Medicine and science
Physicians, hospitals, naturalists, engineers and scientists. 20 places on the trail.
New South (1877-1913)
World War I and the Interwar Period (1913-1941)
- 08-89Berkeley County HospitalAround 1930, Anne Sinkler Fishburne and Dr. Kershaw Fishburne led a campaign by the Berkeley Tuberculosis Association to...
- 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...
- 22-72Florence Williams HospitalThis is the site of the Florence Williams Hospital, opened by its namesake in 1926. Florence Williams (1887-1967) was an...
- 40-231South Carolina SanatoriumAt this site in 1915 the state Board of Health opened a tuberculosis hospital known as the South Carolina Sanatorium. Th...
- 42-38Spartanburg General HospitalAuthorized in 1917 by the state and opened in 1921 by the county, Spartanburg General Hospital (SGH) was housed in this ...
- 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...
World War II and After (1941-present)
- 21-26Atomic Bomb Accident at Mars Bluff, March 11, 1958In 1958, in the midst of the Cold War, the U.S. Air Force accidentally dropped an atomic bomb near here. The unarmed 7,6...
- 45-25Benevolent Societies HospitalIn March 1948, eight local Black benevolent societies founded a hospital for African Americans at this site. It was hous...
- 40-213Columbia Hospital "Negro Unit"Columbia Hospital, est. 1892, opened a segregated wing for African Americans in 1934 at its Hampton St. location. In 194...
- 43-58Community HospitalCommunity Hospital opened at this site in 1949. The 40-room brick facility was built for African Amerian residents of Su...
- 40-233Congaree Action NowOn Sept. 20, 1975, more than 700 people gathered here for Congaree Action Now, a major turning point in the campaign to ...
- 40-211Cyril O. Spann Medical OfficeFrom 1963 to 1979, this was the office of Dr. Cyril O. Spann (1916-1979), one of the first fully trained African America...
- 23-104McClaren Medical ShelterMcClaren Medical Shelter, a one-story brick building on a raised basement, was a privately run hospital for African Amer...
- 20-05Nuclear PowerTwo miles west of here at Parr Shoals on Broad River is the first atomic nuclear power plant in the Southeast. In 1954, ...
- 02-36P ReactorOne of five production reactors at Savannah River Plant, now Savannah River Site, P Reactor was the site of cutting-edge...
- 10-148Pinehaven Tuberculosis HospitalPinehaven Tuberculosis Hospital opened at this site in 1953. The 3-story brick hospital was owned by Charleston County a...
- 02-37R ReactorOne of five production reactors at the Savannah River Plant, now Savannah River Site, R Reactor produced plutonium and t...
- 02-44The Detection of the Neutrino, 1956On August 27, 1956, at the Savannah River Plant (now Savannah River Site), Drs. Clyde L. Cowan, Jr. (1919-1974) and Fred...