New South (1877-1913)
352 highway markers.
Abbeville County
Aiken County
- 02-55Adath Yeshurun SynagogueAiken’s permanent Jewish community dates to 1890, when immigrants from Eastern Europe, many of them from Knyszyn, Poland...
- 02-16Aiken InstituteThe Aiken Institute, which gave this area the name of "Institute Hill," was chartered in 1888. The main building, design...
- 02-60Aiken Railroad DepotThe Aiken Railroad Depot was constructed in 1899 by the Southern Railway. Built largely to service the wealthy travelers...
- 02-66Aiken's Jewish MerchantsSustained Jewish settlement in Aiken dates to the 1890s. By 1920, a concentration of Jewish-owned businesses had opened ...
- 02-65Gaston Livery StableThe turn-of-the-century barn to the south is a notable example of eclectic Victorian, brick, U-shaped barn design and co...
- 02-17Hampton Terrace HotelThe Hampton Terrace Hotel, an exclusive winter resort, stood atop this hill from 1903 to 1916. The $536,000, 5-story hot...
- 02-31Hitchcock WoodsHitchcock Woods, one of the largest urban forests in the United States, is an area consolidated between 1891 and 1898 by...
- 02-84HopelandsHopelands was the 14-acre winter estate of C. Oliver (1854-1932) and Hope Goddard Iselin (1868-1970). They acquired the ...
- 02-28Jacksonville SchoolJacksonville School, built by the Jacksonville Lodge in 1895, taught the black children of this community until 1936. Gr...
- 02-05James U. Jackson Memorial BridgeThe first North Augusta bridge was built in 1891 by James U. Jackson. The present bridge, built in 1939, was formally de...
- 02-72Lookaway HallA fine local example of the Beaux Arts style, Lookaway Hall was built in c.1900 for Walter Mixer Jackson. The white-colu...
- 02-20Marie Cromer Seigler HouseThis house was for many years the home of Marie Cromer Seigler (1882-1964), educator and national pioneer in agricultura...
- 02-25Millbrook Baptist ChurchThis church, formally organized in 1884, had its origins in a Sunday school class organized in 1874. With 16 charter mem...
- 02-81North Augusta Trolley StationThis was the site of the North Augusta station of the Augusta-Aiken Railway, a trolley line that opened in 1902. It was ...
- 02-83Palmetto LodgeIn 1903 a clubhouse was built on this site to serve guests of the newly opened Hampton Terrace Hotel. N.Y. lawyer John W...
- 02-74Polo in AikenPolo was first played in the U.S. in 1876. In 1882, the first polo match in S.C. took place in Aiken. The sport’s introd...
- 02-85Rye PatchIn 1897, William R. Travers Jr. (1861-1905) of N.Y. acquired this 10-acre site for a winter estate named Rye Patch. He h...
- 02-76St. Catherine C.M.E. ChurchIn 1890, this became the site of St. Catherine Colored Methodist Episcoapl (C.M.E.) Church. Tradition maintains that the...
- 02-38The Augusta and Aiken RailwayThe Augusta and Aiken Railway, a 26-mile interurban electric trolley line between Augusta, Ga., and Aiken, operated from...
- 02-43WagenerWagener, established after the Blackville, Alston, & Newberry RR built its line from Blackville to Seivern in 1887-88, w...
- 02-39Whitney ParkThis park, laid out in 1904-05, was named for William Collins Whitney (1841-1904). Whitney, a lawyer, Secretary of the N...
- 02-63Zion Hill Missionary Baptist ChurchThe congregation of Zion Hill Missionary Baptist Church originated c.1894, when tradition holds that members began worsh...
Allendale County
- 03-20Doe Pond Baptist ChurchTradition holds that Doe Pond Baptist Church was organized by formerly enslaved people in the years after the Civil War....
- 03-11FairfaxFairfax, chartered in 1893 and incorporated in 1896, grew out of an early community centered around Owens’ Crossroads, w...
- 03-13Speedwell Methodist ChurchThis church, founded in 1885, was named Speedwell for a stagecoach stop and the first post office in the vicinity, now M...
Anderson County
- 04-25Anderson "The Electric City"Anderson was dubbed "The Electric City" in 1895 when William C. Whitner, an engineer and native of Anderson, built a hyd...
- 04-18Anderson MillsFounded in 1888, Anderson Cotton Mills, later a division of Abney Mills, was the first textile plant established in the ...
- 04-27Carnegie LibraryHonea Path is the smallest town of the fourteen South Carolina communities with libraries funded by the Andrew Carnegie ...
- 04-02High Shoals2.9 miles south on Rocky River. Anderson Water, Light & Power Co., organized in 1894 by William C. Whitner, was successf...
- 04-46Latimer Memorial Methodist ChurchEst. in 1876, the Belton Methodist Episcopal Church, South, was chartered with 44 members, including the Harris, Smith, ...
- 04-26Oliver Bolt's Cotton GinThe first cotton gin to be powered by electricity transmitted over a long distance stood near this site on the farm of O...
- 04-43Pelzer SchoolsThe first Pelzer Mills School, built in 1881, was a two-story frame building. The school was described as having “the ai...
- 04-01Portman Shoals [First Marker]Half mile West on Seneca River the Portman Shoals Power Plant, built by William C. Whitner, began in 1897 the transmissi...
- 04-21Richard W. SimpsonBorn in 1840, Colonel Simpson, lawyer, farmer, and legislator, drafted and executed Thomas Green Clemson's will, establi...
- 04-49Rock Mills Undenominational Singing ConventionMt. Sinai Methodist Church (1/2 mi. S) was the home church of the Rock Mills Undenominational Singing Convention, later ...
- 04-52Taylor Brothers HomesiteThe four Taylor brothers, “first family” of the Negro Leagues, were acclaimed baseball professionals raised in Varennes ...
- 04-47White Plains SchoolPreviously housed in a log cabin ½ mi. E, White Plains School moved to this site by 1890. At least sixty pupils attended...
- 04-16Williamston Female CollegeThis college was founded Feb. 12, 1872, by the Reverend Samuel Lander, DD, Methodist minister. The college building stoo...
Bamberg County
- 05-18Bambery County CourthouseBamberg County, named for Gen. Francis Marion Bamberg, was formed in 1897. One of the first projects undertaken was the ...
- 05-16Denmark High SchoolDenmark High School is the second school located at this spot. The first Denmark School, designed by Charles Coker Wilso...
- 05-17Denmark Industrial SchoolThe Denmark Industrial School was started by Elizabeth Evelyn Wright after she made attempts to start a school for black...
Barnwell County
- 06-18Bank of BarnwellThis building, constructed in 1887 as the Bank of Barnwell, was home to a succession of banks for 116 years. The bank oc...
- 06-12Barnwell County CourthouseThe county courthouse was on this site from 1871 to 1874. In 1869 Republican state senator Charles P. Leslie, a native o...
- 06-02Ellenton Agricultural ClubEstablished March 24, 1894, this agricultural club was organized to promote the welfare and interests of the Ellenton fa...
- 06-14HildaHilda, in the “Sleytown” section of Barnwell County, was chartered in 1910. It grew up around a depot built here in 1903...
Beaufort County
- 07-21Beaufort Female Benevolent SocietyThe Society, founded in 1814 to educate and provide relief for destitute children, built this house in 1895 and leased i...
- 07-52Berean ChurchBerean Presbyterian Church was founded by Samuel J. Bampfield, an influential African American political figure during R...
- 07-44Beth Israel SynagogueBeth Israel (House of Israel) Congregation was founded and chartered in 1905. Beaufort’s Jewish community dates before t...
- 07-71Carteret Street Methodist ChurchMethodism in Beaufort Co. dates to the 1730s when denomination founder Rev. John Wesley visited the area. Methodist prea...
- 07-37First African Baptist ChurchThis church, organized in 1862, was first located in the town of Mitchelville, a freedmen's village established on Hilto...
- 07-38Fort FremontThese batteries, built by the U.S. Army in 1898 in response to the Spanish-American War, were part of Fort Fremont, whic...
- 07-41Grand Army of the Republic HallThis building was built ca. 1896 by the David Hunter Post No. 9, Grand Army of the Republic (G.A.R.). The G.A.R., founde...
- 07-68Great Fire of 1907This site was the starting point of the Great Fire of 1907, one of the worst disasters in the history of Beaufort. On Ja...
- 07-60Hilton Head Rear-Range LighthouseThe Rear Lighthouse of the Hilton Head Range Light Station was built in 1879-1880 by the U.S. Light House Board. Its lig...
- 07-59Lady's Island Oyster FactoryThe eastern oyster launched the Beaufort Co. commercial seafood industry. The first canning factory on this site, for wh...
- 07-50Port Royal Agricultural SchoolThe Port Royal Agricultural School, later the Beaufort County Training School, operated nearby 1901-1955. Offering vocat...
- 07-27Sheldon Union AcademySheldon Union Academy, later Sheldon School, opened in 1893 on this site and educated the black children of rural Sheldo...
- 07-33St. James Baptist ChurchThis church, founded in 1886 by former members of First African Baptist Church, is one of the oldest surviving instituti...
- 07-32The Great Sea Island StormOn the night of August 27, 1893, a huge “tropical cyclone,” the largest and most powerful storm to hit S.C. until Hurric...
Berkeley County
- 08-70Cherry Hill ClassroomThis school was built ca. 1876 on land donated by John Campbell for a building that would serve as both a school for Afr...
- 08-26Cross Post OfficeThis post office, originally named Cross Mill, was established in 1879. Adam Cross, a local storekeeper and Civil War ve...
- 08-73New Hope Methodist ChurchThe congregation of New Hope Methodist Church dates to 1837. At that time the congregation consisted of both white membe...
Calhoun County
- 09-12Lang Syne CemeteryEstablished by the Peterkin family c. 1905, buried here are many former slaves and their descendants. Among those interr...
- 09-15Oakland CemeteryThis cemetery was named for nearby Oakland Plantation (c. 1800), the home of William Sabb Thomson (1785-1841), a planter...
- 09-16St. John Good Samartian Lodge Hall and CemeterySt. John Good Samaritan Lodge Hall and Cemetery were established c. 1900 on land sold by Jack Johnson. Among the early t...
- 09-25St. Peter AME Church and SchoolThis African Methodist Episcopal (AME) congregation organized in 1880 when five trustees acquired one acre of land at th...
- 09-13True Blue CemeteryTrue Blue cemetery was established as the burial ground for slaves, former slaves, and their descendants from True Blue ...
Charleston County
- 10-23Belvidere School SiteIn 1898 Charleston County School District No. 11 bought this land from J. S. Hart and built a public school on the site ...
- 10-121Bible Sojourn Society CemeteryThe Town of Lincolnville was founded in 1867 and incorporated in 1889 as a haven for African Americans. In 1891, town le...
- 10-68Cannon Street HospitalCannon Street Hospital, established here in 1897, served the African-American community of Charleston until 1959. Offici...
- 10-104Carolina Art AssociationIn 1857, a group of civic-minded Charlestonians established the Carolina Art Association. The goal of the CAA was to pro...
- 10-143Frederick Deming Jr. Industrial SchoolThe Frederick Deming Jr. Industrial School opened at this site in 1892. It was founded to serve African American residen...
- 10-38Friendship A.M.E. ChurchThis church, founded during Reconstruction, has been at this site since 1890. The first sanctuary serving this congregat...
- 10-154Gadsden GreenThe neighborhood of Gadsden Green, also called Fiddlers Green or Back da Green, began around 1852. In that year, landown...
- 10-108Hunter's VolunteersThis site once beloned to Hunter’s Volunteers, an African American militia est. on James Island by 1877. Part of the S.C...
- 10-82Jonathan Jasper Wright Law OfficeJonathan Jasper Wright (1840-1885), the first African American in the U.S. to sit as a justice on a state supreme court,...
- 10-150Lincolnville JailOn this site stands a small, wood frame building that for decades served as Lincolnville Jail. The jail is believed to h...
- 10-33MaryvilleThe town of Maryville, chartered in 1886, included the site of the original English settlement in S.C. and the plantatio...
- 10-151Mt. Zion Baptist ChurchMt. Zion Baptist Church organized in the 1880s. Tradition holds they first met under a brush arbor on land owned by loca...
- 10-136New Bethel African Methodist Episcopal ChurchNew Bethel African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church organized in 1888. Tradition holds that members initially worshipped...
- 10-131St. Mark's Union Methodist Episcopal ChurchSt. Mark’s Church was originally part of the Reformed Methodist Union Episcopal (RMUE) Church. RMUE ministers worked in ...
- 10-102Sullivans Island Quartermaster DockFort Sullivan, first built in 1796, was left vacant after the Civil War. In 1897 a new building campaign began and in 19...
- 10-147Three Trees SchoolThis was the site of Three Trees School, one of the earliest Black public schools on James Island. Three Trees opened by...
Cherokee County
- 11-14Dunton Chapel Methodist ChurchDunton Chapel Methodist Church can trace its origins to 1870, when Rev. J.R. Rosemond began preaching in the home of Mil...
- 11-13Gaffney's Old FieldMuch of the land in this area once belonged to Michael Gaffney, proprietor of Gaffney’s Crossroads. The area also served...
- 11-09Mulberry Chapel Methodist ChurchThis African American church, the first in what is now Cherokee County, was most likely built between 1880 and 1890. It ...
Chester County
- 12-11Black Rock Baptist ChurchBlack Rock Baptist Church formally organized by 1874 and was originally part of the Gethsemane Baptist Association. The ...
- 12-12St. Paul Baptist Church at HalsellvilleThis congregation, originally known as St. Paul Colored Baptist Church, was formally organized by 1884 on nearby Goings ...
Chesterfield County
- 13-21Carolina HotelConstructed c. 1905, this two-story building originally housed the Carolina Hotel. Then made of exposed brick, the hotel...
- 13-04Cash HomesiteAbout 100 yards east of here was the home of General Ellerbe Boggan Crawford Cash, widely known for his 1880 duel with c...
- 13-17Chesterfield AcademyThe building that stands here once served as the Chesterfield Academy. The first Chesterfield Academy building was locat...
- 13-25Chesterfield Baptist ChurchChesterfield Baptist Church organized in 1877. Members first met at another Main St. site in a house owned by founding m...
- 13-23Chesterfield County JailThis 2-story brick building was constructed in 1894 to house the Chesterfield Co. Jail. Built by the Pawley Jail Company...
- 13-15Chesterfield High SchoolChesterfield High School, which stood here from 1908 to 1992, was the successor to Chesterfield Academy, an antebellum s...
- 13-26Chesterfield Presbyterian ChurchChesterfield Presbyterian Church first organized in 1889 with nine members. Rev. S.E. Bishop joined them and served as s...
- 13-05Coulter Memorial Academy SiteOrganized in 1881, this Negro Presbyterian (USA) school was founded by the Rev. J. P. Crawford with support from Mrs. C....
- 13-20Mt. Tabor Methodist ChurchMt. Tabor Methodist Church dates to the early days of emancipation when, according to local tradition, a group of freedp...
Clarendon County
- 14-04Anne Custis BurgessThis is the childhood home of Anne Custis Burgess, who was born in 1874 in Mayesville. After receiving a diploma from Co...
- 14-28Butler CemeteryThis cemetery dates to at least the 1860s and likely began as a burial ground for white members of the Butler and Nelson...
- 14-20Manning SchoolsThe Manning Collegiate Institute, the town’s first public school opened here in early 1890. The two-story frame school w...
- 14-27St. Mark A.M.E.In 1885, sixty-five former members of Liberty Hill A.M.E. Church (3 mi. SE) organized this congregation to have a church...
- 14-14Summerton Presbyterian ChurchThis church, founded in 1875 as a mission of the Presbyterian Church in Manning, grew out of occasional services held in...
- 14-11Taw Caw ChurchIn 1885 this black baptist church bought the building here, said built about 1860, from white Taw Caw church, now Summer...
Darlington County
- 16-83Arcade HotelThis building first served as the Arcade Hotel, built in 1913 for $51,000 for J. J. Lawton & Associates. The hotel was d...
- 16-69Bethlehem Methodist ChurchThis church, on this site since 1889, grew out of Sardis Methodist Church, a mission station organized in 1887 with a sm...
- 16-29Carolina Fiber Co.One of the first methods for producing paper from native pine wood pulp was developed by J. L. Coker, Jr. As a result, h...
- 16-54Darlington Memorial CemeteryThis cemetery, established in 1890, was originally a five-acre tract when it was laid out as the cemetery for the nearby...
- 16-31Eastern Carolina Silver CompanyThis silver co., chartered March 5, 1907, manufactured and sold coffee and tea sets, bread trays, bowls, candelabra, and...
- 16-18Edmund H. DeasAfter moving to Darlington County in the 1870s, Edmund H. Deas served as county chairman of the Republican Party for a n...
- 16-68Flat Creek Baptist ChurchThis African-American church was founded in 1877, with Rev. Daniel Jesse as its first pastor. It held its first services...
- 16-59Grove Hill CemeteryGrove Hill Cemetery, the first public cemetery in Darlington, was chartered in 1889. Citizens founded it “on account of ...
- 16-78Harstville Colored CemeteryThe cemetery was founded by two mutual aid associations representing Hartsville’s African American Community. The first ...
- 16-79Hartsville Cotton MillThe mill was chartered in 1900 with a capital stock of $250,000 on 100 acres purchased from J.L. Coker. The mill opened ...
- 16-70Hartsville Graded SchoolThe first public school for the black children of Hartsville and vicinity operated on this site from about 1900 to 1921....
- 16-42Hartsville Oil MillThe Hartsville Oil Mill, founded in 1900 by J.L. Coker, D.R. Coker, and J.J. Lawton, stood here until 1993. A cotton oil...
- 16-77Hartsville Passenger DepotThis passenger depot was built by the Atlantic Coast Line (ACL) Railroad in 1908 and is an example of an early 20th-cent...
- 16-63Henry C. Burn HouseHenry C. Burn (1839-1912), state representative and Darlington County public servant, lived here from 1882 until his dea...
- 16-25Lawrence FaulknerBorn c. 1840 and a resident of Darlington County by 1871, Lawrence Faulkner was a black school teacher, later merchant, ...
- 16-45Lawrence ReeseWest Broad Street features several late-19th to early-20th century residences designed and built by Lawrence Reese (1865...
- 16-81Mt. Rona Missionary Baptist ChurchMt. Rona was founded c.1903, when the first trustees purchased this site. Early members included the Bacote, Leek, Marti...
- 16-62OatesOates, a thriving rural community from the 1880s to the 1930s, grew up around a general store built nearby by William J....
- 16-86Round O Baptist ChurchIn c.1883, freed African Americans and their descendants living on Round O Plantation withdrew from nearby Flat Creek Ba...
- 16-36Society Hill Presbyterian ChurchWas organized August 12, 1891 with 17 charter members, by a commission of the Pee Dee Presbytery under Revs. J. G. Law, ...
- 16-32Welsh Neck High SchoolThe Welsh Neck Baptist Association initiated this institution as a coeducational boarding school. It opened Sept. 17, 18...
- 16-20William Andrew DowlingBorn in Darlington County in 1859, William Dowling was a descendant of Robert Dowling, who had settled in S.C. in the Pa...
- 16-21Zachariah W. WinesBlack merchant and educator Zachariah Wines, born 1847 in Society Hill, represented Darlington County in the S.C. House ...
Dillon County
- 17-08Dillon CountyOriginally in colonial Craven County, this area became part of Georgetown District, 1769; Liberty County, 1785; Marion D...
- 17-17Dillon Graded School and Dillon Public SchoolThe Dillon School Campus includes a unique collection of educational buildings from different periods, each representing...
- 17-14Ford's Mill & Page's MillIn 1792 Major William Ford built a dam at each end of Bear Swamp, creating a millpond and building a grist mill. This ar...
- 17-02James W. Dillon House MuseumThis house was built in 1890 as the home of James W. Dillon, the father of Dillon County, and is on the National Registe...
- 17-13Main Street Methodist ChurchThis church, founded in 1892, built its first sanctuary at West Main St. and Third Ave., where the Dillon County Courtho...
- 17-19Mount Holly CemeteryIn 1893, T.A. Dillon, J.H. David, D. McLaurin, S.S. Rozier, and F.B. David, trustees for the Mount Holly Cemetery Associ...
- 17-15Pine Hill A.M.E. ChurchThis church, founded in 1876, was in Marion County before Dillon County was created in 1910. At first on S.C. Hwy. 34, t...
- 17-10Reedy Creek SpringsAbout 0.4 mile NW is Reedy Creek Springs, known for the medicinal value of its water. Here, before the turn of the centu...
- 17-12Town of DillonDillon was laid out by civil engineers of the Florence Railroad Company following a plan by John H. David, a local physi...
Dorchester County
- 18-33Four Holes Indian CommunityAround 1910, Native American families living in the Creeltown community (approx. 6 mi. W) began resettling in this area ...
- 18-21HarleyvilleHarleyville is named for the Harley family who owned much of the land that comprises the present town. William “Cow Bill...
- 18-25Jewish LifeSummerville became a renowned health resort in the late 1800s. Many Jewish merchants, drawn to the bustling settlement, ...
- 18-32Murray United Methodist ChurchTradition holds this Methodist congregation organized around the end of the Civil War and initially worshipped under a b...
- 18-27Pine Forest InnThe Pine Forest Inn opened in 1892. It was owned and managed by F.W. and George Wagener. The 60-acre resort and health s...
- 18-22Pinehurst Tea FarmIn 1880 the U.S. government leased 200 acres of the former Newington Plantation from Henry Middleton for tea production....
- 18-20RidgevilleThis town, in Colleton County before Dorchester County was founded in 1897, dates from 1831. It was one of the first sta...
- 18-15Shady Grove Camp GroundThis camp ground, established about 1870, is the largest of 4 Methodist camp grounds in Dorchester County. Tradition hol...
- 18-16St. Paul Camp GroundThis Methodist camp ground, one of four in Dorchester County, was established in 1880. African-American freedmen in this...
- 18-26Timrod LibraryIn 1897, the Timrod Library was organized by 19 women as a Chautauqua Reading Circle. It was chartered in 1908 as the Ti...
- 18-29Town of St. GeorgeSt. George developed as a stop on the S.C. Canal and Railroad known as “George’s Station.” It was named for James George...
Edgefield County
- 19-15Benjamin R. Tillman HouseBenjamin Ryan “Pitchfork Ben” Tillman (1847-1918), governor of S.C. 1890-94 and U.S. senator 1894-1918, bought this farm...
- 19-09Bettis AcademyEstablished as a result of the inspiration and efforts of the Reverend Alexander Bettis, this educational institution wa...
- 19-17Johnston SchoolsJohnston’s first school opened on this site in 1873. The Male and Female Academy was a boarding school, with Rev. Luther...
Fairfield County
Florence County
- 21-50Beth Israel CongregationJews have lived in Florence since the city’s founding in the 1850s and were among its early civic leaders. Local Jews fi...
- 21-48Frank Mandeville Rogers Jr.Frank Mandeville Rogers Jr. (1857-1945) of Florence Co. was influential in the development of Bright Leaf Tobacco in S.C...
- 21-16Greater St. James A.M.E. ChurchThis church was founded in 1883 by a Rev. Hill and twenty-five charter members. Early services were held in a member’s h...
- 21-30Gregg-Wallace Farm Tenant HouseThis house, built as a one-room tenant house ca. 1890 and later enlarged several times, features a narrow front porch an...
- 21-40H.H. Singletary BuildingThis two-story commercial building was built in 1910 by Henry Horace Singletary (1848-1912) as the H.H. Singletary Compa...
- 21-20HannahHannah, named for the Hannah/Hanna family, was known as Cane Branch or Lynches River before a post office was opened her...
- 21-39Lake City Produce MarketsLake City was a significant produce market as early as 1894, shipping fruits and vegetables to Northern markets until Wo...
- 21-38Lake City Tobacco MarketsFarmers in this vicinity began growing tobacco in the early 1890s, and by 1895 Lake City opened its first tobacco market...
- 21-44McLeod Medical CenterThe McLeod Infirmary was located here in 1906, inspired by the need to provide access to local medical and surgical care...
- 21-52Salem United Methodist ChurchThis Methodist church organized in 1871, when trustees acquired ½ acre of land north of the Jeffries Creek Public Road f...
- 21-60Snow Hill Baptist ChurchSnow Hill Baptist Church organized in the 1880s. Tradition holds the church initially worshipped under a brush arbor on ...
- 21-36The Lynching of Frazier BakerIn 1898 a building here was the scene of a lynching that sparked outrage across the nation. Frazier Baker, an African Am...
- 21-49Trinity Baptist ChurchTrinity Baptist organized in 1868, with Rev. Wesley J. Parnell (d.1873) serving as its first pastor. The church initiall...
- 21-33W.T. Askins HouseThis Folk Victorian house, with pierced brackets and fretwork on its two-tiered porch, was built ca. 1895 for William Th...
- 21-06Young FarmIn 1925 U.S. Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover, later U.S. president, inspected Fred Young's dairy farm following rec...
Georgetown County
- 22-62Oak Grove Methodist ChurchBishop Francis Asbury first arrived in Georgetown in Feb. 1785 and would return in 1786, at which time he established a ...
- 22-64Potter's FieldFrom the 1880s to the 1930s the block bordered by Highmarket, Dozier, Duke, and Church streets served as a cemetery for ...
- 22-68St. Stephen A.M.E. ChurchIn 1897, members of Bethel African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church, led by Rev. Washington P. Carolina (1864-1939), obt...
- 22-43William Doyle Morgan House732 Prince Street was the home of William Doyle Morgan (1853-1938), mayor 1891-1906 and the catalyst for much of Georget...
- 22-20Winyah SchoolsWinyah Indigo School District was created in 1885 to maintain public education in Georgetown. In 1887, the district assu...
Greenville County
- 23-38BrutontownBrutontown, an historic African-American community, grew up around the intersection of Paris Mountain Rd. and Rutherford...
- 23-25Campbell's Covered BridgeThis bridge, built in 1909, is the last extant covered bridge in S.C. Built by Charles Irwin Willis (1878-1966), it was ...
- 23-53Cedar Grove Baptist ChurchAccording to tradition, this African-American church was organized by Rev. Tom Jones shortly after the Civil War. It hel...
- 23-73Fork Shoals SchoolOriginally associated with Fork Shoals Baptist Church, Fork Shoals School was in operation by 1877. A private Fork Shoal...
- 23-62Fountain Inn CemeteryFountain Inn Cemetery was established c. 1890. Most of the land was deeded to the town by Lafayette Martin, and his son,...
- 23-55Fountain Inn Cotton MillFountain Inn Cotton Mill, which stood here from 1898 to 2002, was first owned and operated by brothers A.J., C.E., R.L.,...
- 23-94Fountain Inn Presbyterian ChurchFourteen charter members organized Fountain Inn Prebsyterian Church in 1889. They met in homes and other temporary sites...
- 23-98Hampton-Pinckney NeighborhoodThe Hampton-Pinckney neighborhood is one of the oldest intact collections of residential buildings in Greenville. Many h...
- 23-18John Broadus WatsonBorn in 1878 about ½ mile SW, Watson was a pioneer in behavioral psychology. He graduated from Furman University, earned...
- 23-36Lickville Presbyterian ChurchThis church, which takes its name from a nearby salt lick, was founded in 1882. Mrs. Ellen C. Woodside (1838-1906) worke...
- 23-96Mattoon Presbyterian ChurchMattoon Presbyterian Church was organized in 1878 by Black members of Washington Street (First) Presbyterian Church. The...
- 23-69Monaghan MillLewis Wardlaw Parker (1865-1916) and Thomas Fleming Parker (1860-1926) established Monaghan Mill in 1900 and named it in...
- 23-47Mush Creek Baptist ChurchThis church, established in 1882, grew out of services held by itinerant Baptist ministers in a nearby log school, encou...
- 23-88Poe MillFrancis Winslow Poe (1853-1926) established the Poe Mill in 1896. The mill was built adjacent to the main line of the So...
- 23-79Poinsett MillOriginally established as the Gates Desk Company in 1893, the mill was renovated and re-chartered as Carolina Cotton Mil...
- 23-105Richland CemeteryRichland Cemetery was established in 1884 by the City of Greenville as a public burial ground for African Americans. It ...
- 23-75Rose Hill CemeteryRose Hill Cemetery was established in 1876 by the Piedmont Manufacturing Co., an early textile mill that began productio...
- 23-50Simpsonville Cotton MillThis mill, opened in 1908, was built after several leading men of Simpsonville asked Edward F. Woodside of the Pelzer Ma...
- 23-32Sterling High SchoolSterling High School stood 3/4 mi. southeast of here and served generations of African Americans in Greenville. Founded ...
- 23-65Taylors First Baptist ChurchTaylors First Baptist Church traces its origins to the years of the American Civil War. The church organized as Chick Sp...
- 23-64Union BleacheryThe Union Bleaching and Finishing Company began operations in 1903 with an initial capacity of 500,000 yards of cloth pe...
- 23-82Wilkins HouseThe Wilkins House was built in 1878 by Greenville builder Jacob Cagle for William Wilkins and his wife Harriett Clevelan...
- 23-23William Preston Few (1867-1940)William Preston Few, prominent Southern educator, was born 1.6 mi. NE in 1867. Few received his Ph.D. from Harvard in 18...
- 23-57Woodside MillWoodside Cotton Mill was the first and largest textile mill owned by brothers John T. (1864-1946), J. David (1871-1945),...
Greenwood County
Hampton County
- 25-15Bank of HamptonThe Bank of Hampton, built in 1892, was the first bank organized in Hampton and an important part of the rapid growth an...
- 25-20Estill Methodist ChurchMembers of distant Lebanon Methodist Church held regular prayer meetings in Janie Boyd Rhodes’s Estill home from 1902 un...
- 25-19Estill Presbyterian ChurchThis church was founded in 1898 by residents of Estill and Lawtonville who were members of distant Presbyterian churches...
- 25-01Hampton CountyEstablished February 18, 1878, once a part of Beaufort District. Named in honor of WADE HAMPTON, Lieutenant General, C.S...
- 25-29Hampton County JailThis brick building was built in 1878-79 to house the Hampton County Jail. Its construction, as well as the building of ...
- 25-12James Washington Moore HouseThis house, built between 1878 and 1885, was the home of James Washington Moore (1837-1912), lawyer, Confederate officer...
- 25-03Miles McSweeney Home SiteOn this site stood the home of Miles Benjamin McSweeney (1854-1909), first governor of South Carolina from Hampton Count...
- 25-28Steele Missionary SchoolNorthern teacher Almira S. Steele opened a school for African American children at this site c.1885. Part of the America...
Horry County
Jasper County
- 27-09Narrow Gauge Locomotive No. 7This woodburning steam locomotive with balloon smoke stack, was built by the H. K. Porter Company about 1910. It was use...
- 27-24RidgelandRidgeland, named for its location on the ridge between Charleston and Savannah, has been the seat of Jasper County since...
- 27-17Ridgeland Baptist ChurchThis church was organized February 28, 1892, by Revs. W.H. Dowling and J.T. Morrison with nine charter members. It was a...
- 27-23St. Paul's Methodist ChurchThis church, organized in 1890, is the oldest in Ridgeland, with its origins in several area Methodist congregations bef...
- 27-15Tillman Baptist ChurchThis church, formally established in 1883 as Savin Grove Baptist Church, had its origins in a congregation active before...
Kershaw County
- 20-23Camp WelfareThis camp ground, described by one journalist as “picturesque, rugged, simple, with an overhanging air of festivity,” ha...
- 28-13E.H. Dibble StoreThis store, constructed in 1891 on what was then the corner of 6th Avenue (now Broad Street) and DeKalb Streets, was the...
- 28-11Mather AcademyMather Academy was founded in 1887 by the New England Southern Conference of the Women's Home Missionary Society of the ...
Lancaster County
- 29-34Bank of KershawThis 2-story brick building was originally the Bank of Kershaw. Kershaw Banking and Mercantile Co., a local department s...
- 29-23KershawKershaw, originally Welsh’s Station, was founded in 1888 when Capt. James V. Welsh (1845-1906) persuaded the Charleston,...
- 29-29Lancaster & Chester RailwayThe Lancaster & Chester Railway, founded in 1896, was originally the Cheraw & Chester Railroad, chartered in 1873. The C...
Laurens County
- 30-26Beaverdam Baptist Church and SchoolThis Baptist congregation organized in the 1870s. A church cemetery at this site dates to that period, and early members...
- 30-13Francis Rapley Owings HouseOwings is named for Francis Rapley Owings (1840-1920), who lived in this house after the Civil War. His ancestor Richard...
- 30-14Friendship A.M.E. Church & CemeteryThis church held its first services in a nearby brush arbor shortly after the Civil War and was formally organized in 18...
- 30-22Hampton Street SchoolBy 1895, this intersection was the site of the Laurens Colored School, eventually known as Hampton Street School. In tha...
- 30-19Mt. Carmel A.M.E. ChurchMt. Carmel A.M.E. Church was founded in 1878. The congregation first met in the home of Mack and Caroline Saxon, freed s...
Lee County
- 31-01Cash-Shannon DuelThis was the site of the last fatal duel fought in S.C., in which Col. E.B.C. Cash of Cash's Depot killed Col. Wm. M. Sh...
- 31-14William Apollos James HouseWilliam Apollos James (1857-1930), prominent local businessman and public servant, lived here from 1904 until his death....
Lexington County
- 32-37Batesburg InstituteThe Batesburg Institute opened here in 1893. Also called the Batesburg Collegiate Institute, it was created by the merge...
- 32-22Lexington Baptist ChurchThis church was constituted May 21, 1893, with ten charter members. The original one-room frame building, dedicated 1894...
- 32-48Mount Olive A.M.E. ChurchThis is the first permanent site of Mount Olive African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) Church. Church leaders acquired thi...
- 32-55Oak Grove Colored SchoolThis is the former site of Oak Grove Colored School, est. 1900 as a public school for African Americans. It was built on...
- 32-58Pine Grove A.M.E. ChurchTradition holds that Pine Grove African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) Church organized in 1872 and first worshipped under...
- 32-19Town of IrmoThe Town of Irmo was established in a small farming community when the Columbia, Newberry and Laurens Railroad construct...
Marion County
- 34-14Bluefields“Bluefields,” named for the Blue family, was built by 1870. Annie Evans Blue (d. 1912) was given this land in 1872 by he...
- 34-12Marion AcademyThis building, the first public school in Marion County, was built in 1886 by the Marion Academy Society, chartered in 1...
- 34-15Marion DepotThis one-story brick passenger depot, typical of the period, was built in 1908 for the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad. The...
- 34-06Moody CemeteryNamed for the Moody family, members of whom were buried here 1883 to 1903. Among others interred here are John Smith Sr....
- 34-13Mt. Olive Baptist ChurchThis church was founded in 1882 by 16 charter members, all former slaves or the children of former slaves. It held servi...
- 34-10Old Town Hall and Opera HouseThis brick building is a fine vernacular interpretation of the Classic Revival style. Completed in 1892, the constructio...
- 34-23Palmer School and CemeteryIn 1838 the Palmer family began using this site as a private burial ground. Palmer School was built here c.1887 at the b...
- 34-25Site of Old Brick WarehouseAt this site in 1907, local farmers D.K. McDuffie and H.B. Harrington opened what was at that time the only brick tobacc...
- 34-21Tobacco CultureIn 1892 Dr. C.T. Ford became the first tobacco grower in Mullins when he planted a small patch of Bright Leaf behind his...
Marlboro County
- 35-38"The Gulf"This area has been the center of the African-American business district and a popular gathering place since the late 19t...
- 35-45Beaver Dam Baptist ChurchBy the 1890s, residents of this section of Marlboro County organized Beaver Dam Baptist Church. Also known as Cross Road...
- 35-34J.F. Kinney HouseThis house was built as a one-story residence in 1902 for Dr. John Frank Kinney (1870-1928) and his wife Florence McLeod...
- 35-12John Lowndes McLaurin (1860-1934)One mile west is the last home of John Lowndes McLaurin, Marlboro County native, U.S. Congressman and Senator. He served...
- 35-43Miller-Turner HouseThe Miller-Turner House is situated on a 450-acre land grant issued in 1772. The oldest sections of the house may date t...
- 35-35Murchison SchoolThe Murchison School, built in 1902, was named for John D. Murchison (1826-1892), a merchant and the first mayor of Benn...
- 35-31ShinessAccording to a plaque placed on its western wall at time of construction, Shiness was built in 1903 by Alexander James M...
- 35-49St. Michael's Church CemeteryIn 1892, St. Michael’s Methodist Church, one of the first African American churches in Bennettsville, established a ceme...
McCormick County
Newberry County
- 36-16Mollohon Mill and VillageThis mill was built and operated by the Mollohon Manufacturing Co. from 1901 to 1926, when it was sold to the Kendall Co...
- 36-09Newberry College Historic DistrictListed in the National Register of Historic Places are Smeltzer Hall (1877-78), dormitory for women and campus reception...
- 36-14Newberry Cotton MillsNewberry Cotton Mills, incorporated in 1882, began operation in 1885. The mill was designed by prominent textile mill ar...
- 36-23Oakland MillThis textile mill, which began operation in 1912, was the third mill built in Newberry, after Newberry Cotton Mills (188...
- 36-05The Opera HouseThis building was erected by the Town of Newberry, and dedicated in February of 1882. An outstanding example of Victoria...
Oconee County
Orangeburg County
- 38-49Eutawville RailroadThe Eutawville Railroad opened in Jan. 1886 with a 12 mi.-trek that ended at this site. Chartered 1884, the line began s...
- 38-41Jewish MerchantsRussell St., historic hub of Orangeburg’s commercial life, was home to Jewish merchants for over 160 years. German Jews ...
- 38-38John Benjamin Taylor HouseThis Craftsman house, built by 1903, was the home of Rev. John Benjamin Taylor (1867-1936) until his death. Taylor, a mi...
- 38-04Old Dixie Club LibraryThis antebellum structure once stood on Orangeburg's Public Square. In 1865 it was occupied by Federal troops. From 1924...
- 38-53Railroad CornerFor decades this was the site of an African American business district known as Railroad Corner. The Corner extended nor...
- 38-28Shiloh A.M.E. ChurchThis church, founded in 1886, was organized by Revs. D.A. Christie and C. Heyward with Sol Ellerbe and Mordecai Williams...
- 38-25South Carolina State UniversityS.C. State University was founded in 1896 as the Colored Normal, Industrial, Agricultural & Mechanical College of S.C., ...
- 38-42St. Paul's Episcopal ChurchSt. Paul’s Episcopal Church was established in 1912. It was founded by Dr. Robert Shaw Wilkinson (1865-1932) and his wif...
- 38-12The Town of NorthIn the year 1891, John F. North, Samson A. Livingston, and George W. Pou gave jointly and equally one hundred acres of l...
Pickens County
- 39-11Bowen's MillThis mill was built about 1880 by Colonel Robert E. Bowen (1830-1909), Confederate officer, state representative, state ...
- 39-33Cateechee Mill VillageCateechee Mill Village originally housed employees of Norris Cotton Mills, built on Twelve Mile River in 1895-97 as the ...
- 39-14CentralThe town of Central, chartered in 1875, grew up along what is now Gaines Street. The post office was called Five Mile fr...
- 39-34Central Roller MillsIncorporated in 1898, the Central Roller Mills Co. acquired this site in 1899 and began operations by the following year...
- 39-28Central SchoolThis Classical Revival structure, built 1908-09 by B.E. Grandy, was originally a school for residents of the town of Cen...
- 39-10Clemson UniversityClemson University was founded in 1889 as the Clemson Agricultural College of S.C., with its origins in the Morrill Land...
- 39-35Legare ParkNearby is the site of Legare Park, opened by and named for George S. Legare, a U.S. Congressmen from Charleston and summ...
- 39-36Morgan HouseThis 1-story residence dates to c.1893 and was the family home of Jeptha N. Morgan (1859-1923) and Minnie E. Morgan (186...
- 39-21Old Pickens GaolDesigned by H.D. Breeding, B.E. Grandy built Pickens County gaol (jail) in 1902. For years it housed not only prisoners ...
- 39-22Pickens RailroadThe Easley-Pickens line was chartered in 1890 by the S.C. General Assembly. Construction of the line, which ran from Pic...
Richland County
- 40-2121900 Block of Henderson StreetThis block features a dense collection of late 19th and early 20th c. houses historically associated with and home to Af...
- 40-183A.S. Salley HouseAlexander S. Salley (1871-1961), the historian described as “a walking encyclopedia” of S.C. history, lived here from 19...
- 40-152Allen UniversityAllen University, chartered in 1880, was founded by the African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) Church. It had its origin i...
- 40-156Alston HouseThis Greek Revival cottage, built ca. 1872, was the residence and business of Caroline Alston, a black businesswoman who...
- 40-191Beth Shalom CemeteryIn 1883 members of Columbia’s Jewish community founded the Hebrew Cemetery Society of Columbia as an alternative to the ...
- 40-162Bethel Baptist ChurchBethel Baptist Church was founded in 1884 by black members of nearby Sandy Level Baptist Church seeking to organize a se...
- 40-149Blossom Street SchoolBlossom Street School, at the corner of what was then Blossom & Gates (now Park) Streets, was built in 1898 as the first...
- 40-224Brown Chapel A.M.E. ChurchTradition holds that early members of Brown Chapel African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) Church worshipped under a brush ...
- 40-88Church of the Good ShepherdBeginning in 1883 with services held in nearby private homes by Trinity Church, this Episcopal church then constructed a...
- 40-189DuPre BuildingThe DuPre Building was built in 1919 and was designed by prominent S.C. architect James B. Urquhart. It served as showro...
- 40-170EastoverEastover, so named for being “east and over” from Columbia, was a small rural community of the mid-19th century that gre...
- 40-223Hettie Anderson HomesiteHarriette “Hettie” Eugenia Anderson, acclaimed African American art model of the Gilded Age, grew up in a house at this ...
- 40-23Last Home of Wade HamptonWade Hampton, III, born March 28, 1818, was commander of Hampton Legion, 1861, with rank of Colonel; Lieutenant General,...
- 40-220Lincoln ParkFrom 1901 to 1905, this was a segregated park for African Americans, opened by the Columbia Electric Street Railway Comp...
- 40-201Little Zion Baptist ChurchThe congregation at Little Zion dates to c. 1832, when enslaved individuals worshipped in white-controlled churches. Aft...
- 40-174Maxcy Gregg ParkThis city park, established in 1911, was named for Confederate general Maxcy Gregg (1814-1862). It was one of several pa...
- 40-199Olympia CemeteryThe Olympia Cemetery was established c. 1904 and served the families of mill workers from Capital City, Richland, Granby...
- 40-215Olympia Mill SchoolOne of approx. 300 homes built 1900-01 for workers at nearby Olympbia Cotton Mill, this 6-room duplex later housed the O...
- 40-05Original Site of Winthrop CollegeIn 1886, chiefly through the efforts of D. B. Johnson, first superintendent of Columbia public schools, Winthrop Trainin...
- 40-87Richland Presbyterian ChurchThis church building was dedicated in May 1884 by Dr. John L. Girardeau. The congregation of 11 members, including 2 eld...
- 40-125Seaboard Air Line Passenger DepotThis depot, built by the Seaboard Air Line Railway in 1904, was the third passenger depot built in Columbia, following t...
- 40-102ShandonIn 1890 the Columbia Land and Investment Co. purchased farm land in this area for development, laying out streets and si...
- 40-159Sidney Park C.M.E. ChurchSidney Park C.M.E. Church was founded in 1886 and has been at this site since 1889. It grew out of a dispute among membe...
- 40-209St. Timothy's Episcopal ChurchSt. Timothy’s Episcopal Church dates to 1892 and is the third oldest Episcopal parish in Columbia. It began as a mission...
- 40-01Trinity Episcopal ChurchParish organized 1812. Original church dedicated 1814; present church dedicated 1846. In the churchyard lie buried the t...
- 40-134Visanska-Starks HouseThis house, built after 1900, was originally a two-story frame residence with a projecting bay and wraparound porch; a f...
Saluda County
Spartanburg County
- 42-30Apalache MillThis site was the location of active mill operations from 1837-2007. The core of the current mill building was completed...
- 42-27Clifton Baptist ChurchThis church, originally called Clifton Baptist Church, was founded in 1881 with ten charter members and Rev. T.J. Taylor...
- 42-02Converse CollegeFounded by citizens of Spartanburg in 1889 for the liberal education of women. Named for Dexter Edgar Converse, pioneer ...
- 42-28Converse HeightsConverse Heights is one of Spartanburg’s earliest suburbs, with most of the houses built between 1906 and 1950. This are...
- 42-17Cowpens DepotThis passenger and freight depot was built in 1896 by the Southern Railway and was originally 1 block N. at Brown & Chur...
- 42-43Dean Street SchoolThis building began as Dean Street School, a two-story wood frame structure built in 1891 to serve African American resi...
- 42-36Episcopal Church of the EpiphanyThe Episcopal Church of the Epiphany was est. 1893 as a mission to Spartanburg’s African American residents. Rev. Theodo...
- 42-35Little AfricaLittle Africa was one of a number of independent African American communities formed across the South after the Civil Wa...
- 42-16Old City CemeteryThis cemetery, established on this site about 1900 as the Spartanburg Colored Cemetery, includes many graves moved here ...
- 42-20Shiloh Methodist ChurchThis church, organized late in the eighteenth century, held its first services in a brush arbor and later constructed a ...
- 42-15Spartanburg Methodist CollegeWhile minister of Duncan Memorial Methodist Church, the Rev. David E. Camak established the Textile Industrial Institute...
- 42-32The "Hub City"The first rail line to serve the Hub City, the Spartanburg & Union R.R., was completed in 1859. In 1873, the Atlanta & C...
- 42-31Tucapau MillTucapau Mill opened in 1896 on the Middle Tyger River at Penney Shoals by investors including John Montgomery. The mill ...
Sumter County
- 43-07Col. David DuBose Gaillard Engineer of the Panama CanalBorn at Fulton Crossroads, Sept. 4, 1859, David DuBose Gaillard spent his boyhood in this section. He was graduated from...
- 43-40Henry J. Maxwell FarmHenry Johnson Maxwell (1837-1906), Union soldier, U.S. postmaster, state senator, and lawyer, lived here from 1874 until...
- 43-26Henry L. Scarborough HouseThe Henry Lee Scarborough House was built 1908-09 by Scarborough (1866-1929), a leading Sumter County farmer, businessma...
- 43-38Kendall InstituteKendall Institute, founded on this site in 1891, was one of the first black schools in Sumter. It was funded by the Boar...
- 43-37St. James Lutheran ChurchThis church, the first Lutheran congregation in Sumter County, was organized in 1890 as a Home Mission, with six charter...
- 43-42Temple SinaiSumter’s Jewish community, dating to 1815, has long been one of the largest and most influential in inland S.C. Mark Sol...
- 43-46The Britton CommunityFollowing his discharge from the Confederate Army, John James Britton began buying farm property on the Pocotaligo Swamp...
- 43-23The Tuomey HospitalSumter Hospital was begun 1904 by Drs. S. C. Baker, Walter Cheyne, Archie China, H. M. Stuckey, and was built shortly th...
- 43-35Wedgefield Presbyterian ChurchThis church was founded in 1881 with assistance from Harmony Presbytery. It had 12 charter members, with elders Corneliu...
Williamsburg County
- 45-24Bethel African Methodist Episcopal ChurchThis African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) congregation organized in 1879. In that year, founding trustees Carter Murray ...
- 45-15Cooper's AcademyCooper’s Academy, built in 1905-06, was a private boarding school for the black children of this community until 1927, a...
- 45-27Epps-McGill FarmhouseThis two-story house dates to 1907 and is a fine local example of Folk Victorian architecture. It was built on land owne...
- 45-17McCollum-Murray HouseThis house, with Classical Revival architectural influences, was built ca. 1906 for Edward J. McCollum (1867-1942), Afri...
- 45-28Mt. Seal Methodist ChurchThis Methodist congregation was originally known as Turkey Creek Church. Tradition holds that members first worshipped u...
- 45-18St. Alban's Episcopal ChurchSt. Alban’s Episcopal Church has long been the only continuously active Episcopal congregation in Williamsburg County. I...
- 45-31St. Mary African Methodist Episcopal ChurchTradition holds that St. Mary African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) Church was organized in the 1890s by Rev. Caesar Wils...
York County
- 46-57Afro-American Insurance CompanyThis building, constructed ca. 1909, was built for the Afro-American Insurance Co., a black-owned firm with offices thro...
- 46-87Bethlehem Baptist Church CemeteryThis cemetery dates to at least c.1900 and was established by members of Bethlehem Baptist Church. Bethlehem historicall...
- 46-82Carhartt MansionNear this site are the ruins of the Carhartt Mansion, built in 1908-09 as a home for Hamilton Carhartt (1855-1937), foun...
- 46-34Clinton Junior CollegeClinton Junior College, affiliated with the A.M.E. Zion Church, was founded in 1894 by Revs. Nero Crockett and W.M. Robi...
- 46-29David E. Finley BirthplaceDavid Edward Finley, Jr. (1890-1977), first director of the National Gallery of Art, was born in this house. Finley move...
- 46-15EbenezerThe town of Ebenezer was incorporated in 1893. Dr. W. B. Fewell was the first intendant, and the first wardens were J. W...
- 46-26First Associate Reformed Presbyterian ChurchThis church was organized in 1895 with 26 charter members. The sanctuary, completed in 1898 and enlarged in 1911, was de...
- 46-32First National Bank of SharonThis bank, built in 1909-10 by W.W. Blair, was the first bank in the town of Sharon, incorporated in 1889. Its first off...
- 46-58Friendship SchoolFriendship College, on this site from 1910 to 1981, was founded in 1891 by Rev. M.P. Hall and sponsored by the Sunday Sc...
- 46-16Hickory GroveThe land on which the town of Hickory Grove developed was granted to John McKenney in 1771 by George III of England. The...
- 46-47James Milton Cherry HouseThe home of James Milton Cherry (1856-1920) stood here until 1974. Cherry was a businessman, public servant, agricultura...
- 46-80Jewish Merchants of Rock HillJewish merchants played an important part in Rock Hill’s early 20th century commercial development. By the 1930s, many J...
- 46-59Mount Prospect Baptist ChurchThis church, founded in 1883, first held services in private homes in Rock Hill. Formally organized as First Baptist Chu...
- 46-54Oakland Avenue Presbyterian ChurchThis church, which grew out of First Presbyterian Church, was discussed as early as 1901, with the first definite plans ...
- 46-23Rock Hill Buggy CompanyIn 1886 A.D. Holler, who had long owned a wagon and buggy shop in Rock Hill, founded Holler and Anderson Buggy Company w...
- 46-38Rock Hill Cotton FactoryThis textile mill, built in 1881, was the first in Rock Hill and the first in S.C. to use steam power. A.E. Hutchison, J...
- 46-41Rock Hill High SchoolRock Hill High School has its origins in the Rock Hill Graded School, opened in 1888 for grades 1-9. The name Rock Hill ...
- 46-40Standard Cotton MillThe Standard Cotton Mill, built in 1888-89, was the second textile mill in Rock Hill. It was promoted by John R. London ...
- 46-18Town of CloverIn 1887 the town of Clover was granted a charter by the General Assembly, its city limits to extend "one-half mile in ev...
- 46-12Town of SharonJohn L. Rainey, owner of large tracts of land on which Sharon was established, conveyed land to the Presbyterian church ...
- 46-14Village of Rock HillMain Street was laid out on Alexander Templeton Black's land by Squire John Roddey in 1851. The post office was establis...