Lake City in Florence County, South Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)

133 East Main Street

[L.T. Coward and Company]

— Lake City Downtown Historic District —

133 East Main Street Marker image. Click for more information.

Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), May 21, 2026

1. 133 East Main Street Marker

National Register of Historic Places Registration Form
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Inscription. The National Register
of Historic Places
South Carolina
Department of Archives
and History
133 East Main Street
Lake City 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.

Location. 33° 52.319′ N, 79° 45.215′ W. Marker is in Lake City, South Carolina, in Florence County. It is on East Main Street (Business U.S. 378) east of South Acline Street (South Carolina Road 21-264), on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 134 E Main St, Lake City SC 29560, 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 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

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the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: 137 East Main Street (a few steps from this marker); 139 & 141 E. Main St. (a few steps from this marker); 130 East Main Street (a few steps from this marker); 124 East Main Street (within shouting distance of this marker); 115 & 117 E. Main St. (within shouting distance of this marker); 118 East Main Street (within shouting distance of this marker); Lake City (within shouting distance of this marker); 111 East Main Street (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Lake City.

Regarding 133 East Main Street. 133 East Main Street [L.T. Coward and Company], ca. 1913-1920
A two-story brick building with a glass and metal storefront, a central inset entrance, and a separate left-sided entrance to the upstairs. Stucco has been applied to the entire storefront. Four tall segmental-arched windows (now infilled with plywood) are at the second level. Above these windows are two corbeled stringcourses, providing for a deep entablature and corbeled

133 East Main Street image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Devry Becker Jones, May 21, 2026

2. 133 East Main Street

piers at each corner of the building's upper facade. The building features a corbeled and denticulated brick cornice which caps the building that once housed L.T. Coward and Company, a men's clothing store. In 2002 it houses King's Beauty Supply.

Credits. This page was last revised on July 9, 2026. It was originally submitted on May 25, 2026, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 11 times since then. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on May 25, 2026, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.