that remains of pre-Civil War settlement of B...
- 05-12Mountain Home PlantationMountain Home Plantation, named for the hill on which it is located, was established before the Civil War. In 1859 Samue...
- 05-02Mt. Pleasant ChurchIn 1835 St. Bartholomew Lutheran Church moved here from about 1 mile south and changed its name to Mt. Pleasant. It is g...
- 05-14Pinewood PlantationThis plantation was the home of Maj. William Seaborn Bamberg (1820-1858), planter, merchant, and the founder of Bamberg....
- 05-13Salem Methodist ChurchThis church, founded by 1818, held its early services in a brush arbor; the first permanent sanctuary was built nearby. ...
- 05-11South Carolina Canal & Railroad CompanyBegan first successful scheduled steam railroad service in America on December 25, 1830, and by 1833 its 136 miles from ...
- 05-05St. John's Baptist ChurchThis church, established 1829 30, was first named Three Mile Creek Church and held early services in a brush arbor 4 mi....
- 05-10WoodlandsWoodlands was the country home of William Gilmore Simms (1806-1870), the most prominent and prolific writer of the anteb...
Barnwell County
- 06-17Ashley-Willis HouseThis Greek Revival house was built between 1833 and 1850 and features a wide gable-front form unusual for the period. Jo...
- 06-08Boiling Springs AcademyBoiling Springs Academy was founded by the Boiling Springs Academical Society in 1823, with trustees Hansford Duncan, Jo...
- 06-09Boiling Springs Presbyterian ChurchThis church was organized in 1842 by Rev. James H. Thornwell on authority from the Charleston Presbytery; F.J. and W.A. ...
Beaufort County
- 07-26Beaufort CollegeBeaufort College, a college preparatory academy founded in 1795, occupied this Greek Revival building from 1852 to 1861....
- 07-62Beaufort CollegeBeaufort College, a college preparatory academy founded in 1795, occupied this Greek Revival building from 1852 to 1861....
- 07-02BlufftonSettled in 1825 as a summer resort of rice and cotton planters, this town was incorporated in 1852. Here in 1844 was lau...
- 07-51BlufftonOriginally known as May River, and later as Kirk’s Bluff, Bluffton was settled as a resort town where planters could esc...
- 07-30Maxcy-Rhett HouseThis house was built circa 1810 for Milton Maxcy (1782-1817), who came here from Massachusetts in 1804. Maxcy and his br...
- 07-31Rose HillThis plantation was part of the barony of Lords Proprietor Sir John Colleton; his descendants sold this portion to Dr. J...
- 07-25St. Luke's ChurchThis sanctuary, built 1824 as St. Luke's Episcopal Church, housed an active Episcopal congregation until just before the...
- 07-45St. Peter Catholic ChurchThis Greek Revival church, built in 1846, dedicated as “St. Peter the Apostle Church,” is the oldest Catholic church in ...
- 07-49Wesley Methodist ChurchThis church, established in 1833, was the first Methodist church in Beaufort and was founded as a mission to slaves and ...
Berkeley County
- 08-58Bowen's CornerBowen’s Corner, an African-American farming community from the mid-19th century through the late-20th century, was origi...
- 08-67Friendship Methodist ChurchThis church, one of the oldest Methodist organizations in Berkeley County, was formally organized about 1825. Circuit ri...
- 08-53Mount Holly StationMount Holly Station, a depot on the Northeastern Railroad between Florence and Charleston, was built here about 1853. It...
- 08-31PinopolisPlantation owners began this pineland village in the 1830s to escape lowcountry plantation summer nights, thought to cau...
- 08-35Rehoboth Methodist ChurchThis church grew out of services held as early as 1811, at first in a brush arbor and later at a campground nearby. Mini...
- 08-14Spring Hill Methodist ChurchAccording to tradition Methodists worshiped here under a brush arbor as early as 1800. On August 2, 1814, Phillip Keller...
- 08-28St. John's ChurchThis Baptist Church, constituted 1851, constructed the present building here in 1881 on land donated by A. D. Hare, a ch...
Calhoun County
- 09-03Jericho Methodist Church Mile and a Half EastBishop Francis Asbury stopped in this region in 1801 and 1803. About 1811, a congregation was organized and by 1815 Jeri...
- 09-08Mt. Lebanon CemeteryThis is the original site of Mt. Lebanon Lutheran Church, organized January 13, 1844, as an extension of the St. Matthew...
- 09-18Pine Grove Evangelical Lutheran ChurchIn 1841, St. Matthews Lutheran Church (5 mi. W) directed Rev. J.P. Margart to begin holding services in the nearby Pine ...
- 09-06Shady Grove ChurchShady Grove Methodist Church was an outgrowth of Tabernacle Church, the parent Methodist body of this area. It was built...
- 09-26St. Matthews Railroad CutAcross the street is the St. Matthews Railroad Cut. The cut was built in 1841 as part of the first branch line of the S....
Charleston County
- 10-89Blake-Grimké HouseThis Charleston double house was built before 1789 by William Blake, a planter and descendant of former Proprietary Gove...
- 10-66Calvary Episcopal ChurchThis church, located on Beaufain Street for 91 years, was organized in 1847 to give free blacks and slaves in antebellum...
- 10-94Charleston Public Water SystemIn 1823, after learning of London’s success with artesian wells, City Council agreed that deep artesian wells would be f...
- 10-145Edisto Island Baptist ChurchThis wood frame church was built in 1818 as Edisto Island Baptist Church. The church was founded primarily through the e...
- 10-92Fireproof BuildingConstructed 1822-26, the County Records Building, known as the Fireproof Building, was designed by Charleston-born archi...
- 10-70Hampstead CemeteryA cemetery established here in 1841, also known as “God’s Acre” and later “the German Cemetery,” was maintained by St. M...
- 10-53Magnolia CemeteryMagnolia Cemetery, established in 1850, was named for Magnolia Umbra Plantation, dating back to 1784. The ca. 1800 house...
- 10-24McClellanvilleMcClellanville began in the late 1850s and early 1860s when local plantation owners A. J. McClellan and R. T. Morrison s...
- 10-106Memminger HouseChristopher Memminger (1803-1888) lived in a home at this site as early as 1830. A German immigrant orphaned at age 4, M...
- 10-45Mills House HotelThe original Mills House Hotel, later the St. John Hotel, stood on this site for 115 years. Built in 1853 for Otis Mills...
- 10-25Mount Pleasant Presbyterian ChurchErected about 1854 and originally a Congregational Church affiliated with Old Wappetaw Church, founded about 1699. Serve...
- 10-04Old Bank BuildingConstruction having begun in 1797, this building was occupied by the Bank of South Carolina on December 10, 1798, making...
- 10-91Slave AuctionsCharleston was one of the largest slave trading cities in the U.S. In the 1800s, the area around the Old Exchange Buildi...
- 10-126Slave Trading ComplexThis was the south end of a large slave trading complex known as The Mart or Ryan’s Mart. It was opened in 1856 by Thoma...
- 10-127Slave Trading ComplexFrom 1856 to 1863, this was the north end of a slave trading complex known as The Mart or Ryan’s Mart. It was opened by ...
- 10-01South Carolina Canal & Rail Road Company Original Track Location in CharlestonBegan its first successful scheduled steam railroad service in America on December 25, 1830, and by 1833 its 136 miles f...
- 10-22St. John's ChurchThis church grew from services held for German inhabitants in Charleston by Rev. Johann Martin Boltzius in 1734 and Rev....
- 10-08Trinity Methodist Church Original SiteThe first Trinity Church building was erected on this site in 1792. By 1813, Trinity had joined the S. C. Conference, an...
- 10-118Weston-Grimké HomesiteArchibald (1849-1930) and Francis Grimké (1850-1937), early 20th century activists for African American rights, grew up ...
Cherokee County
- 11-02GaffneyThe Grindal Shoals and Cherokee Ford roads crossed here when this land was originally granted to John Sarratt in 1799 by...
- 11-03Limestone CollegeFounded in 1845 as the Limestone Springs Female High School by Dr. Thomas Curtis and his son Dr. William Curtis, disting...
- 11-08Nuckolls-Jefferies HouseThis house was built in 1843 for William Thompson Nuckolls (1801-1855) and later owned for many years by John D. Jefferi...
Chester County
Chesterfield County
- 13-10Austin-Craig-Laney HouseThis Carpenter Gothic house was begun ca. 1858 for Aaron Austin (1831-1863) and his wife Margaret Jane Craig. Austin, a ...
- 13-03Chesterfield CourthouseChesterfield County's first courthouse was built here soon after the county was established in 1785. The second courthou...
- 13-24St. Paul Methodist ChurchMethodism in Chesterfield County dates to the 1780s. This Methodist congregation organized in c.1830. It was one of thir...
Clarendon County
Colleton County
- 15-10Catholic HillSettlers from Ireland of the Roman Catholic faith in this area helped form the ecclesiastical territory of Colleton, Bea...
- 15-18Colleton County CourthouseThe original section of this courthouse, completed in 1822 after the county seat moved to Walterborough from Jacksonboro...
- 15-27Creeltown Indian CommunityCreeltown is a community of Native American families that dates to c.1850. It was named for the family of William “Bart”...
- 15-11Hickory ValleyNear here in a hickory grove Paul and Jacob Walter built in 1784 summer houses, which formed the nucleus of a summer col...
- 15-05Island Creek Meeting HouseThe cemetery one-half mile west is on the site of a meeting house deeded to the Methodist Society by John Fontaine in 18...
- 15-29St. Jude's ChurchThis was originally the parish church for St. Jude’s Episcopal Parish. The church was initially part of St. Bartholomew’...
- 15-09Walterboro JailThis neo-Gothic building, designed by Jones & Lee, noted architects of Charleston, and constructed by J. & B. Lucas in 1...
- 15-07Walterborough AcademyIncorporated December 17, 1834, Walterborough Academy was the forerunner of the present city school system. Its trustees...
Darlington County
- 16-82Bethel ChurchBethel Methodist Church organized c.1856 as Jerusalem Church on land said to have been donated by Hardy M. Parrott (1816...
- 16-41Caleb Coker HouseThis house, built ca. 1832, was the home of Caleb Coker (1802-1869) and the birthplace of his son Maj. James Lide Coker ...
- 16-46Damascus Methodist ChurchThe church organized as early as 1817 and known as "Wright's Meeting House, Black Creek" was the first Methodist congreg...
- 16-07Darlington District Agricultural SocietyOn May 5, 1846, a society was organized for "mutual improvement in agriculture and to promote the planting interest of t...
- 16-34First Baptist ChurchMembers of New Providence and Gum Branch Baptist churches under John L. Hart's leadership began Hartsville Baptist, the ...
- 16-38First Baptist ChurchEstablished in 1831 as Darlington Baptist Church of Christ, with Rev. W.Q. Beattie as its first minister; joined the Wel...
- 16-06George W. Dargan 1802-1859Near this site stood the home of George W. Dargan, ante-bellum leader of this area, who served as State Senator, 1842-18...
- 16-23John L. HartIn 1845, John Lide Hart (1825-1864) bought a 491-acre plantation here. Along what is now Home Avenue, he built a carriag...
- 16-55John L. Hart HouseThis house was built ca. 1856 for John Lide Hart (1825-1864), merchant and Confederate officer. Hart, who lived in Harts...
- 16-56John Westfield Lide HouseThis Greek Revival house was built ca. 1840 for John Westfield Lide (1794-1858), planter and state representative. Lide,...
- 16-89Mount Elon Baptist ChurchMount Elon Baptist Church organized in 1831. The congregation was among the first to join the Welsh Neck Baptist Associa...
- 16-71New Hopewell Baptist ChurchThis church was formally organized soon after the Civil War. It was founded by 20 black members of Antioch Baptist Churc...
- 16-67New Providence Baptist ChurchThis church, with its origins in meetings held in a brush arbor as early as 1804, was organized into a formal congregati...
- 16-26Society Hill Library SocietyOn June 5, 1822, twelve men paid $20 each to purchase books for a library. These men were J. J. Evans; David and Elias G...
- 16-72Swift Creek Baptist ChurchThe earliest record of this church dates to 1789, when it belonged to the Charleston Baptist Association and had 76 memb...
- 16-10Thomas E. Hart HouseThis house was the residence of Captain Thomas Edwards Hart, who settled on these lands in 1817, and for whom Hartsville...
- 16-30Trinity ChurchThis Episcopal church, located about 800 ft. N., was incorporated 1833. Early members associated with the church are sai...
- 16-87White PlainsNorth of this road is White Plains, a two-story residence built c.1823 for Isaiah DuBose. It was one of the most substan...
Dillon County
- 17-06Catfish Creek Baptist ChurchThis Baptist church, constituted in 1802, has ordained eleven ministers, provided a missionary to Brazil, and has helped...
- 17-03Early Cotton PressThis cotton press, built in 1798 according to tradition, is thought by many to be the oldest in existence. It was first ...
- 17-04Joel Allen HouseThis house, located ¼ mile E, was built about 1857 by Joel Allen, a Baptist minister who organized and served many churc...
- 17-11Pee Dee ChurchDuncan McIntire, a licensed minister who preached in Gaelic for those who could speak no other language, organized this ...
- 17-05Selkirk FarmDavid Satterwhite was granted 177 acres here in 1789 by Charles Pinckney, Governor of S. C. In 1855 this tract passed in...
- 17-01The Meeting HouseOn December 22, 1801, one acre on the north side of Bear Swamp was deeded for the use of the Baptist Society. Local trad...
Dorchester County
- 18-17DorchesterThis town, in Colleton County before Dorchester was founded in 1897, dates to the early 19th century and the origins of ...
- 18-13Grover Methodist ChurchThis church was founded in the early 19th century as Murray’s Church and served by ministers riding the Cypress Circuit....
- 18-12Koger-Murray-Carroll HouseThis house, an excellent example of early Federal era-architecture, was built about 1800 for Joseph Koger, Jr. (1779-186...
- 18-28StallsvilleThe pineland village of Stallsville developed on the high ground above Saw Mill Creek and was named for the Stall family...
Edgefield County
- 19-20DarbyThis Greek Revival house was built for Nathan L. Griffin (1803-1853), lawyer, planter, and member of the S.C. House 1838...
- 19-08Edgefield United Methodist ChurchBy 1841, this congregation was established and was a member of the Edgefield Circuit. The present structure was dedicate...
- 19-03First Baptist ChurchFounded in 1823 as Edgefield Village Baptist Church with Basil Manly, Sr., Pastor, Matthew Mims, Clerk, and Arthur Simki...
- 19-19Halcyon GroveThis Federal house with a later Classical Revival porch was the home of two governors of S.C. It was built ca. 1824 for ...
- 19-22Holly HillHolly Hill sits on a tract of land originally granted to James Robeson in 1768 as part of England’s expansion into the S...
- 19-25Mount Zion Baptist ChurchMount Zion Baptist Church was founded in 1828. In that year church trustees acquired three acres of land at this site wh...
- 19-01Old Law BuildingSite of law offices of/ELDRED SIMKINS/Congressman, Lt.-Governor./GEORGE McDUFFIE/ Congressman, Governor,/U.S. Senator./F...
- 19-21Philippi Baptist ChurchThis church, established in 1814 and a charter member of the Ridge Baptist Association, is among the oldest in Edgefield...
- 19-07Village AcademyOrganized in 1811, the Edgefield Village Academy was located for many years on this site acquired from Col. Eldred Simki...
Fairfield County
- 20-19Bethel ChurchThis Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church was incorporated in 1823. Early pastors were the Rev. James Lyle and the Rev...
- 20-14Cathcart-Ketchin HouseRichard Cathcart purchased this lot from John McMaster in 1829, and it is thought he built the present federal-style hou...
- 20-08Fairfield County CourthouseThis courthouse was built in 1822 by Wm. McCreight under the supervision of Robert Mills, South Carolina architect, then...
- 20-11Feasterville Female and Male AcademyAround 1840, an academy was established at this site by John Feaster, a noted landowner of this area, for the education ...
- 20-18First Methodist ChurchFirst United Methodist Church was established in 1808 under the leadership of the Rev. James Jenkins, an early circuit-r...
- 20-03James Henry Carlisle (1825-1909)Educator, Humanitarian, Religious Leader, College President. He believed that: "The student ought to be educated not sim...
- 20-13Mount Olivet ChurchOrganized before 1785, this Presbyterian Church was originally known as Wolf Pit Church, later as Wateree, and was final...
- 20-02Old Brick ChurchOn May 9, 1803, the Associate Reformed Synod of the Carolinas was organized here at Ebenezer A.R.P. Church, built in 178...
- 20-22Saint John's Epsicopal ChurchOrganized in 1839 and named for St. John's, Berkeley Parish, this was the third Episcopal church established north of Co...
- 20-24The OaksThis early Greek Revival house, built about 1835, is notable for its central double-tiered pedimented portico and double...
- 20-04William Porcher DuboseThis noted author-theologian, born at this site April 11, 1836, educated at Mt. Zion Institute, the Citadel, and the Uni...
Florence County
- 21-37Church StreetBefore the 1820s this intersection of two major roads, one from Georgetown to Camden and the other from Charleston to Ch...
- 21-19Florence Depot (1852)The original depot named Florence was built here in 1852, where the Wilmington & Manchester RR crossed present-day Hoffm...
- 21-15Hewn-Timber CabinsThe African Americans who built the two hewn-timber cabins that stand 200 yds. S on Wallace Woods Road were brought to M...
- 21-55Mars Bluff Rice GrowersFrom the 18th century until c.1920, African American farmers grew rice in nearby fields. While not a major cash crop in ...
- 21-13Ney SchoolAbout 1843 Robert Rogers (1808-1882), a planter at "Blooming Grove" in the Back Swamp community of what was then Darling...
- 21-23Pisgah Methodist ChurchThis church, founded in 1806 in what was Darlington District until Florence County was founded in 1888, grew out of an e...
- 21-27Red DoeThis house was built in 1846 for Evander A. Gregg (1818-1874), a planter in what was Marion District. Its high masonry b...
- 21-11Roseville PlantationRoseville Plantation was established by a royal grant before the American Revolution and a house was built here ca. 1771...
- 21-18Roseville Plantation Slave and Freedman's CemeteryThis was originally the slave cemetery for Roseville Plantation. Roseville, established about 1771 by the Dewitt family,...
- 21-46TimmonsvilleTimmonsville was founded in 1852 and named for Rev. J. Morgan Timmons. Initial growth was spurred by the Wilmington and ...
- 21-12William R. Johnson HouseThis Greek Revival house was built ca. 1854 for William R. Johnson, (1813-1893), physician, planter, and legislator in w...
- 21-43Willow Creek Baptist ChurchThe congregation of Willow Creek Baptist Church can trace its origins to the early 19th century when it was first associ...
Georgetown County
- 22-35All Saints Academy Summer HouseThis house was built between 1838 and 1848 by All Saints Academy for the summer residence of its headmaster. Robert F. W...
- 22-32All Saints Summer Parsonage/ The RectoryThis house, built by 1848, served as the summer parsonage for All Saints Episcopal Church for many years. Evening summer...
- 22-25Birthplace of Jeremiah John SnowChina Grove was the birthplace of the Reverend Jeremiah John Snow (1836-1892), a son of the third James Snow who lived h...
- 22-53Chicora Wood PlantationThis plantation, with its origins in several grants to John Allson in 1732, 1734, and later, was in the hands of his gra...
- 22-46Georgetown County CourthouseThis courthouse, designed by prominent architect and South Carolina native Robert Mills (1781-1855), was built in 1823-2...
- 22-27Hot and Hot Fish ClubEstablished by and comprised of the planters of All Saints Parish, this social club was dedicated to epicurean pursuits....
- 22-29Joseph Blyth Allston House ("Pawley House")This house stands on land owned by R. F. W. Allston, governor of SC 1856-58. His nephew Joseph Blyth Allston obtained th...
- 22-36LaBruce / Lemon HouseThis house, built on 10 acres of beach land by 1858, was owned by the LaBruce family, who were successful rice planters ...
- 22-19Mount Tabor ChurchOrganized as a result of the preaching of Elder James Singleton, the Mount Tabor congregation was constituted October 21...
- 22-34Nesbit / Norburn HouseBy 1842 this house was here on Pawleys Island and was owned by Robert Nesbit (1799-1848). A native of Scotland and a ric...
- 22-31P. C. J. Weston House / Pelican InnPlowden Weston, Lt. Gov. of S.C. 1862-64, obtained land here in 1844 and by 1858 had built this beach residence. The Wes...
- 22-26Pawley's IslandThis island, located about ½ mile east, was used by plantation householders who lived on the seashore from May to Novemb...
- 22-70PlantersvilleEst. c.1835, Plantersville began as a 350-ac. pineland village 6 mi. NE, used by planter families to escape seasonal mal...
- 22-52Prince Frederick's ChapelThe first church on this site, known as Prince Frederick's Chapel, Pee Dee, was built in 1848 on a site donated by the R...
- 22-04Prospect HillOn his tour south to inspect the defenses of the Atlantic coast, President Monroe reached Prospect Hill, Col. Benjamin H...
- 22-38R. F. W. Allston CausewayThis causeway was built between January 1845 and November 1846 by Robert Francis Withers Allston, who owned a summer res...
- 22-30R. F. W. Allston HouseThis summer residence was owned by Robert F. W. Allston (1801-1864) when the state of SC granted the marsh behind it to ...
- 22-56Sampit Methodist ChurchThis church, formally organized in 1839, had its origins in a slave mission begun in 1786 on Gov. Thomas Boone’s plantat...
- 22-47Town ClockThis Greek Revival market and town hall was built in 1842 after a fire destroyed many of the frame buildings on Front St...
- 22-33Ward House / Liberty LodgeThis house, one of the oldest on Pawleys, was reputedly moved here after 1858. It stands on land once owned by area rice...
- 22-11Washington AllstonWashington Allston, "the American Titian," artist and author, was born at Brookgreen, Nov. 5, 1779. He studied in London...
Greenville County
- 23-85Berea First Baptist ChurchBerea Baptist Church was officially founded in Dec. 1843, but local tradition holds that the earliest meetings were held...
- 23-13Chick SpringsDr. Burwell Chick opened a resort at these mineral springs in 1840. A spacious hotel and cottages accommodated a large n...
- 23-10Christ Church (Episcopal)Started in 1820 as St. James' Mission, the first church built here in 1825 on land given by Vardry McBee, was consecrate...
- 23-28Cooley's BridgeThe original Cooley’s Bridge, built across the Saluda River in 1835-36 to replace a ferry, stood about 150 yds. above th...
- 23-21Cotton MillsBy 1820 one of the first cotton mills in Greenville County was located at these river shoals. Pelham Manufacturing Co. p...
- 23-103First Presbyterian Church GreenvilleThis church was founded in 1848 by sixteen members. On this corner, a wooden sanctuary was built in 1851 on land donated...
- 23-24Fountain Fox Beattie HouseThis house, built in 1834, first stood a few blocks south on East North St. It was built by Fountain Fox Beattie (1807 1...
- 23-14Furman UniversityEstablished in 1825 by the S. C. Baptist Convention, the Furman Academy and Theological Institution opened at Edgefield,...
- 23-89Gap Creek Baptist ChurchGap Creek Baptist Church was established in 1840 and meetings were held in a log building that stood nearby to Gap Creek...
- 23-81Garrison CemeteryGarrison Cemetery is named for the Garrison family, who were among the first European settlers in the area that became P...
- 23-15Greenville Woman's CollegeEstablished in 1854 by the S. C. Baptist Convention, this institution opened as Greenville Baptist Female College in Feb...
- 23-34Hopkins FarmThis farm has been owned by the Hopkins family since 1834, when John Hopkins (1793-1837) purchased it from William Toney...
- 23-11Joel Roberts Poinsett1779-1851/Born in Charleston, S. C., educated in this country and Great Britain, he travelled widely in Europe and Asia ...
- 23-59McBee ChapelThis church is notable for its unusual octagonal form. It was built by John Adams for workers at the nearby McBee’s Fact...
- 23-44Oakland PlantationThis house was built in 1823 by Dr. Thomas Collins Austin (1790-1883), physician and planter. Austin attended the Medica...
- 23-06Old Fountain InnAccording to tradition an ante-bellum inn with a gushing fountain in the front yard stood near here on the old stage roa...
- 23-12Old Greenville GraveyardAbout 150 feet east of this point are buried some of Greenville's earliest settlers, including Elias Earle (1762-1823), ...
- 23-49Old Stage RoadThe town of Simpsonville grew up around a stagecoach stop nearby operated by Thomas Goldsmith (1788-1868). Goldsmith’s h...
- 23-48SimpsonvilleThis town grew up around a stagecoach stop on the Old Stage Road from Laurens to Greenville. For many years the communit...
- 23-70Simpsonville Municipal CemeteryEstablished in the 1840s as a family cemetery, the two and one-half acre parcel was donated to Simpsonville First Baptis...
- 23-20Site of First Baptist ChurchIn 1825, Wm. Bullein Johnson opened a subscription for a Baptist meetinghouse, which was soon built here. The 120 foot-s...
- 23-101Spring Park InnThe Spring Park Inn is one of the oldest surviving buildings in Travelers Rest. Its eastern section likely dates to c.18...
- 23-91Springwood CemeteryBegun in 1812 as a single grave in a family rose garden, this was a private burial ground before being deeded to the Cit...
- 23-84Standing Spring Baptist ChurchStanding Springs Baptist Church was organized in 1818 as an arm of Fork Shoals Baptist Church. There were ten charter me...
- 23-29Stone's MillThe first grist mill on Big Durbin Creek was built about 1813 for John Bruce (d. 1818), a veteran of the American Revolu...
- 23-01The Old Record Building70 feet south of this point was erected, 1820, "the old record building," designed by Robert Mills (1781-1855), famous C...
Greenwood County
- 24-12Dr. Welsey C. NorwoodDr. Wesley C. Norwood (1806-1884), whose home was located near here, raised a storm of medical controversy in the 1850s ...
- 24-25HodgesThe town of Hodges began around 1852 as a stop on the Greenville & Columbia R.R. The station was first named for nearby ...
- 24-06John Henry Logan December 7, 1821-March 29, 1885Teacher, Historian, Physician/Born and reared in this house/John Henry Logan/first practiced medicine and taught school ...
- 24-07John Perkins Barratt May 11, 1795-September 29, 1859Physician, naturalist, versatile intellect, agricultural leader. President of Abbeville District Medical Society, 1835. ...
- 24-04Preston Brooks DinnerNational attention was focused here on Oct. 3, 1856, when some 10,000 people honored Preston S. Brooks, Congressman from...
- 19-10Sheppard's CrossroadsIn 1828, this property, shown on Anderson's 1816 map as Kirksey's Tavern, was sold by John Kirksey to James Sheppard (17...
- 24-05Tabernacle Cemetery1000 feet east is Tabernacle Cemetery on the site of Tabernacle Methodist Church and Tabernacle Academy. Buried here are...
Hampton County
- 25-13Cherry Grove Christian ChurchThis African-American church, a congregation of the Disciples of Christ, was founded in 1855 by members of Three Mile Cr...
- 25-05Prince Williams Baptist ChurchPreviously a branch of nearby Coosawhatchie Baptist Church (now Beech Branch), this church was constituted as a separate...
- 25-17Whippy Swamp Muster GroundThis area, called Whippy Swamp Cross Roads, was in Beaufort District before Hampton County was created in 1878. In 1840 ...
Horry County
- 26-28Ark CemeteryThis marker stands adjacent to the burial ground of the former Ark Plantation, which dates back to the 1700s. Although t...
- 26-29Ark PlantationIn colonial and antebellum days, at this site stood the planter’s residence of the Ark, a large indigo plantation. On Ju...
- 26-36Green SeaThis section of northern Horry Co. was known as Green Sea by the mid-1800s. The area’s name likely refers to the Green S...
- 26-07Kingston ChurchA Presbyterian congregation existed here in the village of Kingston by 1756. Its meetinghouse was on this site but by 17...
- 26-14Socastee Methodist ChurchThis church, originating with services held in a brush arbor, was formally organized by 1818. Its first sanctuary, a log...
- 26-32Village of Little RiverLittle River was one of the earliest settled sections of Horry County. Pre-contact Native Americans made temporary encam...
Jasper County
- 27-04Church of the Holy TrinityThis Episcopal church was a chapel of ease in the Parish of St. Luke for a number of years before it became a separate c...
- 27-06GillisonvilleShown on the 1820 Beaufort District map by Vignoles and Ravenel, Gillisonville had a free school by 1831, and a post off...
- 27-11Gillisonville Baptist ChurchThe Euhaw congregation constituted this ecclesiastical group 24 March 1832, naming it Coosawhatchie Baptist Church. The ...
- 27-16GrahamvilleThis summer village, established about 1800 by the rice planters of St. Luke's Parish, was a thriving settlement in what...
- 27-13Great Swamp Baptist ChurchThis church, organized October 12, 1845, was the result of a clash in doctrines at nearby Sardis Baptist Church. Some in...
- 27-05TillmanBy 1820, the road to Two Sisters Ferry intersected the Purrysburg road at this spot, which had become known as Hennis Cr...
Kershaw County
- 28-07Pleasant Hill Baptist ChurchThe first Baptist Church in this area of Kershaw County was founded in a wooded area on Mecklenburg Road, two miles sout...
- 28-19The Price HouseThe Price House dates to 1829-30 and was built shortly after the Camden fire of 1829 burned many of the homes and busine...
- 28-16Tiller's FerryIn 1760 Joseph Tiller received a grant for 100 acres on Lynches River, including this crossroads. James Tiller operated ...
- 28-14Warrenton Muster GroundThe Warrenton Muster Ground, originally known as Gardner's Old Field, was a nineteenth and early-twentieth century meeti...
Lancaster County
- 29-00Birthplace of Dr. James Marion SimsAbout 1 3/4 miles west of this spot stood the house in which Dr. James Marion Sims was born on January 25, 1818. Father ...
- 29-08Franklin AcademyOrganized in 1825, was the most widely-known of the four schools that occupied this site. Henry Connelly was its first p...
- 29-27Haile Gold MineIn 1827 Benjamin Haile (1768-1842) found gold here while panning in the streams on his plantation. After he found gold o...
- 29-16KilburnieThis late Federal-style house blending elements of the Greek-revival style with Victorian-era modifications was built by...
- 29-15Lancasterville Presbyterian ChurchThis congregation was organized May 5, 1835. Its first minister was James H. Thornwell, who later headed SC College in C...
- 29-17Leroy Springs HouseThe original part of this house was built by Robert W. Gill soon after he purchased the lot in 1828. About thirty years ...
- 29-04The Courthouse Lancaster CountyBuilt in 1825-1828. Designed by Robert Mills of Charleston, South Carolina, America's first native born, professionally ...
- 29-05The JailLancaster County-built, 1823. This is the "gaol" that Willis W. Alsobrook contracted to build for LANCASTER DISTRICT ". ...
- 29-30Thomas L. Clyburn HouseThomas Lorenzo Clyburn (1809-1869), prominent planter of Lancaster District and the first postmaster of Butler, 1853-56,...
- 29-35Turkey Point MillAround 1850 four local businessmen opened Turkey Point Mill north of here on the eastern banks of the Catawba River. Co-...
Laurens County
- 30-18Broad Street Methodist ChurchThis congregation can trace its roots to Zion Church, est. in 1826 in Laurens County. Its founding took place during the...
- 30-15Dials Methodist ChurchThis is one of the oldest Methodist congregations in Laurens County. Its earliest records have been lost, but tradition ...
- 30-21First United Methodist ChurchFirst Methodist Church began as the “Methodist Society of Friends,” a group of 15 men and women who organized in 1819. E...
- 30-20Laurens City CemeteryLaurens City Cemetery began as the Porter family cemetery and the earliest grave is that of two-year old Laura Adelaide ...
- 30-11Martin's StoreThis store, first known as Daniel’s store or the “Beehive,” was built before the Civil War by James Wright Daniel (1814-...
- 30-03Providence Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church [First Marker]The cemetery, located about ½ mile SW, marks the original site of this church, founded Sept. 10, 1836. Buried here is Wi...
- 30-04Providence Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church [Second Marker]This cemetery marks the original site of Providence Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church, founded Sept. 10, 1836. Buri...
- 30-02RosemontAbout 2 ½ miles southwest, a granite monument stands on the site of Rosemont, birthplace and home of Ann Pamela Cunningh...
- 30-09Watts-Todd-Dunklin HouseThe Watts-Todd-Dunklin House, built about 1818, is an excellent example of a Federal-era upcountry farmhouse. According ...
Lee County
- 31-05BishopvilleA trading center and polling place for Upper Salem in old Claremont County in the early 1800's, Bishopville was laid out...
- 31-17Lynchburg Presbyterian Church and CemeteryThis church was organized in 1855 by 21 charter members who met in the nearby Methodist church. This Greek Revival churc...
- 31-16Mt. Zion Presbyterian ChurchThis church was established in 1809. Its first building, a frame church, was built 1.5 mi. N on Broad Branch. The congre...
- 31-03Rev. John Leighton Wilson, D.D. March 25, 1809-July 13, 1886His home stood on this site. With his wife, Jane Bayard Wilson, he served as a Presbyterian missionary on the western co...
- 31-07Rev. Thomas Reese EnglishOne mile east stood the home of T.R. English, Presbyterian minister, statesman, delegate to the Secession Convention. Af...
Lexington County
- 32-53First Baptist Church of GastonThis church was constituted in 1824 as Sandy Run Baptist Church. Its charter members included eleven men and ten women w...
- 32-02Lexington CourthousesOn this site or close by have stood five courthouses of Lexington District or County. In 1820 Barbara Corley deeded land...
- 32-15Mt. Hebron United Methodist ChurchThis congregation, organized ca.1800 in the home of Martin Hook, built its first house of worship at the Half Way Ground...
- 32-33PinareaPinarea, the plantation owned by soldier, statesman, and manufacturer Paul Quattlebaum (1812-1890), was a mile E. Quattl...
- 32-03Saluda FactoryOne mile east on the Saluda River stood a 4-story granite building erected by the Saluda Manufacturing Company, incorpor...
- 32-45Sox Homestead and CemeteryDavid Mathias Sox (1823-1910) once owned approximately 350 acres here, where he lived with his wife, Caroline Spires Sox...
- 32-14St. Andrew's Lutheran ChurchThese four acres were conveyed to St. Andrew's Lutheran Church in 1835, and by November of that year, the congregation h...
- 32-52St. Michael Lutheran ChurchSt. Michael Lutheran Church organized in 1814 with members who came from nearby Zion and Bethel Churches. The desire to ...
- 32-24St. Stephen's ChurchThis Lutheran Church, founded by 1830, and the earliest church in Lexington, dedicated its first-known house of worship ...
- 32-12Tomb of Dr. E. L. HazeliusAt this site is the grave of the Reverend Ernest L. Hazelius, 1777-1853, Lutheran clergyman, Doctor of Divinity, teacher...
Marion County
- 34-20Antioch Baptist ChurchAntioch Baptist Church was organized in 1829. The original membership was composed of 36 members dismissed from Catfish ...
- 34-11Ebenezer ChurchAccording to local tradition three Methodist meeting houses of this area united c. 1835 to form Ebenezer. An early churc...
- 34-05Marion CountyOriginally part of colonial Craven County and Georgetown District of 1769, Marion was created as Liberty County by an Ac...
- 34-07Marion Presbyterian ChurchDavid E. Frierson of Harmony Presbytery first preached here at Marion Courthouse in 1841. The church was organized in Fe...
- 34-09Mullins DepotThe town of Mullins, first known as Mullins Depot, grew up as a result of the opening of the Wilmington and Manchester R...
Marlboro County
- 35-06Albert M. ShippIn Gillespie Cemetery, west of here, is buried Albert M. Shipp, Methodist minister, Professor of History at the Universi...
- 35-19Barnabas Kelet Henegan Home SiteGovernor Henagan (1798-1855), son of Drusilla and Darby Henagan, planter and physician, lived about one mile northwest o...
- 35-01BennettsvilleIn 1819 the court house of Marlborough District was transferred from Carlisle, a village on the Pee Dee River, to this m...
- 35-13Bennettsville Presbyterian ChurchThis church was founded in 1855 by nine members of the Great Pee Dee Presbyterian Church, 5 mi. SE. Rev. Pierpont E. Bis...
- 35-16BlenheimThis community was named for Blenheim Palace in England, home of the Duke of Marlborough, for whom Marlboro County is sa...
- 35-28ClioMcLaurin's Muster Ground, located at this crossroads, became a polling place in 1825. According to local tradition, the ...
- 35-32D.D. McColl House 1826This house, built in 1826 on Darlington St. (now Main St.), was first owned by H.H. Covington. It was sold in 1871 to Du...
- 35-27Early Cotton MillAbout 1836 William T. Ellerbe, John McQueen, and John N. Williams built a cotton mill approximately one mile northwest. ...
- 35-09General John McQueenThis U.S. congressman was born on February 9, 1804, at Queensdale, N.C. After being admitted to the bar in 1828, he esta...
- 35-21Grave of Mason LeeMason Lee (1770-1821), a wealthy Pee Dee planter known for his eccentricities, is buried in old Brownsville graveyard tw...
- 35-40Great Pee Dee Presbyterian ChurchThis church, built in 1834, was organized by Rev. Archibald McQueen and is the oldest church building in Marlboro County...
- 35-23Jennings-Brown HouseIn 1826 Dr. Edward W. Jones bought a lot at S. Marlboro and present E. Main and built this house thereon shortly after. ...
- 35-08John Lyde WilsonNear this site stood Stony Hill, boyhood home of John Lyde Wilson, State Senator and Representative, Governor of South C...
- 35-02Marlborough County Court HouseFour court houses for Marlborough District or County have stood on this square since Apr. 4, 1820, when it was deeded by...
- 35-04Old Female AcademyThe oldest part of this building served as Bennettsville Female Academy 1833-1881. It originally stood opposite First Me...
- 35-10Robert Blair CampbellThis U.S. Congressman and diplomat was born at Woodstock (Argyle) Plantation, 3 ½ miles southwest. He was a Brigadier Ge...
McCormick County
- 33-06BadwellThree miles west is the site of "Badwell," home of James Louis Petigru (1789-1863), leader of opposition to secession in...
- 33-03Bethany ChurchThe first Bethany Meeting House was erected by 1809 on the old Edgefield-Abbeville Stagecoach Road midway between Hard L...
- 33-11Cherry HillThree miles southwest is "Cherry Hill," site of the home of George McDuffie (1790-1851), orator of nullification, member...
- 33-02Willington AcademyTwo miles southwest is the site of this famous classical academy which was established in 1804 by Rev. Moses Waddel, D.D...
Newberry County
- 30-16Belfast PlantationThis Federal plantation house was built between 1786 and 1815 for John Simpson (1751-1815), merchant and planter. Simpso...
- 36-28Colony Lutheran ChurchMembers of St. Luke’s and St. Paul’s Lutheran churches in Prosperity and Pomaria founded this congregation in 1845 as a ...
- 36-17Folk-Holloway HouseThis house, built ca. 1820 for John Adam Folk (1799-1855) is an excellent example of a 19th-century two-story farmhouse....
- 36-27Frederick Nance House-Oak GroveThe Frederick Nance House-Oak Grove, is an early nineteenth-century Classical Revival home, distinct from other early ar...
- 36-01Lutheran Theological Southern SeminaryHere in 1830, in the house of Colonel John Eigleberger, the Evangelical Lutheran Synod of South Carolina and Adjacent St...
- 36-12New Chapel ChurchOnce housing a school for area students, this United Methodist church was located closer to the Saluda River around 1820...
- 36-03Newberry CollegeThis fully accredited Lutheran controlled college was chartered by the General Assembly of South Carolina on December 20...
- 36-04Old Court HouseDesigned by Jacob Graves and built by John Damron, Newberry County's fourth court house was erected in 1852. It replaced...
- 36-15PeakThis town, founded in 1853 as Peak's Station on the Greenville & Columbia Railroad, was named for railroad superintenden...
- 36-10PomariaOriginally named Countsville, this post office was established in 1823. In 1840, it was renamed Pomaria, probably for Wi...
Oconee County
- 37-02St. John's Lutheran ChurchOn November 20, 1853, St. John's was organized by members of the German Colonization Society of Charleston, S.C. who fou...
- 37-10Stumphouse TunnelThe unfinished railroad tunnel cut into the SE face of Stumphouse Mtn. is the largest of three begun before the Civil Wa...
- 37-15The English SchoolWalhalla, in what was Pickens District until Oconee County was created in 1868, was founded by the German Colonization S...
- 04-37Townville Presbyterian ChurchThis church, founded as Nazareth on the Beaverdam Presbyterian Church, was established in 1803. It met in members’ homes...
Orangeburg County
- 38-10Court House SquareThe third court house for Orangeburg County was erected on this site in 1826. It was designed by Robert Mills, who was s...
- 38-22Episcopal Church of the Redeemer and GraveyardAnglicanism was established in Orangeburg Township about 1750. After a period of no recorded activity, efforts were made...
- 38-08EutawvilleSettled in the 1840s on higher ground in the healthy pines of upper St. John's Parish, the town of Eutawville was founde...
- 38-17Holly HillThis community had come into existence by 1848 near the Camden fork of the Old State Road. It was chartered in 1887 in B...
- 38-35Providence Methodist ChurchThis church grew out of services held in the area by circuit riders as early as 1806. Its first church, a log building, ...
- 38-06Santee LimestoneSir Charles Lyell (1797-1875), noted British geologist, visited S.C. in 1842 and described its geology in his Travels in...
- 38-29Santee LimestoneSir Charles Lyell (1797-1875), noted British geologist, visited S.C. in 1842 and described its geology in his Travels in...
- 38-03South Carolina Canal & Rail Road Company Original Track LocationBegan first successful scheduled steam railroad service in America on December 25, 1830, and by 1833 its 136 miles from ...
- 38-32Trinity Lutheran ChurchTrinity Lutheran Church was founded in 1849 by German-Swiss Lutherans who came to Orangeburg District from Charleston. T...
- 38-20Walnut Grove ChurchThis Baptist Church, a branch of Four Holes Baptist Church in present Orangeburg County from 1840 to 1869, was admitted ...
- 38-19Zion ChurchEvidence indicates that it was one of the earliest Methodist churches in the Orangeburg area. The original building, bui...
Pickens County
- 39-32DacusvilleBy the 1820s this section of Pickens District was known as Dacusville. Tradition holds the community was named for Archi...
- 39-02Fort HillHome of/JOHN C. CALHOUN/1825-1850/United States Congressman 1811-1817/Secretary of War 1817-1825/Vice President of the U...
- 39-19Fort Hill Slave QuartersLocated one-eighth mile from the main house, the Fort Hill slave quarters were described in 1849 as being “built of ston...
- 39-18Fort Hill Slave and Convict CemeteryAfrican Americans enslaved at Fort Hill were buried along the hillside below the Calhoun family plot in graves marked on...
- 39-16Hagood MillThis grist mill was rebuilt in 1845 by James Earle Hagood (1826-1904), son of Benjamin Hagood (1788-1865), who had bough...
Richland County
- 40-44Antebellum PlantationsAmong the early Richland County plantations between the Wateree River and Columbia were: DEER POND and KENSINGTON (Singl...
- 40-123Bethel Methodist ChurchThis church was organized in 1835 in what was then rural Richland District. The first sanctuary here, built soon afterwa...
- 40-110Bethlehem Church [Second Marker]Bethlehem Lutheran Church erected its first known building about 350 feet north of here on a 17-acre tract purchased fro...
- 40-72Calhoun StreetNamed Lumber Street by 1793, this street was renamed Calhoun shortly after 1911 for S. C. statesman John C. Calhoun (178...
- 40-11Cemetery of the Columbia Hebrew Benevolent SocietyIn this cemetery, 2 ½ blocks south on Gadsden Street, are buried many distinguished Jewish citizens, including two mayor...
- 40-37Columbia CanalCompleted 1824. Important link in the system of waterways transporting freight between the up country and Charleston. Su...
- 40-38Congaree River BridgesThis river took its name from the Congaree Indians, a Siouan tribe which occupied the valley until the Yemassee War in 1...
- 40-53Court House SquareRichland County's second court house was built in 1803-04 on the northeast corner of Richardson (Main) and Washington St...
- 40-15Debruhl-Marshall HouseA fine example of the classic style in Southern domestic architecture. Built in 1820, probably after a design of Robert ...
- 40-48Early Columbia RacetrackFrom early days horse racing was a favorite sport in Columbia and many famous horses were bred on neighboring plantation...
- 40-39Early Country HomesIn this malaria-free sandhill section were the antebellum summer homes of many Columbians: QUININE HILL (Dr. J. M. Taylo...
- 40-32Early Summer ResortsLightwood Knot Springs, situated about two miles north, a popular summer resort during the first half of the nineteenth ...
- 40-09Ebenezer Lutheran ChurchFirst Lutheran congregation in Columbia. Church dedicated in this square in 1830 was burned by Union troops in 1865. It ...
- 40-26Entrance to the Columbia Hebrew Benevolent SocietyThe society has been in continuous existence since its organization in 1822. It was chartered 1834. Its charities are ad...
- 40-158Fair-Rutherford HouseThe Fair-Rutherford House, a Greek Revival cottage, stood here from ca. 1850 until it was demolished in 2004. Built for ...
- 40-06Former Site of Columbia Theological SeminaryFounded 1828 by Presbyterian Synod of South Carolina and Georgia. Located here 1831. Moved to Decatur, Georgia 1925. Woo...
- 40-31GadsdenNamed in honor of James Gadsden President of the Louisville, Cincinnati and Charleston Railroad. Station built here 1840...
- 40-135George P. Hoffman HouseThis house was built ca. 1855 for George P. Hoffman (1829-1902), a native of N.C. Hoffman ran a nearby sawmill and becam...
- 40-92Gibbes GreenNamed for Maj. Wade Hampton Gibbes (1837-1903) prominent Columbian who owned much of the land to the east, Gibbes Green ...
- 40-99Gladden Home SiteStates-rights advocate Adley Hogan Gladden, who lived here before the Civil War, served Columbia as postmaster 1841-45 a...
- 40-07Hampton-Preston HouseBuilt about 1818 by Ainsley Hall. Purchased 1823 by Wade Hampton, I. Inherited by his daughter, Mrs. John S. Preston, 18...
- 40-169Hopkins [Marker #2]This rural community grew up around the plantation of John Hopkins (1739-1775). Hopkins, a native of Virginia, settled h...
- 40-151Israelite Sunday SchoolThe Israelite Sunday School, the first Jewish religious school in Columbia, met in a building on this site until 1865. I...
- 40-114James H. AdamsGov. of S.C. 1854-56, lived near here in his home named Live Oak, which burned ca. 1910. Adams is buried nearby at St. J...
- 40-129KensingtonThis plantation on the Wateree River features a remarkable Italianate Revival house built in 1852-54. Designed by Charle...
- 40-166KingvilleKingville, a rural community, was established in 1840 as a station on the Louisville, Cincinnati, and Charleston Railroa...
- 40-14Ladson Presbyterian ChurchCongregation originated in the Sabbath School for colored people organized by the First Presbyterian Church 1838, later ...
- 40-126Mann-Simons CottageThis cottage, built before 1850, with alterations and additions throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, was t...
- 40-206McCord HouseThis Greek Revival house was built in 1849 for David and Louisa McCord by slaves from her plantation, Lang Syne, in Fort...
- 40-167MinervavilleMinervaville, between Cabin Branch and Cedar Creek, was an early 19th-century community. Named after the Minerva Academy...
- 40-52Original Site of Columbia CollegeThis land was purchased in 1854 by the South Carolina Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church as the site of Columb...
- 40-137Sandfield Baptist ChurchTwenty-Five Mile Creek Church, a Primitive Baptist congregation, was organized in this area before 1772. It was renamed ...
- 40-138Sandy Level Baptist ChurchTwenty-Five Mile Creek Church, a Primitive Baptist congregation, was organized in this area before 1772. The mother chur...
- 40-08Site of Columbia Male AcademyTrustees appointed by legislature 1792 were incorporated 1795 and served as trustees for male and female academies. Scho...
- 40-33South Carolina Female Collegiate InstituteAt Barhamville, about ½ mi. west of this point, a famous girls' school, founded by Dr. Elias Marks (1790-1886), was loca...
- 40-28South Carolina State HospitalInstitution authorized 1821 by General Assembly, mainly through the work of two members, Samuel Farrow and William Craft...
- 40-34St. Peter's Church and Ursuline ConventFirst church built 1824; present church 1906. In the churchyard is buried John R. Niernsee (1823-85), Major C. S. A.; ar...
- 40-121St. Phillip A.M.E. ChurchThis church, organized by 1835, met first in a brush arbor 1 ½ mi. N., then constructed a sanctuary on this site shortly...
- 40-179State FairgroundsThe S.C. State Fair was founded in 1856 by the State Agricultural Society. The fair was held at the fairgrounds on Elmwo...
Saluda County
- 41-15Good Hope Lutheran ChurchGood Hope Lutheran Church organized in 1839. The church was originally built .5 mile SE of here on a 3-acre site given b...
- 41-11Jones CemeteryThis is the family cemetery of Mathias Jones (1779-1829), planter, merchant, and state representative 1814-17. Jones mov...
- 41-01Pierce M. ButlerSix miles NE, in a family cemetery at Butler Church, is the grave of Colonel Pierce M. Butler, Governor of South Carolin...
- 41-12Ridge Spring CemeteryThis cemetery, dating to the early 19th century, was originally the Watson and Boatwright family cemetery before it was ...
Spartanburg County
- 42-11Calvary ChurchThe Reverend John D. McCullough was the first rector of this Episcopal Church, which was established in 1848. The origin...
- 42-24Central Methodist ChurchOrganized in 1837 as the first congregation of any denomination in Spartanburg, when this site was deeded to nine truste...
- 42-13Evins-Bivings HouseAccording to family tradition, this house was built in 1854 by the Bivings family, local textile pioneers. In 1869, the ...
- 42-07Grave of William WalkerWilliam "Singin' Billy" Walker (1809-1875) was the author of Southern Harmony, a collection of religious music employing...
- 42-44Lanford Family CemeteryLanford Family Cemetery was founded in 1822. The first person buried here was James Lanford (c.1740-1822), a Revolutiona...
- 42-22Mount Zion Baptist Church CemeteryMount Zion Baptist Church, founded as early as 1804 as an affiliated branch of Bethlehem Baptist Church, was formally es...
- 42-37New Prospect Baptist ChurchThe congregation of New Prospect Baptist Church formally organized on June 3, 1820, with a membership of twenty-six. The...
- 42-19Old Rutherford RoadThis old roadbed is the last extant portion of the Rutherford Road, which appears in Robert Mills's 1825 Atlas of the St...
- 42-33The Church of the AdventThe Church of the Advent dates from the 1840s, when Episcopal services were held in Glenn Springs, Limestone Springs, an...
- 42-18Wofford CollegeWofford College, chartered in 1851, was established by a $100,000 bequest from the Rev. Benjamin Wofford of Spartanburg,...
Sumter County
- 43-28Bethel Methodist ChurchEstablished in 1856 by French Huguenot families with the consolidation of Lodebar, Rembert, Clark, and Sardis Methodist ...
- 43-20Clara Louise KelloggClara Louise Kellogg, said to be the first American-trained prima donna, was born near here in 1842. Her family later mo...
- 43-27Elizabeth White HouseThe Elizabeth White House, built about 1854, was for many years the home of Miss White (1893-1976), a Sumter native who ...
- 43-21First Baptist ChurchOrganized in 1813 with 13 members, this branch of Stateburg's High Hills of Santee Baptist Church (founded before 1772) ...
- 43-57First Presbyterian Church SumterFirst Presbyterian Church of Sumter organized in 1823 with five charter members. It was originally part of Harmony Presb...
- 43-22Furman Academy and Theological InstitutionEstablished by the S. C. Baptist Convention in 1825, Furman opened in Edgefield in 1826. Later sites were here at High H...
- 43-45Millford PlantationMillford, 1 mile west, is the finest Greek Revival house in S.C. and one of the finest in America. It was built from 183...
- 43-50Pinewood CemeteryPinewood Cemetery, also known as Weeks Cemetery, began as a family burial ground associated with the plantation owned by...
- 43-24Sumterville AcademyTHIS SCHOOL SITE of one acre was given to trustees in 1837 for use in public education by COL. JOHN BLOUNT MILLER (1782-...
Union County
- 44-12Culp-Beaty HallThis Greek Revival house was built ca. 1857 for Benjamin Dudley Culp (1821-1885) and his wife Cornelia Meng Culp (1830-1...
- 44-11Episcopal Church of the NativityThis parish was established in 1855 with the Rev. John DeWitt McCollough (1822-1902) as its first rector. This Gothic Re...
- 44-13Presbyterian CemeteryThis cemetery, the oldest in Union, was established ca. 1817 and sometimes called the “village cemetery.” In 1818 a Pres...
- 44-02Rose Hill MansionErected in 1828-32 by William Henry Gist (1807-1874), lawyer, planter, legislator, and Secessionist Governor of South Ca...
- 44-18Thomas N. Dawkins HouseThis was the home of Thomas N. Dawkins (1807-1870) and his second wife Mary Poulton Dawkins (1820-1906). Dawkins, a lawy...
- 44-05Union County JailThe S.C. Board of Public Works had at least fourteen public buildings under contract in 1822-23, when Robert Mills, Acti...
Williamsburg County
- 45-05Ebenezer United Methodist ChurchThis church is said to be the oldest Methodist congregation in present Williamsburg County. It was established prior to ...
- 45-20Union Presbyterian ChurchThis church was organized in 1857 by members of Williamsburg Presbyterian Church who lived south of Black River and want...
York County
- 46-56Allison Creek Presbyterian ChurchThis church was founded in 1854 by residents of the Clay Hill community on Allison Creek, who were members of Bethel (17...
- 46-43Black PlantationThis area was once part of the 448.5-acre plantation of Alexander Templeton Black (1798-1875), for whom Church Street wa...
- 46-07Columbia Seminary ChapelThis building was designed by Robert Mills and erected in Columbia, S.C., as the stable and carriage house of the mansio...
- 46-76Crossroads at Nation FordNation Ford was a pre-contact river crossing used by the Catawba Nation and other groups to traverse the Catawba River. ...
- 46-08First Prebyterian ChurchThis church was begun in 1834 as Antioch Chapel of Ebenezer Church under the leadership of Rev. John O. Richards on land...
- 46-17King's Mountain Military Academy Site) Micah Jenkins and Asbury Coward, graduates of The Citadel in Charleston, founded this Yorkville school in 1855. Closed...
- 46-13McConnellsAfter the Kings Mountain Railroad was completed in 1852, the McConnellsville Post Office was established here in 1854. T...
- 46-19McCorkle-Fewell-Long HouseThis two-story frame house with central hall was a typical piedmont farmhouse when built, probably by Stephen McCorkle p...
- 46-85Rock Hill AcademyRock Hill Academy, the first school in the village of Rock Hill, opened in 1855 in a log building near this site. A priv...
- 46-46Rock Hill DepotsThe first of six railroad depots was built here in 1851 on the Charlotte & S.C. RR, after the citizens of Ebenezer objec...
- 46-45Springfield PlantationThis house was built ca. 1806 for planter John Springs III (1782-1853), who served in the S.C. House 1828-34 and was a p...
- 46-90St. John's Methodist ChurchEst. 1856, the Methodist Church in Rock Hill was the town’s first formally organized religious body. Founding leaders in...
- 46-25Town of SmyrnaThis town was named for Smyrna Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church, organized ca. 1842. An academy was established he...
- 46-03Trinity M.E. Church, SouthOrganized 1824 by the Reverends Wm. Gassaway and Jos. Holmes with former as pastor, Trinity is the oldest M.E. Church, S...
- 46-10White HomeAbout 1839, this former plantation house was built by George Pendleton White (1801-1849) and his wife, Ann Hutchison Whi...
- 46-52Yorkville Female InstituteYorkville Female Institute or Yorkville Female College was the first school here, where private schools and then public ...