Hartsville in Darlington County, South Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)

Hartsville Oil Mill

Photographed by Cindy Bullard, November 9, 2010

1. Hartsville Oil Mill Marker (Side A)

Inscription.
Side A
The Hartsville Oil Mill, founded in 1900 by J.L. Coker, D.R. Coker, and J.J. Lawton, stood here until 1993. A cotton oil mill, it crushed cottonseed to produce cooking oil; meal and cake for feed and fertilizer; and lint for stuffing and explosives. It was chartered in 1909 with Lawton as president, treasurer, and general manager; Albert Jordan as secretary; and C.G. Timberlake as superintendent.

Side B
The mill office, still standing at this site, was built in 1915. Under the leadership of president E.H. Lawton, Sr., the mill was converted from hydraulic presses to screw presses in 1954. The mill began extracting oil and meal from soybeans by 1957. The company sold the Hartsville mill in 1981 and moved its headquarters to Darlington. In 2000 it was the last cotton oil mill still operating in S.C.

Erected 2000 by Hartsville Museum. (Marker Number 16-42.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Industry & Commerce. A significant historical year for this entry is 1900.

Location. 34° 22.37′ N, 80° 4.335′ W. Marker is in Hartsville, South Carolina, in Darlington County. It is on Fifth Street close to Marlboro Avenue, on the left when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Hartsville SC 29550, 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.

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At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Hartsville Veterans Monument (within shouting distance of this marker); Hartsville Passenger Depot (approx. 0.2 miles away); Jerusalem Baptist Church (approx. 0.2 miles away); Arcade Hotel (approx. 0.2 miles away); First Baptist Church (approx. ¼ mile away); John L. Hart / John Hart House (approx. 0.3 miles away); Hartsville Cotton Mill (approx. 0.3 miles away); David Robert Coker 1870-1938 (approx. 0.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Hartsville.

Hartsville Oil Mill Marker (Side B) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Cindy Bullard, November 9, 2010

2. Hartsville Oil Mill Marker (Side B)

Hartsville Oil Mill Office and Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Cindy Bullard, November 9, 2010

3. Hartsville Oil Mill Office and Marker

Hartsville Oil Mill Office image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Cindy Bullard, November 9, 2010

4. Hartsville Oil Mill Office

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on November 17, 2010, by David Bullard of Seneca, South Carolina. This page has been viewed 3,896 times since then and 219 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on November 17, 2010, by David Bullard of Seneca, South Carolina. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.