Dillon in Dillon County, South Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)
Anderson Brothers Bank
100 North MacArthur Avenue
| | Dillon Downtown Historic District | |
of Historic Places
South Carolina
Department of Archives
and History
Anderson Brothers Bank
Dillon Downtown
Historic District
Erected by South Carolina Department of Archives and History.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Architecture • Industry & Commerce. A significant historical year for this entry is 1935.
Location. 34° 25.036′ N, 79° 22.319′ W. Marker is in Dillon, South Carolina, in Dillon County. It is on North Macarthur Avenue north of West Main Street, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 102B N MacArthur 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: 106 North MacArthur Avenue (a few steps from this marker); Mayors of Dillon (within shouting distance of this marker); 112 North MacArthur Avenue (within shouting distance of this marker); Town of Dillon / Florence Railroad Company (within shouting distance of this marker); Dillon Theatre (within shouting distance of this marker); Duncan McLaurin (within shouting distance of this marker); Dillon County / Dillon County Courthouse
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Also see . . . National Register of Historic Places Nomination form for the Dillon Downtown Historic District.
This form was prepared by Maggie Riales, Revitalization Coordinator for the City of Dillon on December 5, 2002 with assistance from the SHPO Staff of the South Carolina Department of Archives and History. The statement of significance for the historic district begins on page 5:
The Dillon Downtown Historic District is a collection of seventy-five commercial buildings in the downtown area of Dillon, South Carolina, a small railroad-centered town in the agriculturally based Pee Dee region in the state. The district is centered along the town's Main Street and the east and west sides of the railroad corridor, along MacArthur Avenue, Railroad Avenue and West Harrison Street.
Sixty buildings contribute to the character of the historic district... The contributing properties represent the development of the downtown as a center of commerce in Dillon and the county seat of the newly-formed Dillon County in 1910. The properties were constructed between ca. 1903 and 1948 with the majority constructed between 1903 and 1946.
The historic resources in this districtare representative of commercial, institutional and governmental architecture in many small towns in rural South Carolina, especially in county seat towns that developed in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The commercial area features either one- or two-story brick buildings with first-story glass and metal storefronts, second-story double-hung sash windows, brick panels and corbeled cornices. Many of them retain their original storefront openings and forms, though not their original materials, but storefronts do not determine the contributing or noncontributing status of buildings in the district. Most buildings retain the original elements of the upper portion above the first-story storefront, whether one- or two-story buildings. Several buildings have had their facades altered by the addition of metal or wood/composition-shingle awnings, or the infill of second-story windows. Though the cumulative effect of some alterations classify fourteen buildings as non-contributing, in most instances such alterations do not impair either the individual buildings' architectural integrity or the historic district's ability to convey its character from the period of significance.
The Anderson Brothers Bank building is described on pages 16 and 17:
40. Anderson Brothers Bank, 100 North MacArthur Avenue (ca. 1935): Two-story brick construction; Flemish bond; crown molding cornice, rectangular parapet. Centered rectangular decorated panel flanked by square panels in parapet. Deeply projecting denticulated and modillioned cornice with brick frieze. Brick frieze supports signage, with architrave below. Four full-height "Tower of the Winds" Corinthian columns support the upper facade. These are supported in turn by square piers banded by the continuous bench course. "Tower of the Winds" Corinthian pilasters located directly behind and in response to columns. Upper facade has a pair of 3/1 double hung windows centered with another 3/1 double hung windows in each side. Windows and piers framed by soldier and stretcher courses, decorative green tile block at upper corners. There are three different types of decorative green tile used. Lower facade has an exaggerated-height wood door surround centered with double metal and glass entry doors. Tall narrow glass block windows on each side have a decorative rectangular panel above, soldier and stretcher frames and green tile blocks at upper corners. Left window partially blocked by ATM; canvas awning over entry doors. Diaper bond in frieze. East Main Street facade has continued crown molding capping cornice with lower continued deeply projecting dentil cornice. Continued architrave. Upper facade has five pairs of 3/1 double hung windows and three single identical ones. All have soldier and stretcher course frames with green tile block at upper corners and stone sills. Lower facade has six tall narrow glass block windows resting on continued bench course all with soldier/stretchers course frames and green tile blocks at upper corners. Two separate glass and metal entry doors with identical masonry frames and tile corner blocks; canvas awnings over doors. Diaper bond in frieze. Originally built ca. 1893 by J. H. David and Frank David and operated as a general store. Primarily known as the Anderson Brothers Bank. In 1935, H.H. Anderson employed the services of Lafaye and Lafaye, architects of Columbia, to renovate the bank as well as the movie theatre on MacArthur Avenue. John Rather Hilton of Dillon was the contractor.(Submitted on May 25, 2026, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.)
Credits. This page was last revised on May 25, 2026. It was originally submitted on May 25, 2026, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 5 times since then. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on May 25, 2026, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.
