World War I and the Interwar Period (1913-1941)
262 highway markers.
Abbeville County
Aiken County
- 02-69African Americans in the CCCAiken State Park was one of 17 state parks built in S.C. by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), which was racially se...
- 02-50Aiken Graded SchoolThis park is the site of Aiken Graded School, a two-story brick school built 1924-25. It was built for black pupils in g...
- 02-47Aiken HospitalThe first public hospital in Aiken, at the corner of Richland Ave. and Vaucluse Rd., was built in 1917 for the Aiken Hos...
- 02-51Aiken Preparatory SchoolAiken Preparatory School (APS), founded in 1916 as a boarding school for “junior gentlemen” in grades 4-8, was a fixture...
- 02-57BanksiaBanksia, named for the yellow roses of the same name that grow here, was commissioned in 1931 by Richard Howe – Aiken Wi...
- 02-56CarrsvilleThis African-American community was established in1930 after two floods on the Savannah River washed away most of the to...
- 02-49Leavelle McCampbell SchoolThis Classical Revival school, built by the Graniteville Mill in 1921-22, was designed by noted Augusta architect Willis...
- 02-86Lynching of the Lowman FamilyIn Oct. 1926, Bertha Lowman Cheatham (b.1892) and Damon (b.1902) and Clarence Lowman (b.1911) were taken from the Aiken ...
- 02-78McGhee BlockThis seven-storefront brick building was built in 1920 by African American contractors and cousins William M. McGhee and...
- 02-33North AugustaNorth Augusta, chartered in 1906, includes the site of two early towns. Campbell Town was a trading post on the Savannah...
- 02-68Pickens-Salley HouseThis white frame building, first known as “Edgewood,” was an excellent example of Federal-era architecture. Originally n...
Allendale County
Anderson County
Bamberg County
- 05-07AT&T BuildingThis Georgian Revival building, completed in 1923 at a cost of $300,000, was the third Denmark office of the American Te...
- 40-226Bethel SchoolAs early as 1908, Bethel School, also known as Blythewood Colored School, opened on land tradition says belonged to Beth...
- 05-04Carlisle Military SchoolSC Methodists began an institution on this site in 1892 naming it Carlisle Fitting School, for James H. Carlisle, presid...
- 05-06Voorhees CollegeVoorhees College, founded by Elizabeth Evelyn Wright in 1897 as the Denmark Industrial School, was an effort to emphasiz...
Barnwell County
Beaufort County
- 07-66Blue Channel CorporationIn 1939, the Blue Channel Corporation opened a crab canning factory on this site. Founded by inventor Sterling Harris, t...
- 07-67Carnegie LibraryBuilt in 1917-18, this was one of fourteen libraries constructed in S.C. with funding from the Carnegie Corporation. It ...
- 07-36First Presbyterian ChurchEarly attempts to establish a Presbyterian church in Beaufort, in the 1740s and 1880s, were unsuccessful. The first perm...
- 07-61Mary Field SchoolFollowing Emancipation, education was a priority for African American families on Daufuskie. Adults and children attende...
- 07-35William Simmons HouseThis house, built in 1930, is typical in materials and methods of construction of those built on the S.C. Sea Islands fr...
Berkeley County
- 08-89Berkeley County HospitalAround 1930, Anne Sinkler Fishburne and Dr. Kershaw Fishburne led a campaign by the Berkeley Tuberculosis Association to...
- 08-75Cordesville Rosenwald SchoolCordesville Rosenwald School, the first African American public school in Cordesville, S.C., was built on this site in 1...
- 08-78Keith SchoolThis was the site of a public school for African Americna families in this section of lower Berkeley Co. It was housed i...
- 08-37L. Mendel Rivers HouseLucius Mendel Rivers (1905-1970), lawyer, state representative 1933-36 and U.S. Representative 1940-70, was born in near...
- 08-77Laurel Hill SchoolThis is the last site of Laurel Hill School, which served African American families mainly from the community of Alvin. ...
- 08-82Oakley SchoolThis was the site of a public school for African American residents of the Oakley community, originally known as Oakley ...
- 08-74St. Stephen (White) High SchoolSt. Stephen High School was the first public white H.S. for the town of St. Stephen. The current building was built 1928...
- 08-51St. Stephen Colored SchoolSt. Stephen Colored School, the first public African American school in St. Stephen, was built here in 1924-25. A three-...
- 08-43Varner Town Indian CommunityVarner Town (or Varnertown) is a distinct Native American community including descendants of the Etiwan, Catawba, Cherok...
Calhoun County
- 09-19Fort Motte Rosenwald School SiteThis site was the location of the Fort Motte Rosenwald School, one of two built in Calhoun County between 1924 and 1926....
- 09-10Good Hope PicnicThe Good Hope Picnic, a celebration of the end of the planting season, is the oldest African-American event in the Lone ...
- 09-20St. Matthews C.T.S. SiteSt. Matthews County Training School (C.T.S.), one of two Rosenwald Schools in Calhoun County, was built on this 4-acre s...
- 09-22West End Public LibraryIn 1950, West End Calhoun County Library opened in a rented 4-room building off Clahoun Road to serve Black residents of...
Charleston County
- 10-101"Porgy House"In the 1930s author DuBose Heyward and his wife, playwright Dorothy Heyward, owned a cottage 7 blocks W of this location...
- 10-67Burke High SchoolThis school, founded in 1910, was the first public high school for African-Americans in Charleston. It succeeded the Cha...
- 10-130Charleston Riot of 1919The “Red Summer” of 1919 was a wave of racist attacks on African American communities across the U.S. One of the first o...
- 10-71Hampton Park TerraceHampton Park Terrace, an early 20th-century planned suburb, was laid out in 1912 along Huger Street between Rutledge and...
- 10-98John L. Dart LibraryDart Hall, at Kracke and Bogard Sts., was founded in 1927 by Susan Dart Butler (1888-1959) as the first public library f...
- 10-111Lincoln TheatreIn 1919, the Lincoln Theatre opened at 601 King St. and became Charleston’s lognest operating theater for African Americ...
- 10-47Lincolnville SchoolLincolnville School, the first public school for black students in this community, stood here from 1924 to 1953. Built a...
- 10-142Louie TenementNear this intersection is the site of Louie Tenement, a housing complex that served residents of North Charleston’s Libe...
- 10-113Marine BarracksConstructed in 1910 and designed architect Jules Henri de Sibour, this building served as barracks for members of the Un...
- 10-109Mosquito BeachLocated 1.5 mi. SW of here, Mosquito Beach is a .13-mile strip of land that served African Americans during the Jim Crow...
- 10-115Navy Yard Officers' QuartersIn 2007, nearly 70 acres of the former Charleston Navy Yard (1901) were listed in the National Register of Historic Plac...
- 10-49Pollitzer HouseThis was the home of sisters Carrie (1881-1974), Mabel (1885-1979), and Anita Pollitzer (1894-1975), longtime activists ...
- 10-32Rifle Range RoadA U.S. Navy rifle range was built near here during World War I on the site of an old S.C. National Guard firing range. I...
- 10-140Seashore Farmers' Lodge No. 767In 1912 local Black farmers chartered Lodge No. 767 of the International Liberty Union. Known as the Seashore Farmers’ L...
- 10-116Stevens-Lather HouseBuilt c.1843, this was home to the family of Samuel and Mary Stevens. In 1870, Col. Richard Lathers bought the home and ...
- 10-28Sweetgrass BasketsCoil baskets of native sweetgrass and pine needles sewn with strips of palmetto leaf have been displayed for sale on sta...
- 10-85U.S. Courthouse and Post OfficeThis Renaissance Revival building, opened in 1896, is notable for its association with U.S. District Judge J. Waties War...
- 10-117U.S. Vegetable LaboratoryThe U.S. Southeastern Regional Vegetable Breeding Laboratory was built here in 1936, the first of nine federal agricultu...
- 10-83Union HeightsThis community, subdivided into lots in 1919, was named for the nearby union station of three railroads. It had been par...
Cherokee County
- 11-06Carnegie LibraryThis Classical Revival building, built in 1913-14 and designed by Arthur W. Hamby, was one of 14 public libraries built ...
- 11-07Granard Graded and High SchoolThis is the original location of Granard Graded and High School, also known as Granard Street School. It was built here ...
Chesterfield County
- 13-22Chesterfield Colored SchoolThis was the site of the Chesterfield Colored School, a segregated school built in 1937 to serve African Americans. The ...
- 13-06Dizzy Gillespie BirthplaceJohn Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie was born in a house on this site on Oct. 21, 1917. His family lived here until they moved t...
- 13-19Dr. Duett Thompson Teal HouseThe Dr. Duett Thompson Teal House was built in 1921. It is a large, asymmetrical home with a circular tower at its S.W. ...
- 13-07Seaboard Air Line Railway DepotThis depot, built in 1914, was the second station built by the Seaboard Air Line Railway in McBee. The town, the most su...
Clarendon County
- 14-16Hannah Levi Memorial LibraryThe Hannah Levi Memorial Library, built in 1909-10 grew out of a library fund begun in 1905 by the children of Moses and...
- 14-12Pleasant Grove SchoolBlack institution built soon after school district purchased the land 1933. School closed 1953 with 5 teachers/159 stude...
- 14-15Senn's MillThis complex, featuring a blacksmith shop (ca. 1903), grist mill (ca. 1905), and bottling plant (ca. 1921), was operated...
- 14-21St. Mary Catholic ChurchThis Carpenter Gothic church, dedicated in 1914, is the oldest Catholic church in Clarendon County. Established as a mis...
Colleton County
- 15-17Anderson FieldThis airfield, the first in Colleton County, was built and dedicated in 1933 on 60 acres leased to the town of Walterbor...
- 40-227Palmetto CemeteryPalmetto Cemetery opened in the 1920s as a community burial ground for local African Americans. Sited on former farmland...
- 15-25Ruffin Rosenwald SchoolThis frame building dates to 1928-29 and originally housed a segregated school for Black residents of Ruffin. Its cost w...
- 15-24Walterboro Water TowerThis concrete water tower was built in 1915 as part of a program to improve Walterboro’s water, sewer, and electrical in...
Darlington County
- 16-35Butler SchoolButler School, located on this site since 1921, was the second public school to serve Hartsville's black community and o...
- 16-65Coker's Pedigreed Seed CompanyThis company, incorporated in 1914 by David R. Coker (1870-1938), grew out of his pioneering work breeding plants and de...
- 16-28David Robert CokerKnown world-wide for developing new varieties and for perfecting superior strains of agricultural crops (including cotto...
- 16-92Kelleytown Baptist ChurchKelleytown Baptist Church formally organized in 1923. It was born from a series of tent revivals held at this site by Re...
- 16-33Laurie M. LawsonBirthplace of L. M. Lawson (1873-1943), attorney, farmer, Methodist layman. Served in SC House 1905-10, SC Senate 1911-1...
- 16-57Mont Clare Community CenterThis community center, the first in Darlington County, was built in 1933 by area citizens. The land was donated by E.M. ...
- 16-73Rosenwald Consolidated SchoolThe Julius Rosenwald Consolidated School, built in 1930, was a combined elementary and high school until 1953 and a high...
Dillon County
Dorchester County
- 18-09Alston Graded SchoolAlston Graded School, one of the first African-American schools founded in Dorchester County, stood here from 1910 to 19...
- 18-18Badham HouseThis Neoclassical Revival house, called “one of the finest” in S.C. in 1920, was built in 1912 for Vernon Cosby Badham (...
- 18-24St. George Public High SchoolSt. George High School was built in 1927 on the corner of Raysor and Ridge Sts. In 1936 the school district received a W...
- 18-36St. George Rosenwald SchoolThis wood frame building dates to 1925-26 and was originally a public school for Black residents of St. George and other...
- 18-30Summerville High SchoolThe 2-story brick building SW of here was built in 1924-25 to house Summerville High School (SHS). The school originally...
- 18-35Summerville Water WorksIn 1930 the Summerville Water Works opened at this site. A project of the city Commission of Public Works, it was the ce...
Florence County
- 21-29American Legion Post #1This post, organized in May 1919 and chartered by national headquarters in June 1919, was the first American Legion post...
- 21-51F.H. McLeod HouseThe brick house at the corner of Palmetto St. and Dargan St. was built c.1919 as the home of Dr. Frank Hilton McLeod (18...
- 21-53Florence High SchoolThis three-story building was constructed in 1921 to house Florence High School. A fireproof facility, it was designed b...
- 21-58Green's Funeral HomeThis is the original site of Green’s Funeral Home, a prominent African American-owned business in mid-20th century Lake ...
- 21-45Historic Downtown African American Business DistrictThe 200 and 300 blocks of N. Dargan St. were once the center of a thriving African American business district in Florenc...
- 21-61Masonic HallThis two-story wood frame building dates to c.1924 and was originally a meeting hall for several African American masoni...
- 21-14Mt. Zion Rosenwald SchoolThis school, built in 1925, was the first public school for African American students in the Mars Bluff community. One o...
- 21-63Palmetto SchoolBy the 1910s this was the site of Palmetto School, a public school for African Americans. It was housed in a wooden buil...
- 21-42Palmetto State Bank RobberyConstructed in 1907, this building originally housed Farmers and Merchants Bank. In 1934 the newly formed Palmetto State...
- 21-57St. Beulah Missionary Baptist ChurchSt. Beulah Missionary Baptist Church likely organized in the late 19th century. They acquired this site from the Jeffrie...
- 21-21William H. Johnson BirthplaceWilliam Henry Johnson (1901-1970), one of the most important African-American artists of the 20th century, was born near...
Georgetown County
- 22-71Belin Memorial United Methodist ChurchBelin Memorial United Methodist Church (U.M.C.) organized in 1925. The first church building was a frame chapel previous...
- 22-72Florence Williams HospitalThis is the site of the Florence Williams Hospital, opened by its namesake in 1926. Florence Williams (1887-1967) was an...
- 22-49Kaminski HouseThis house, probably built between 1750 and 1800, was for many years the home of Harold Kaminski (1886-1951), Georgetown...
Greenville County
- 23-86Berea SchoolThe first Berea School built at this location opened in 1916. It was a two-story building with an auditorium on the seco...
- 23-02Camp SevierThis camp, named in honor of John Sevier, Lieutenant Colonel, N. C. Militia, 1777, Col., 1781, Brig. Gen., U. S. P. A., ...
- 23-102Chapman Grove SchoolThis was the site of Chapman Grove School, est. 1921 by J.H. “Prof.” Chapman and other Black residents of lower Greenvil...
- 23-51City HospitalCity Hospital, founded here in 1912 and later renamed Greenville General Hospital, occupied most of the block bounded by...
- 23-74Claussen's BakeryThis two-story trapezoidal plan industrial building is one of two surviving Claussen's bakeries in S.C. Built in 1930, t...
- 23-77Congregation Beth IsraelAround 1910 a group of Jewish families began to meet for Orthodox services in their homes and rented halls around Greenv...
- 23-52Dunean MillDunean Mill, chartered in 1911 and opened in 1912, was one of several textile mills owned by Capt. Ellison Adger Smyth (...
- 23-63Dunean SchoolDunean School, later Dunean Elementary, opened in 1928 with J.H. Anderson as its first principal. Located at the corner ...
- 23-45Fountain Inn Rosenwald SchoolThe Fountain Inn Rosenwald School, also known as the Fountain Inn Colored School, was a complex of several buildings bui...
- 23-67Greenville High SchoolThe cornerstone for this building, the third to house Greenville High School, was laid July 27, 1937 and it was first op...
- 23-99John Street SchoolIn 1921, John Street School for local white children opened at this site. The six-room, one-story brick building fronted...
- 23-83National HighwayThe Bankhead National Hwy. Association was formed in 1916 with the goal of creating a transcontinental highway that woul...
- 23-100Oscar Street SchoolOscar Street School for African Americans opened at this site in 1930. The one-story, brick-veneer school cost $16,500 a...
- 23-40Pepper SchoolPepper School, established in 1914-15, was built on land donated “for the children of my community” by William A. Pepper...
- 23-90Post 3 American LegionIn 1919, fifteen World War I veterans from Greenville established Post 3 of The American Legion. This was the Post’s fir...
- 23-37Sans SouciThis early twentieth century suburb takes its name from Sans Souci, the nearby house and estate of Gov. Benjamin F. Perr...
- 23-66Simpsonville Elementary School) This school was built in 1939 with local funds and with federal funds from the Public Works Administration and the Wor...
- 23-71Simpsonville Methodist ChurchSimpsonville UMC was organized in April 1916 as Simpsonville Methodist Episcopal Church, South. The congregation origina...
- 23-93Southern Bleachery Mill VillageThis is one of more than fifty houses built in 1923-24 for employees of Southern Bleachery, a textile processing plant o...
- 23-31Textile HallTextile Hall, built in 1917 to host the annual Southern Textile Exposition, stood on this side until 1992. The first exp...
- 23-27Working Benevolent Society HospitalThe Working Benevolent Society Hospital, first known as St. Luke Colored Hospital, was a two-story frame building standi...
Greenwood County
- 24-23Bradley CCC Camp F-7Bradley Civilian Conservation Corps Camp F-7, opened in Nov. 1934, was the first CCC Camp on the Long Cane Ranger Distri...
- 24-21Ninety Six Colored SchoolThe Ninety Six Colored School, built nearby between 1927 and 1932, was a combined elementary and high school through the...
- 24-20Southern Railway DepotThis depot, built for the Southern Railway in 1915, is an outstanding example of an early-20th century combination passe...
- 24-22Ware Shoals SchoolThis school, built in 1926 as Ware Shoals School, was a grammar and high school until 1991 and has been a high school si...
Hampton County
- 25-24Davis Swimming Pool and AirstripBuilt by Wilbur Davis on an artesian well in 1916, this private swimming pool was a popular picnic and party venue for G...
- 25-21Gifford Rosenwald SchoolGifford Rosenwald School, sometimes called Gifford Colored School, was built here in 1920-21. It was one of 500 rural sc...
- 25-06Hampton Colored SchoolConstructed for black students, this elementary school was built shortly after Hampton County School District purchased ...
- 25-30Macedonia SchoolThis is the site of Macedonia School, an African American public school founded by Macedonia Baptist Church. The congreg...
Horry County
- 26-30Charlie's PlaceCharlie and Sarah Fitzgerald opened Charlie’s Place as a supper club in 1937. It was a stop on the “Chitlin’ Circuit,” n...
- 26-24Conway High SchoolConway High School was located here from 1929 to 1979. A two-story brick Classical Revival building, its cornerstone was...
- 26-20Loris Training SchoolLoris Training School, which stood here from 1928 to 1955, was the first school for black students in Loris and other ne...
- 26-17Myrtle Beach Colored SchoolMyrtle Beach Colored School stood here from the early 1930s to 2001. The first public school for African-American studen...
- 26-22Myrtle Beach PavilionsA succession of four beach pavilions stood here or nearby from 1902 to 2006, all built by the Burroughs & Chapin Co. or ...
- 26-15St. James Rosenwald SchoolSt. James Rosenwald School, which stood here from the late 1920s until the early 1970s, was one of several African-Ameri...
- 26-09True Vine Missionary Baptist ChurchThis church was organized in 1894 by founders Antey Graham, Beney Graham, Samuel Graham, Will Hill, and Ben Wilson, and ...
Jasper County
Kershaw County
- 28-08Baruch HomeOn this site stood the birthplace and boyhood home of Bernard M. Baruch (1870-1965), financier, philanthropist, and advi...
- 28-09Midway High SchoolMidway School, established on this site in 1923 with grades 1-11, served Cassatt and other rural areas in Kershaw County...
- 28-22Pine Grove PlantationThis site was part of Pine Grove Plantation, owned in the early 20th century by Lemuel Whitaker “Whit” Boykin (1861-1932...
- 28-20Red Hill SchoolThis frame building was constructed in 1927-28 to house a school for African American families of Red Hill and surroundi...
Lancaster County
- 29-31Ashe's FerryA ferry nearby crossed the Catawba River between Lancaster County and York County for more than 30 years and was the las...
- 29-24Kershaw's First LibraryThis building, originally just south of Kershaw on what is now U.S. Hwy. 521, was built in 1900 for Capt. James V. Welsh...
- 29-06Lancaster Normal and Industrial InstituteLocated on this site, Lancaster Normal and Industrial Institute for black students was incorporated in 1905; M. D. Lee w...
- 29-25Welsh's StationWelsh’s Station, a depot on the Charleston, Cincinnati, & Chicago Railroad built in 1888, stood at or near this site. Th...
Laurens County
- 30-10Laurens County Training SchoolThe Laurens County Training School, located here 1924-1954, had its origins in Gray Court School, a one-room school foun...
- 30-05Young's SchoolHere at Young's School in 1915 Dr. Wil Lou Gray (1883-1984) initiated for her native county of Laurens a seven-school pr...
Lee County
- 31-08Ellison Durant Smith August 1, 1864-November 17, 1944Known nationally as "Cotton Ed" and active in 1905 in forming the Southern Cotton Association, Ellison DuRant Smith was ...
- 31-15Hall's MillA water-powered grist mill stood here as early as 1824, on land owned by William W. Hall, who had acquired the property ...
- 31-09Thomas Gordon McleodThis house is the birthplace of Thomas Gordon McLeod (Dec. 17, 1868-Dec. 11, 1932). He was the first State Senator from ...
Lexington County
- 32-54Batesburg Colored SchoolThis is the site of Batesburg Colored School, built c.1922 with support from the Julius Rosenwald Foundation. The Colore...
- 32-25Camp MooreThe military began this post, also known as Camp Styx, in 1913 as a National Guard training center. The post sent men to...
- 32-49Lexington Graded and High SchoolLexington Graded and High School opened at this site in 1912. The two-story brick building was designed by architect L.D...
- 32-56Lexington Rosenwald High SchoolThis is the site of one of four Lexington Co. schools built with support from the Julius Rosenwald Foundation. The five-...
- 32-44Old Batesburg-Leesville High SchoolIn 1921, the old Batesburg-Leesville High School, the first joint project undertaken by the two separate towns, opened a...
- 32-34Site of the "Swamp Rabbit" BridgeA concrete highway bridge, built in 1928-29 when U.S. Highway 1 was paved through Batesburg, stood here until 2003. The ...
Marion County
- 34-24Bethel-Britton's Neck SchoolAlong the nearby stretch of Gresham Road is the site of Bethel or Britton’s Neck School for African Americans. In 1902-2...
- 34-22Camp Victor BlueThis was the site of a Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) camp that opened in June 1933. Created the same year, the CCC w...
- 34-17Centenary Rosenwald SchoolCentenary Rosenwald School was built here in 1924-25. It was one of 500 rural schools in S.C. for blacks, constructed wi...
- 34-19St. James A.M.E. ChurchThe congregation of St. James A.M.E. Church first worshipped under a bush arbor in the vicinity of what is now Ariel Cro...
Marlboro County
- 35-33Clio Passenger DepotThis depot was built in 1915 by the Atlantic Coast Line Railway. The first railroad line in Clio was a branch of the Flo...
- 35-11Daniel Calhoun Roper (1867-1943)This cabinet member and diplomat was born two miles south of here. He graduated from Trinity College in 1888 and later b...
- 35-39Marlboro Training High SchoolThis school, built in 1928 and founded by the Marlboro Educational Society, was the first high school for black students...
- 35-48New Hill Baptist ChurchOrganized by 1919, this Freewill Baptist congregation first met at a wooded 6.5-acre site approx. ½ mi. north where they...
- 35-42Playhouse TheaterBuilt in 1917 as an opera house and theater, “The Playhouse” was considered among the finest theaters in the Pee Dee. It...
- 35-44Workers Enterprise BankChartered in 1919, the Workers Enterprise Bank was the first Black-owned bank in Bennettsville and one of the only such ...
Newberry County
Oconee County
- 37-07Oconee County Training SchoolOconee County Training School, which educated the African American children of this county from 1925 to 1955, was the su...
- 37-20Retreat Rosenwald SchoolThis school, often called Retreat Colored School, was built in 1923 for the African-American students in and near Westmi...
- 37-19Tamassee Dar SchoolTamassee DAR School, founded by the S.C. Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) in 1919, was establis...
- 37-26The Lynching of Allen GreenIn 1930, over 100 white men and boys broke into Oconee County Jail to lynch Allen Green, a prominent local African Ameri...
- 37-18West Union Grammar SchoolWest Union Graded School, also known as West Union Grammar School or West Union Elementary School, was built here in 192...
Orangeburg County
- 38-02Albergotti PlaygroundNamed in honor of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Albergotti, Sr., For Their Sustaining Interest in Public Recreation for Children. T...
- 38-34Bowman Rosenwald SchoolBowman Rosenwald School, which stood here from 1927 to 1952, was one of several African-American schools in Orangeburg C...
- 38-54Bull Swamp Colored SchoolIn 1936 the 3-room Bull Swamp Colored School was built near Bull Swamp Baptist Church. The building cost $3,000 and was ...
- 38-40Felton Training School & TeacherageFelton Training School was completed in 1925 and was financed in part by the Rosenwald Fund (1917-1948). It was a four-t...
- 38-31Great Branch School and TeacherageThe Great Branch School, which stood here from 1918 to the early 1960s, was one of the first Rosenwald schools in S.C. A...
- 38-39Holly Hill Rosenwald SchoolThe Holly Hill Rosenwald School once stood near this location. Built 1926-27, the Holly Hill School was the third school...
- 38-56Orangeburg County Training SchoolIn 1924, Elloree School District bought 4 acres at this site from Black farmer Robert L. Williams to build Orangeburg Co...
- 38-46Pewilburwhitcade New Farmers CampIn 1935, the S.C. chapter of New Farmers of America (N.F.A.), a vocational agriculture association for African American ...
- 38-37Rocky Swamp Rosenwald SchoolThis is the site of Rocky Swamp Rosenwald School, a frame three-room school built here in 1920-21 for African-American s...
- 38-44Wilkinson High SchoolIn 1938, Orangeburg’s first black high school opened in this building, constructed by the Works Progress Administration....
Pickens County
- 39-06Asbury F. Lever (1875-1940)Asbury Francis Lever served in Congress, 1901-1919. On May 8, 1914, the Smith-Lever Act, introduced in the U.S. House of...
- 39-29Central Colored SchoolThis frame building was constructed c.1925 as a school for African American residents of Central. Known as Central Color...
Richland County
- 40-5530th Inf DivisionAfter a brilliant combat record in World War I and 14 years of dedicated National Guard service, the "Old Hickory" Divis...
- 40-8581st Inf DivisionThe 81st was organized at Camp Jackson, Aug. 25, 1917, where the training area included Wildcat Creek. Soon dubbed the W...
- 40-221Allen Benedict CourtIn 1940, a segregated public housing complex for African Americans opened at this site. Named after nearby Allen Univers...
- 40-193Beth Shalow SynagogueIn 1905 disagreements over religious practices divided members of Columbia’s Tree of Life Synagogue. Jews embracing Orth...
- 40-210Blythewood SchoolThe first school here built c.1890 was a one-room frame building. In 1921 a two-story brick schoolhouse and auditorium r...
- 40-164Booker T. Washington SchoolThe two-story main building at Booker T. Washington School, built in 1916, stood here until 1975. At first an elementary...
- 40-132Cain-Matthews-Tompkins HouseThis house, built ca. 1910 for Columbia businessman John Jefferson Cain (1869-1929), was designed by William Augustus Ed...
- 40-47Camp JacksonNamed in honor of Gen. Andrew Jackson. This cantonment site 1 ½ mi. north was approved by the War Dept. June 2, 1917. Ma...
- 40-86Columbia Bible CollegeColumbia Bible School classes began in 1923 in the towered building which once stood on this site (originally as Columbi...
- 40-139Columbia Bible College, 1937-1960In 1937 Columbia Bible College (now Columbia International University) acquired the Ainsley Hall House, designed by Robe...
- 40-225Columbia Truck TerminalThis was the site of the Columbia Truck Terminal, a truck stop opened in 1940 by M.D. Hicklin, W.T. Cassels Sr., and C.L...
- 40-173Curtiss-Wright HangarThis hangar, built in 1929 by the Curtiss-Wright Flying Service, was the first building at Owens Field, a municipal airp...
- 40-198Dentsville SchoolDentsville Consolidated School opened at this site in 1926. The brick building was the first school in the newly created...
- 40-205Gonzales GardensOpened in September 1940, Gonzales Gardens was named for N.G., Ambrose, and William Gonzales, founders of The State news...
- 40-130Jefferson HotelThe Jefferson Hotel, designed and built by Columbia entrepreneur and contractor John Jefferson Cain (1869-1929), stood h...
- 40-136Killian SchoolThis one-room primary school, built about 1925, stood about 1 mi. E, at the intersection of Killian and Longtown Roads, ...
- 40-218Manigault's Funeral HomeThis was the original site of Manigault-Gaten-Williams Funeral Home, est. 1923 and later run by the family of co-founder...
- 40-155Matilda A. Evans HouseDr. Matilda A. Evans (1872-1935), an African American physician, as well as a public health and civil rights advocate, l...
- 40-163Monteith SchoolThis African-American school, built nearby before 1900, was originally New Hope School, a white school affiliated with U...
- 40-161Nathaniel J. Frederick HouseNathaniel J. Frederick (1877-1938), educator, lawyer, newspaper editor, and civil rights activist, lived here from 1904 ...
- 40-153North Carolina Mutual BuildingThe North Carolina Mutual Building was built in 1909 by the N.C. Mutual and Provident Association, a black-owned life in...
- 40-94Paul R. RedfernBorn in 1902, Paul Redfern at an early age showed a marked mechanical aptitude and excitement for aviation. Shortly afte...
- 40-172Pine Grove Rosenwald SchoolThis school, built in 1923 at a cost of $2,500, is one of 500 African-American schools in S.C. funded in part by the Jul...
- 40-128R.L. Bryan Co. WarehouseThis warehouse was built in 1913 as the schoolbook depository for the R.L. Bryan Company. The company, founded in 1844 b...
- 40-176Redfern FieldThis is the site of Redfern Field, established in 1923 as the first commercial airfield in Columbia. Paul Rinaldo Redfer...
- 40-160Richard Samuel Roberts HouseRichard Samuel Roberts (1880-1936), a photographer who documented individuals, families, and institutions in Columbia’s ...
- 40-113Richlex School SiteJulius Rosenwald, Chicago philanthropist and president of Sears, Roebuck & Co., (1910-1925), helped fund this black scho...
- 40-234Ridgewood Baptist ChurchRidgewood Baptist Church organized in 1925. Members initially worshipped in the yard of Robert and Lillie Knightner’s fa...
- 40-171Robert Weston Mance HouseThe Robert Weston Mance House, built in 1903, stood here at the corner of Pine and Hampton Streets until 2008. A two-sto...
- 40-187S.C. Confederate Soldiers' HomeThe Confederate Infirmary opened here in 1909. S.C. was the last southern state to create a residence for indigent Civil...
- 40-203S.C. Education AssociationFormally organized in 1881 as the S.C. Association of Teachers, the S.C. Education Association established its first per...
- 40-194Shandon Presbyterian ChurchShandon Presbyterian Church began as Shandon Mission, which first met in Oct. 1913. By 1915, the Church had acquired tit...
- 40-97Site of Columbia High SchoolDescribed as "Collegiate Italian Renaissance" in style, this school was designed by J. Carroll Johnson, of Urquhart and ...
- 40-231South Carolina SanatoriumAt this site in 1915 the state Board of Health opened a tuberculosis hospital known as the South Carolina Sanatorium. Th...
- 40-101The Big AppleOriginally built 1907-1910 as the House of Peace Synagogue and located 100 yards south, this building was sold in 1936 a...
- 40-202Town TheatreThe Town Theatre was founded in 1919 by public-spirited Columbians who yearned for a community theatre. Daniel A. Reed, ...
- 40-180Victory Savings BankVictory Savings Bank, founded in 1921, was the first, and for many years the only, black-owned bank in S.C. It was chart...
- 40-157WaverlyWaverly has been one of Columbia’s most significant black communities since the 1930s. The city’s first residential subu...
- 40-217Woman's Club of ColumbiaThe Woman’s Club of Columbia was founded in 1925 as a civic and social club for local women. In 1941, their first perman...
Saluda County
Spartanburg County
- 42-2515th N.Y. InfantryThe 15th N.Y. Infantry, a volunteer National Guard unit of African American soldiers, arrived here Oct. 10, 1917, to tra...
- 42-05Camp WadsworthThis camp, named in honor of Brigadier General James Samuel Wadsworth, U.S.V., was approved June 1917 as a cantonment si...
- 42-06First Erosion Control Work in the SoutheastOn Dec. 18, 1933, work began on the J. L. Berry Gully, 1.5 miles S.E., as part of the South Tyger River Erosion Control ...
- 42-12Hampton Heights Historic DistrictLocated one block west, this historic district was entered in the National Register of Historic Places in 1983 because o...
- 42-34Montgomery BuildingThe Montgomery Building was completed in 1924. The 10-story Chicago skeletal frame construction skyscraper was designed ...
- 42-38Spartanburg General HospitalAuthorized in 1917 by the state and opened in 1921 by the county, Spartanburg General Hospital (SGH) was housed in this ...
- 42-42Trinity ChurchIn 1922 residents of the Converse Heights neighborhood held a series of meetings to discuss forming a new Methodist chur...
Sumter County
- 43-41Beulah SchoolThis two-room African-American school was likely built between 1922 and 1930 for students in grades 1-7. It had 50-100 s...
- 43-61Dalzell SchoolThis was the site of Dalzell School, a legally white but segregated public school for the “Sumter Turks,” a dark-skinned...
- 43-47Lincoln High SchoolLincoln High School can trace its origins to the establishment of “Lincoln School,” which was built as the first public ...
- 43-60Palmer Funeral HomePalmer Funeral Home opened at this site in 1933. It was founded by Edmund Perry Palmer Sr., who in 1925 graduated from N...
Union County
- 44-19Poplar Grove SchoolPoplar Grove School opened in 1927 as a four-classroom school for African American students in Union Co. An extra classr...
- 44-08Sims High SchoolSims High School stood here from 1927 until the early 1970s and was the first black high school in Union County. It was ...
- 44-10Union Community HospitalUnion Community Hospital served the black community of Union County and nearby areas from 1932 to 1975. Built as a house...
Williamsburg County
- 45-13Burrow's Service StationThis significant cultural and architectural example of a 20th-century country store was built in 1937 by Theron Burrows ...
- 45-30St. John SchoolThis was the site of St. John School, a public school for African American children of the Moore’s Crossroads area. It w...
- 45-26Tomlinson SchoolFormerly enslaved African Americans built the first Tomlinson School in 1866. Overseen by the Freedmen’s Bureau, it was ...
- 45-29Union SchoolThis is the site of Union School, a public school that served African Americans mostly from the Salters and Lane communi...
- 45-21Williamsburg High SchoolThe brick school built here in 1935 consolidated ten rural districts between the Santee and Black Rivers into a single d...
York County
- 46-36Andrew Jackson HotelThe Andrew Jackson Hotel, built in 1926, was funded with more than $250,000 raised by citizens of Rock Hill. Designed by...
- 46-51Barnett Brothers Circus, 1929-1945This site was the winter quarters of the Barnett Brothers Circus, briefly known as the Wallace Brothers Circus, from 192...
- 46-70Boyd Hill SchoolA new school for African American residents of the Boyd Hill community was built here in 1925 on a 4-acre lot. Designed ...
- 46-69Carroll Rosenwald SchoolBuilt 1929-30 for $4520, this was originally the Carroll School for African American residents of the nearby Ogden commu...
- 46-75Crawford SchoolCrawford School for African American residents of the Ogden community was built here in 1926-27. The school cost $3,800 ...
- 46-79Durkee Training InstituteDurkee Training Institute, an African American vocational school, opened in 1932 on Crawford Rd. and moved to this site ...
- 46-27Emmett Scott SchoolThis school, founded in 1920, was the first public school for blacks in Rock Hill. Named for Emmett J. Scott (1873-1957)...
- 46-68George Fish SchoolThis was the site of Fort Mill’s longest operating school dedicated to African Americans. Built on a 4-acre parcel acqui...
- 46-44Hickory Grove SchoolsHickory Grove School, a two-story brick building constructed in 1916 on Peachtree St., was built for grades 1-11. In 192...
- 46-88Jefferson High SchoolJefferson High School was built at this site c.1924. It was funded with support from the Julius Rosenwald Foundation and...
- 46-71Liberty Hill SchoolLiberty Hill School was built in 1924-25 to serve African American residents of the Catawba area. Its $3,200 cost was pa...
- 46-77Lincoln Memorial CemeteryLocal African Americans conducted burials at this graveyard as early as the 1910s. In 1932, a group chartered as the Lin...
- 46-73Sadler StoreThis brick-veneered, wood frame building was built in 1927 as a country store opened by William Sadler (1865-1930). An A...
- 46-39St. Anne's Parochial SchoolSt. Anne’s Church, the first Catholic church in York County, was founded in 1919 by the Rev. William A. Tobin of Columbi...
- 46-74St. James Rosenwald SchoolThis was one of twenty African American schools built in York County in the early 20th c. with support from the Julius R...
- 46-35The CCC in York CountyOne of the most successful of Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal programs was the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), creat...
- 46-42U.S. Post Office and CourthouseThis building was described as “handsome in every respect” when it opened in 1932. It replaced a 1906 post office and ho...
- 46-66Wright Funeral HomeIsaac “Bub” Wright Jr. was a master craftsman who began making caskets in the early 1900s. In 1914 he began Wright Funer...