Lake City in Florence County, South Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)
H.H. Singletary Building
Photographed by Jane Ruschky, May 29, 2017
1. H.H. Singletary Building Marker
National Register of Historic Places Registration Form for the Lake City Downtown Historic District
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This two-story commercial building was built in 1910 by Henry Horace Singletary (1848-1912) as the H.H. Singletary Company, with a grocery store on the first floor. Singletary, perhaps the most prominent businessman and civic leader in the town from Reconstruction into the 20th century, once owned almost 600 acres in what is now downtown Lake City. He also ran a sawmill and brickyard.
Singletary was a pioneer in the creation and early prosperity of Lake City's produce markets in the 1890s, shipping local strawberries to Northern markets. He gave assistance to many institutions in Lake City, donating lumber for the first school in 1878, land for the second school in 1888, and land for the first sanctuary of Lake City Presbyterian Church, built in 1888.
Erected 2014 by South Carolina Department of Archives and History; sponsored by The Lynches Lake Historical Society. (Marker Number 21-40.)
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Industry & Commerce. A significant historical year for this entry is 1910.
Location. 33° 52.358′ N, 79° 45.264′ W. Marker is in Lake City, South Carolina, in Florence
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Regionally, this marker is in South Carolina’s Pee Dee. It is also in the American South and specifically in the Deep South. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the original Thirteen Colonies, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: 104 & 106 East Main Street (a few steps from this marker); Huey Cooper 1873 - 1978 (within shouting distance of this marker); 111 East Main Street (within shouting distance of this marker); 116 East Main Street (within shouting distance of this marker); 118 East Main Street (within shouting distance of this marker); Palmetto State Bank Robbery
Photographed by Jane Ruschky, May 29, 2017
2. H.H. Singletary Building Marker
View of building
Regarding H.H. Singletary Building. 101 East Main Street [Singletary Building], 1907
Corner of East Main Street and South Acline Avenue. A two-story canted-corner and angled brick building with a plate glass and metal storefront. The storefront, located on the canted face of the building, is covered by a cloth awning as are the two display windows on each side of the storefront. The storefront cornice is corbeled. The building's first floor has been stuccoed and scored to simulate ashlar stone. Five small two-light transom-type windows with keystones [one now infilled] and a doorway with identical transom pierce the building's masonry wall along Acline Avenue. The upper facade of the building has twelve two-over-two light double-hung windows, arranged in six pairs, with cloth awnings. Each window featuresPaid Advertisement
a segmental arch with a keystone. The building has a decorative corbeled cornice
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), May 21, 2026
3. H.H. Singletary Building Marker in front of the building
Photographed by Jane Ruschky, May 29, 2017
4. H.H. Singletary Building
Credits. This page was last revised on July 9, 2026. It was originally submitted on May 30, 2017, by Jane Ruschky of Columbia, South Carolina. This page has been viewed 648 times since then and 41 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on May 30, 2017, by Jane Ruschky of Columbia, South Carolina. 3. submitted on May 25, 2026, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. 4. submitted on July 9, 2026, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.
