McBee in Chesterfield County, South Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)

Seaboard Air Line Railway Depot

Photographed by Michael Sean Nix, March 6, 2010

1. Seaboard Air Line Railway Depot Marker

Inscription. This depot, built in 1914, was the second station built by the Seaboard Air Line Railway in McBee. The town, the most successful of those established along Seaboard's Columbia-to-Cheraw line after it was completed in 1900, grew so quickly that a new depot became a high priority by the end of the decade. This depot was both a passenger and freight depot until it closed in 1971. Now the McBee Library and Railroad Museum, it was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.

Erected 2001 by Town of McBee. (Marker Number 13-7.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Railroads & Streetcars. In addition, it is included in the South Carolina Historical Markers series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1914.

Location. 34° 28.158′ N, 80° 15.456′ W. Marker is in McBee, South Carolina, in Chesterfield County. It is at the intersection of West Pine Avenue and South Sixth Street, on the right when traveling west on West Pine Avenue. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Mc Bee SC 29101, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in South Carolina’s Pee Dee

and in the Olde English District. 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 13 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Pleasant Hill Baptist Church (approx. 6.4 miles away); Lower Fork Of Lynches Creek Baptist Church / Gum Branch Church

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(approx. 7.3 miles away); Tiller's Ferry (approx. 7.9 miles away); Jacob Kelley House (approx. 10.6 miles away); Thomas E. Hart House (approx. 10.8 miles away); First Baptist Church (approx. 12.3 miles away); John L. Hart / John Hart House (approx. 12.3 miles away); Arcade Hotel (approx. 12.3 miles away).

Photographed by Michael Sean Nix, March 6, 2010

2. Seaboard Air Line Railway Depot Marker

Seaboard Air Line Railway Depot image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Michael Sean Nix, March 6, 2010

3. Seaboard Air Line Railway Depot

Photographed by Michael Sean Nix, March 6, 2010

4. Seaboard Air Line Railway Depot

Seaboard Air Line Railway Caboose image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Michael Sean Nix, March 6, 2010

5. Seaboard Air Line Railway Caboose

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on March 6, 2010, by Michael Sean Nix of Spartanburg, South Carolina. This page has been viewed 3,715 times since then and 259 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on March 6, 2010, by Michael Sean Nix of Spartanburg, South Carolina. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.