Writers, artists and musicians
Novelists, poets, journalists, painters, architects and musicians. 27 places on the trail.
Era of American Revolution (1764-1783)
Antebellum (1816-1860)
Reconstruction (1866-1876)
New South (1877-1913)
- 10-104Carolina Art AssociationIn 1857, a group of civic-minded Charlestonians established the Carolina Art Association. The goal of the CAA was to pro...
- 39-28Central SchoolThis Classical Revival structure, built 1908-09 by B.E. Grandy, was originally a school for residents of the town of Cen...
- 40-223Hettie Anderson HomesiteHarriette “Hettie” Eugenia Anderson, acclaimed African American art model of the Gilded Age, grew up in a house at this ...
- 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...
- 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 ...
- 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...
World War I and the Interwar Period (1913-1941)
- 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...
- 07-67Carnegie LibraryBuilt in 1917-18, this was one of fourteen libraries constructed in S.C. with funding from the Carnegie Corporation. It ...
- 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...
- 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...
- 10-111Lincoln TheatreIn 1919, the Lincoln Theatre opened at 601 King St. and became Charleston’s lognest operating theater for African Americ...
- 07-61Mary Field SchoolFollowing Emancipation, education was a priority for African American families on Daufuskie. Adults and children attende...
- 42-34Montgomery BuildingThe Montgomery Building was completed in 1924. The 10-story Chicago skeletal frame construction skyscraper was designed ...
- 35-42Playhouse TheaterBuilt in 1917 as an opera house and theater, “The Playhouse” was considered among the finest theaters in the Pee Dee. It...
- 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...
- 40-202Town TheatreThe Town Theatre was founded in 1919 by public-spirited Columbians who yearned for a community theatre. Daniel A. Reed, ...
World War II and After (1941-present)
- 45-23Chubby Checker HomeOn Oct. 3, 1941, Ernest Evans, later known by his stage name, “Chubby Checker,” was born to Raymond and Eartle (Scott) E...
- 10-77Cigar FactoryThis five-story commercial building, built ca. 1882 as a textile mill, was known as the Charleston Manufacturing Company...
- 39-27Littlejohn's GrillHorace and Gertrude Littlejohn opened Littlejohn’s Grill in a small concrete building in the 1940s. After a c.1950 fire,...
- 37-24Mountain Rest SchoolThe building across the road was constructed in 1948 to house the Mountain Rest School. Initially staffed by four teache...
- 07-69Oyotunji VillageIn 1970, members of the N.Y. Yoruba Temple arrived in Beaufort Co. to found an “African Village” centered on traditional...