Hampton in Hampton County, South Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)
Plywoods-Plastics Corporation
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Westinghouse Micarta Division
Photographed by Mike Stroud, April 28, 2013
1. Plywoods - Plastics Corporation Marker
Plywoods - Plastics Corporation. This complex, opened in 1942 as Plywoods - Plastics Corporation, has been significant in the industry and economy of Hampton and the lowcountry ever since. In 1941 Plywood Products Corporation bought this site from the town and the Hampton & Branchville RR. It moved its operations here from Michigan to make plywood and laminated plastics for building construction and various household applications.
Westinghouse Micarta Division. Westinghouse bought this plant in 1951 as a branch of its Micarta Division. Until 1995 the Decorative Division made countertops and furniture while the Industrial Division made components for the U.S. Navy and NASA, among other clients. The plant, which employed 1200 at its peak, was sold to International Paper in 1995, then to Kohlberg & Co. in 2002, making laminates under the brand name Nevamar.
Erected 2013 by South Carolina Department of Archives and History; sponsored by The Hampton Museum and Visitors Center. (Marker Number 25-18.)
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Industry & Commerce. A significant historical year for this entry is 1942.
Location. 32° 52.623′ N, 81° 6.862′ W. Marker is in Hampton, South Carolina, in Hampton County
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Regionally, this marker is in South Carolina’s Lowcountry, in the Ashepoo and Combahee and Edisto Basin. 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 New Spain, 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: Huspah Baptist Church and School (approx. 0.2 miles away); American Legion Hut (approx. 0.4 miles away); World War II POW Camp (approx. half a mile away); Site of Hampton High School (approx. half a mile away); James Washington Moore House (approx. 0.6 miles away); Hampton Colored School (approx. 0.7 miles away); a different marker also named Hampton Colored School (approx. 0.7 miles away); POW-MIA Memorial (approx. 0.8 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Hampton.
More about this marker. Although printed and casted as 2012, the marker was erected in 2013
Photographed by Mike Stroud, April 28, 2013
2. Westinghouse Micarta Division Marker
Photographed by Mike Stroud, April 28, 2013
3. Marker seen looking north on Hoover Street North (US 601)
Photographed by Mike Stroud, April 28, 2013
4. Factory look, present day
Photographed by Mike Stroud, April 28, 2013
5. Marker as seen looking south along Hoover Street North
Credits. This page was last revised on May 31, 2026. It was originally submitted on May 8, 2013, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. This page has been viewed 2,980 times since then and 126 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on May 9, 2013, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina.
