Florence in Florence County, South Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)
Florence Civic Improvement Society Memorial
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), January 15, 2026
1. Florence Civic Improvement Society Memorial Marker
Inscription.
Florence Civic Improvement Society Memorial. .
This memorial erected by Florence Civic Improvement Society Organized October 8, 1902, Charter Members. Mrs. Theodore Kuker, President . Mrs. James Evans, Treasurer . Mrs. D.M. McEachin, Secretary . Mrs. E.E. Howell . Mrs. C.D. Bristow . Mrs. E.J. Burch . Mrs. A.L. Sessoms . Mrs. Hugh Oliver . Mrs. J.J. Jennings . Mrs. C.E. Jarrott . Mrs. Joe Brunson . Mrs. L.P. Newman . Mrs. R.a. McCorkle . Mrs. R.H. Farmer . Mrs. M.S. Haynsworth,
Achievements. Beautification court house grounds. Instituted Womans Industrial Fair later merged in Pee Dee Fair. Established first curb market, corner Dargan and Cheves Sts. Presented city with four drinking fountains for main corners. Gave drinking fountain and playground furniture for school grounds. Street beautification, city parks, clean-up campaigns, better babies' clinic and other health projects, children's gardens during World War., Having laid the foundations of many civic improvements; and other splendid organizations now having taken over the various forms of service, the civic society retires from active life in this year of our Lord 1938, with fragrant memories of work well done.,
Memorial Committee. Mrs. E.E. Howell . Mrs. W.J. Wilkins . Mrs. Henry E. Davis . Mrs. E.H. Lucas . Mrs. J.L. Barringer . Miss. Nellie Bristow . Mrs. J. DeJongh . Mrs. L. Greenberg
This memorial
erected by
Florence Civic Improvement
Society
Organized October 8, 1902
Beautification court house grounds. Instituted Womans Industrial Fair later merged in Pee Dee Fair. Established first curb market, corner Dargan and Cheves Sts. Presented city with four drinking fountains for main corners. Gave drinking fountain and playground furniture for school grounds. Street beautification, city parks, clean-up campaigns, better babies' clinic and other health projects, children's gardens during World War.
Having laid the foundations of many civic improvements; and other splendid organizations now having taken over the various forms of service, the civic society retires from active life in this year of our Lord 1938, with fragrant memories of work well done.
Memorial Committee
Mrs. E.E. Howell
Mrs. W.J. Wilkins
Mrs. Henry E. Davis
Mrs. E.H. Lucas
Mrs. J.L. Barringer
Miss. Nellie Bristow
Mrs. J. DeJongh
Mrs. L. Greenberg
Erected 1938
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by Florence Civic Improvement Society Memorial Committee.
Location. 34° 11.738′ N, 79° 46.005′ W. Marker is in Florence, South Carolina, in Florence County. It is on West Cheves Street (State Road S-21-92) west of South Dargan Street, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 111 W Cheves St, Florence SC 29501, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker and memorial 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.
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Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), January 15, 2026
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