Government and law
Governors, legislators, judges, courthouses, conventions and constitutions. 96 places on the trail.
Colonial (pre-contact to 1763)
- 08-00Barnet's TavernNear this spot stood Barnet’s Tavern, called the Forty-Five Mile House, indicating its distance from Charleston. Here wa...
- 09-05Calhoun CountyFirst settled in 1704, this region by 1733 included Amelia and lower Saxe Gotha townships. In 1765 much of it was made p...
- 39-12Hanover HouseHanover House, built 1714-16 in what is now Berkeley County and moved to the Clemson College campus in 1941, is a fine e...
- 08-80Martin's TavernNear here stood Martin’s Tavern, also known as the Forty-Five Mile House for its distance from Charleston. On Sept. 11, ...
- 45-04Old Muster Ground and CourthouseThis lot was designated the parade ground in the original survey of the town in 1737. It served as the muster ground for...
Era of American Revolution (1764-1783)
- 01-05Birthplace of CalhounOn this land settled by his father Patrick Calhoun in the 1750s, defended against the Indians in the Cherokee War and th...
- 18-07Four Holes Swamp BridgeThe first bridge across Four Holes Swamp, a branch of the Edisto River, was built between 1770 and 1780 and was located ...
- 16-03Long BluffLong Bluff, ¾ mile east on Great Pedee River, was the site of the first courthouse and jail for old Cheraws District in ...
- 19-14Lott's Tavern & Post OfficeA house built for Emsley Lott about 1770, later Lott's Tavern and still later Lott's Post Office, stood here until it wa...
- 01-01Patrick Calhoun Family Burial Ground5.5 miles south of Abbeville is the burial ground of Patrick and Martha Calhoun, parents of John C. Calhoun. Patrick was...
- 01-17Quay-Wardlaw HouseThis house, built ca. 1786, is thought to be the oldest house in Abbeville. It was built as a two-story log building by ...
South Carolina in the Early Republic (1784-1815)
- 06-13Barnwell County CourthouseBarnwell County, originally Winton County, was created out of Orangeburgh District in 1785. Renamed Barnwell District in...
- 16-22Darlington CountyThis area become part of St. David's Parish in 1768, Cheraws District in 1769, and then Darlington County on March 12, 1...
- 40-29Horrell Hill300 yards north is the site of the Richland County Court House built about 1794; abandoned when county courts were aboli...
- 30-06Laurens CountyLaurens County was one of the six counties created from Ninety-Six District March 12, 1785. The courthouse here, built i...
- 35-26Marlborough Court HouseLocated about one mile N. of here was the original county seat of Marlborough County, established in 1785. Tristram Thom...
- 04-22PendletonOn April 8, 1790, the Justices of the Peace for Pendleton County purchased this land to establish the courthouse town of...
- 43-08Sumter's Court HousesBy Act of 1798, Commissioners were named "To ascertain and fix upon the most central place for the erection of a court h...
- 06-01Winton County Court House Site 1.4 milesOriginally Barnwell County was part of Granville County, later a part of Orangeburg District. Winton County was created ...
- 46-64York County CourthousesThere have been four York County courthouses on this site. The first courthouse was constructed of squared logs in 1786....
Antebellum (1816-1860)
- 33-06BadwellThree miles west is the site of "Badwell," home of James Louis Petigru (1789-1863), leader of opposition to secession in...
- 40-72Calhoun StreetNamed Lumber Street by 1793, this street was renamed Calhoun shortly after 1911 for S. C. statesman John C. Calhoun (178...
- 33-11Cherry HillThree miles southwest is "Cherry Hill," site of the home of George McDuffie (1790-1851), orator of nullification, member...
- 12-09Chester County CourthouseThis courthouse, built in 1852, was designed by Edward Brickell White (1802 1888) of Charleston, whose work was greatly ...
- 13-03Chesterfield CourthouseChesterfield County's first courthouse was built here soon after the county was established in 1785. The second courthou...
- 15-18Colleton County CourthouseThe original section of this courthouse, completed in 1822 after the county seat moved to Walterborough from Jacksonboro...
- 38-10Court House SquareThe third court house for Orangeburg County was erected on this site in 1826. It was designed by Robert Mills, who was s...
- 40-53Court House SquareRichland County's second court house was built in 1803-04 on the northeast corner of Richardson (Main) and Washington St...
- 20-08Fairfield County CourthouseThis courthouse was built in 1822 by Wm. McCreight under the supervision of Robert Mills, South Carolina architect, then...
- 22-46Georgetown County CourthouseThis courthouse, designed by prominent architect and South Carolina native Robert Mills (1781-1855), was built in 1823-2...
- 32-02Lexington CourthousesOn this site or close by have stood five courthouses of Lexington District or County. In 1820 Barbara Corley deeded land...
- 01-12LowndesvilleThis town, established in 1823, grew up around a store owned by Matthew Young (1803-1878), who was also postmaster 1831-...
- 34-05Marion CountyOriginally part of colonial Craven County and Georgetown District of 1769, Marion was created as Liberty County by an Ac...
- 35-02Marlborough County Court HouseFour court houses for Marlborough District or County have stood on this square since Apr. 4, 1820, when it was deeded by...
- 07-30Maxcy-Rhett HouseThis house was built circa 1810 for Milton Maxcy (1782-1817), who came here from Massachusetts in 1804. Maxcy and his br...
- 04-19MoffettsvilleAt this site once stood the town of Moffettsville, originating with the establishment of Moffett's Mill Post Office on F...
- 36-04Old Court HouseDesigned by Jacob Graves and built by John Damron, Newberry County's fourth court house was erected in 1852. It replaced...
- 19-01Old Law BuildingSite of law offices of/ELDRED SIMKINS/Congressman, Lt.-Governor./GEORGE McDUFFIE/ Congressman, Governor,/U.S. Senator./F...
- 08-31PinopolisPlantation owners began this pineland village in the 1830s to escape lowcountry plantation summer nights, thought to cau...
- 36-10PomariaOriginally named Countsville, this post office was established in 1823. In 1840, it was renamed Pomaria, probably for Wi...
- 31-07Rev. Thomas Reese EnglishOne mile east stood the home of T.R. English, Presbyterian minister, statesman, delegate to the Secession Convention. Af...
- 29-04The Courthouse Lancaster CountyBuilt in 1825-1828. Designed by Robert Mills of Charleston, South Carolina, America's first native born, professionally ...
- 23-01The Old Record Building70 feet south of this point was erected, 1820, "the old record building," designed by Robert Mills (1781-1855), famous C...
- 27-05TillmanBy 1820, the road to Two Sisters Ferry intersected the Purrysburg road at this spot, which had become known as Hennis Cr...
- 15-09Walterboro JailThis neo-Gothic building, designed by Jones & Lee, noted architects of Charleston, and constructed by J. & B. Lucas in 1...
Civil War (1861-1865)
- 25-10Hermitage PlantationThis plantation was owned by large land owner Geo. Rhodes (1802-1881) who signed Ordinance of Secession in 1860. Traditi...
- 10-69Institute HallInstitute Hall, built here in 1854, stood until 1861. An Italianate building, it was designed by Jones and Lee for the S...
- 20-15John Hugh MeansGovernor of S.C. (1850-1852), president of the 1852 Secession Convention, and signer of the Ordinance of Secession in 18...
- 16-52Julius A. Dargan HouseThis house was built in 1856 for Julius A. Dargan (1815-1861). Built on land acquired from Jesse H. Lide in 1839, the ho...
- 35-25MagnoliaConstructed in 1853, this house was the home of William D. Johnson, a Bennettsville attorney and one of three Marlboro C...
- 23-07Ordinance of SecessionDedicated in reverence and admiration for their courage and integrity to the five signers of the Ordinance of Secession ...
- 01-14Secession HillOn November 22, 1860, a mass meeting on this site was one of the first held in the South after Abraham Lincoln’s electio...
- 01-10Thomas Chiles Perrin HouseThe Greek Revival residence of Thomas Chiles Perrin (1805 1878), prominent Abbeville District lawyer, planter, businessm...
- 21-08William W. HarlleePresident of Wilmington & Manchester Railroad and a founder of the city of Florence, Harllee (1812-1897) was also a gene...
Reconstruction (1866-1876)
- 40-100City HallCompleted in 1874, this superb example of renaissance revival architecture was built of local and Fairfield County grani...
- 02-13Site of EllentonPost office est. here 1873. Town chartered 1880. Ellenton and surrounding area purchased by US Govt in early 1950s for e...
- 25-02Town of BrunsonOn November 7, 1872, a post office was established in this community, named for William E. Brunson, Sr., who donated the...
New South (1877-1913)
- 05-18Bambery County CourthouseBamberg County, named for Gen. Francis Marion Bamberg, was formed in 1897. One of the first projects undertaken was the ...
- 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...
- 08-26Cross Post OfficeThis post office, originally named Cross Mill, was established in 1879. Adam Cross, a local storekeeper and Civil War ve...
- 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...
- 03-11FairfaxFairfax, chartered in 1893 and incorporated in 1896, grew out of an early community centered around Owens’ Crossroads, w...
- 23-73Fork Shoals SchoolOriginally associated with Fork Shoals Baptist Church, Fork Shoals School was in operation by 1877. A private Fork Shoal...
- 21-20HannahHannah, named for the Hannah/Hanna family, was known as Cane Branch or Lynches River before a post office was opened her...
- 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...
- 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...
World War I and the Interwar Period (1913-1941)
- 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...
- 02-47Aiken HospitalThe first public hospital in Aiken, at the corner of Richland Ave. and Vaucluse Rd., was built in 1917 for the Aiken Hos...
- 40-221Allen Benedict CourtIn 1940, a segregated public housing complex for African Americans opened at this site. Named after nearby Allen Univers...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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 ...
- 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...
- 43-61Dalzell SchoolThis was the site of Dalzell School, a legally white but segregated public school for the “Sumter Turks,” a dark-skinned...
- 40-205Gonzales GardensOpened in September 1940, Gonzales Gardens was named for N.G., Ambrose, and William Gonzales, founders of The State news...
- 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...
- 27-10Jasper CountyThis county was established in 1912 from portions of Beaufort and Hampton counties and named, it is said, for Sergeant W...
- 43-47Lincoln High SchoolLincoln High School can trace its origins to the establishment of “Lincoln School,” which was built as the first public ...
- 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...
- 21-42Palmetto State Bank RobberyConstructed in 1907, this building originally housed Farmers and Merchants Bank. In 1934 the newly formed Palmetto State...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 10-117U.S. Vegetable LaboratoryThe U.S. Southeastern Regional Vegetable Breeding Laboratory was built here in 1936, the first of nine federal agricultu...
- 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...
- 38-44Wilkinson High SchoolIn 1938, Orangeburg’s first black high school opened in this building, constructed by the Works Progress Administration....
World War II and After (1941-present)
- 31-19Bishopville High SchoolThis high school, built in 1936, is an excellent example of a Colonial Revival school built by the Public Works Administ...
- 13-13Chesterfield Post OfficeThis post office, built in 1937-38, is one of several New Deal-era post offices in S.C. designed by the Public Works Div...
- 13-14Craig ParkThis park was built in 1933-35 by three New Deal-era programs of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s first term. The land was donate...
- 16-60Darlington County JailThis building, a New Deal project of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Public Works Administration (PWA), was built in 1937 at a c...
- 23-42Greenville County CourthouseThis Beaux Arts building, built in 1916-18, was the fourth Greenville County Courthouse, from 1918 to 1950. It was liste...
- 23-60Simpsonville LibraryThis Classical Revival building, constructed in 1940, was the Simpsonville Branch of the Greenville County Library until...