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
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.
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 South Carolina State Historic Preservation Office, sponsored by The Florence City-County Historical Commission. (Marker Number 21-30.)
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: African Americans • Agriculture. In addition, it is included in the South Carolina Historical Markers series list. 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. It 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.
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 the North Atlantic Region, 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.
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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.)
Photographed by Dave W, May 14, 2023
2. Gregg-Wallace Farm Tenant House Marker, Side Two
Photographed by Dave W, May 14, 2023
3. Gregg-Wallace Farm Tenant House Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on January 19, 2026. It was originally submitted on May 15, 2023, by Dave W of Co, Colorado. This page has been viewed 619 times since then and 36 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.
