Floydale in Dillon in Dillon County, South Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)

Dillon Graded School and Dillon Public School

Photographed by J. J. Prats, March 19, 2025

1. Dillon Graded School and Dillon Public School Marker, Side One

Inscription. The Dillon School Campus includes a unique collection of educational buildings from different periods, each representing the pedagogical and architectural styles of the age. The first building constructed on the campus was the 1896 Dillon Graded School. Built in the Italianate-style, the school was meant as a statement of the community’s commitment to educating its children.

Auditorium and gymnasium additions built in 1936 display a striped classicism typical of Public Works Administration (PWA) funded building projects. The 1957 cafeteria addition exhibits then-prevailing thinking that one-story schools with window walls for light and circulation were best. The complex was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 2014.

Erected 2015 by Department of archives and History. Sponsored by Dillon Historic School Foundation. (Marker Number 17-17.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Education. A significant historical year for this entry is 1896.

Location. 34° 25.227′ N, 79° 22.392′ W. Marker is in Dillon, South Carolina, in Dillon County. It is in Floydale. It is on North 3rd Avenue, Martin Luther King Jr Blvd north of West Cleveland Street, on the left when traveling north. Touch for map

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. Marker is at or near this postal address: 204 N 3rd Ave, Dillon SC 29536, 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.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Dillon County / Dillon County Courthouse (approx. 0.2 miles away); James W. Dillon (approx. 0.2 miles away); Duncan McLaurin (approx. 0.2 miles away); Dillon County Veterans Memorial (approx. 0.2 miles away); Dillon County Supreme Sacrifice Memorial (approx. 0.2 miles away); Mayors of Dillon (approx. 0.2 miles away); Dillon Theatre (approx. 0.2 miles away); Town of Dillon / Florence Railroad Company (approx. 0.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Dillon.

Dillon Graded School and Dillon Public School Marker, Side Two image. Click for full size.

Photographed by J. J. Prats, March 19, 2025

2. Dillon Graded School and Dillon Public School Marker, Side Two

Dillon Graded School and Dillon Public School and Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by J. J. Prats, March 19, 2025

3. Dillon Graded School and Dillon Public School and Marker

Marker is in front of the telephone pole in the center of this photograph.

Dillon Graded School image. Click for full size.

Photographed by J. J. Prats, March 19, 2025

4. Dillon Graded School

Credits. This page was last revised on March 21, 2025. It was originally submitted on March 21, 2025, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio. This page has been viewed 137 times since then and 26 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on March 21, 2025, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio.