Florence in Florence County, South Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)

Gregg-Wallace Farm Tenant House

Photographed By Dave W, May 14, 2023

1. Gregg-Wallace Farm Tenant House Marker, Side One

Inscription.
(side 1)
This house, built as a one-room tenant house ca. 1890 and later enlarged several times, features a narrow front porch and rear shed room addition typical of many tenant houses on plantations and farms in the post-Civil War South. Like the families who lived here, most tenants were African American. (Continued on other side) (side 2) (Continued from other side) From 1890 to 1999 members of the Williams, Waiters, Frazier, Martin, and Gregg families lived here. working as wage laborers or sharecroppers, on land owned by the Gregg and Wallace families. This tenant house was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.

Erected 2010 by The Florence City-County Historical Commission. (Marker Number 21-30.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: African Americans • Agriculture. A significant historical year for this entry is 1890.

Location. 34° 12.12′ N, 79° 39.111′ W. Marker is in Florence, South Carolina, in Florence County. Marker is on North Price Road, 0.2 miles east of Fore Road. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 340 N Price Rd, Florence SC 29506, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow

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flies. Mars Bluff (approx. 0.3 miles away); Francis Marion Memorial Highway (approx. 0.4 miles away); Hewn-Timber Cabins (approx. 0.4 miles away); Atomic Bomb Accident at Mars Bluff, March 11, 1958 (approx. ¾ mile away); Mars Bluff Rice Growers (approx. one mile away); Mt. Zion Rosenwald School (approx. 1.6 miles away); Mt. Zion Methodist Church (approx. 1.6 miles away); William R. Johnson House / The Columns (approx. 1.8 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Florence.

Also see . . .
1. South Carolina site.

The Gregg-Wallace Farm Tenant House, ca. 1890, is an example of the predominant form of housing for African Americans in the rural south for over a half-century after emancipation.

(Submitted on May 15, 2023, by Dave W of Co, Colorado.)

2. National Register Application/Approval.

South Carolina SP Gregg--Wallace Farm Tenant House

(Submitted on May 15, 2023, by Dave W of Co, Colorado.)

Gregg-Wallace Farm Tenant House Marker, Side Two image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Dave W, May 14, 2023

2. Gregg-Wallace Farm Tenant House Marker, Side Two

Gregg-Wallace Farm Tenant House Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Dave W, May 14, 2023

3. Gregg-Wallace Farm Tenant House Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on May 18, 2023. It was originally submitted on May 15, 2023, by Dave W of Co, Colorado. This page has been viewed 118 times since then and 51 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on May 15, 2023, by Dave W of Co, Colorado. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.