The South Carolina Historical Marker Program, established in 1936, has approved the installation of more than 1,700 interpretive plaques, each highlighting how places both grand and unassuming have played important roles in the history of the Palmetto State. These roadside markers identify and interpret places valuable for understanding South Carolina's past, including sites of consequential events and buildings, structures, or other resources significant for their design or their association with institutions or individuals prominent in local, state, or national history. This volume includes a concise history of the South Carolina Historical Marker Program and an overview of the marker application process. For those interested in specific historic periods or themes, the volume features condensed lists of markers associated with broader topics such as the American Revolution, African American history, women's history, the Civil War, and Reconstruction. While the program is administered by the South Carolina Department of Archives and History, most markers are proposed by local organizations that serve as a marker's official sponsor, paying its cost and assuming responsibility for its upkeep. In that sense, this inventory is a record not just of places and subjects that the state has deemed worthy of acknowledgment, but of those that South Carolinians themselves have worked to enshrine.

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1921 edition. Excerpt: ... ADDITIONAL HOUSES OF HISTORIC INTEREST IN SOUTH CAROLINA Below are given names of houses not included in the present volume for lack of space. These include the most important. A Abbeville--Town and County. Cheves Homestead (County). Wardlaw Home (Town). B Barnwell--Town and County. Aldrich Homestead (Town). Hagood Residence (Town). Hagood Homestead (County). The Brabham House at Ehrhardt, S. C, Barnwell Co. The Ford House (County). C Camden. Tom Kirkland's House (County). The Boykin Home (County). Old Cheraw--Town, County, District Rollock (County). Duval (Town). House near Easterling 's Mill where Gen. Winfield Scott stayed. Hartwell Edward's Home--Mar's Bluff. J. W. Wallace's Home near Mar's Bluff. Old Houses at Society Hill (Old Cheraw District). Pegues (Town). Chester--Town and County. Davie Homestead--Langford Section (County). "Red Bank"--The Eberhardt Home, Chester County. Arthur Gaston's Residence (Town). D Darlington. James Homestead (Town). E. M. Williamson House (Darlington County). Built in 1812 by Jordan Sanders. E Edgefield. Hammond Houses near Hamburg (Old Edgefield District). The Bettiss, Bouknight Place (County). The Pickens' Home (Town). O Georgetown. "Chantilly," Alston Place (County). House from which Major James escaped. ADDITIONAL HOUSES OF HISTORIC INTEREST M Marion. Jacob Brawler's Primitive Home (Marion County). Gen. G. N. Evans' House (Marion Town). "Pierre Haven"--Home of Judge C. A. Woods (Town). 0 Orangeburg. The John Cart Home (Town). The Bull Residence (Town). Salley Residences (County). 8 Sumter. The Colcalough Homestead. The Dick Homestead. W Winnsboro. The MacMaster Homes, Winnsboro (Town). The James Kincaid House, Winnsboro (Town). Cornwallis' Headquarters, Winnsboro. T York. The Bratton House (Scene...

Southern plantations are an endless source of fascination. That’s no surprise since these palatial homes are rich in history, representing a pivotal time in U.S. history that truly is “gone with the wind.” With the Civil War literally exploding all around, many of these homes were occupied either by Confederate or Union troops. Today, there are more than thirty plantations open to the public in South Carolina. Plantations and Historic Homes of South Carolina takes the reader on the tours and talks to the guides to dig even further if there is more to discover. If only the walls could talk, the stories we might hear!

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