On Front Street at Broad Street when traveling west on Front Street.
One of more than 60 antebellum homes in Georgetown, the Kaminski House stands out as the most representative of the Georgian style of the era. Built by Paul Trapier, a leading merchant of South Carolina and sometimes known as "The King of . . . — — Map (db m300942) HM
On S. Fraser Street (U.S. 17) at Crow Hill Drive, on the right when traveling south on S. Fraser Street.
The Oaks Plantation was established
on the Santee River in 1705 by a grant
from the Lords Proprietors to John
Sauseau, a French Huguenot settler.
It passed through several owners in
the prominent Buchanan and Withers
families before 1793, when . . . — — Map (db m16383) HM
Near Front Street at Screven Street, on the left when traveling north.
The rice culture in Georgetown County is one of the most colorful chapters in American History. Through maps, dioramas, artifacts, "The Garden of Gold" video produced by the museum, and other exhibits, the Rice Museum tells the story of the rice . . . — — Map (db m68021) HM
On Front Street at Screven Street, on the right when traveling west on Front Street.
The National Humane Alliance presented this elaborate water trough to Georgetown in 1911. It was installed in the middle of Broad Street near the Front Street intersection. The top bowl held water for horses, while dogs could drink from the . . . — — Map (db m269785) HM
These two cannons were formerly mounted in front of the U.S. Naval Reserve Building on Front Street. Originally they were part of the Confederate defense system at Battery White near Georgetown. — — Map (db m4860) HM
On Front Street at Screven Street on Front Street.
Town Clock
This Greek Revival market
and town hall was built in 1842 after a fire destroyed many of the frame buildings on Front Street. An open-air market occupied the first floor and the town hall occupied the second floor; the clock tower . . . — — Map (db m7683) HM
On Front Street at Orange Street, on the left when traveling west on Front Street.
During the Civil War, the U.S.S. Harvest Moon was the Union Navy's command ship of the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron whose mission was to prevent the Confederate states from trading with other countries. The Harvest Moon would meet a fate no . . . — — Map (db m269790) HM
On East Bay Street south of River Road, on the right when traveling east.
Grateful citizens
dedicated to
William Doyle Morgan
Last Intendant - First Mayor
1891 - 1906
whose untiring efforts brought Georgetown into the twentieth century a progressive city
This park commemorating the 250th anniversary . . . — — Map (db m300884) HM
On Prince Street at Broad Street, on the left when traveling east on Prince Street.
732 Prince Street was the home of William Doyle Morgan (1853–1938), mayor 1891–1906 and the catalyst for much of Georgetown’s growth and prosperity by the turn of the century. He helped give the city what one observer called “the snap and vim of . . . — — Map (db m7603) HM
A pioneer Baptist preacher of Somerton, England. Immigrated to Kittery, Maine. Forced to leave that state for preaching the gospel. Came south with a group of Baptists. Organized first Baptist church in the South, in 1683, at Charleston and served . . . — — Map (db m102503) HM
On Prince Street west of Cannon Street, on the left when traveling west.
Organized in 1753. Charter granted by King George II of England in 1758. First president, Thomas Lynch, signer of the Declaration of Independence. Present building complete August 1857. First meeting of the Winyah Indigo Society held here . . . — — Map (db m300909) HM
On Prince Street at Cannon Street, on the right when traveling east on Prince Street.
Springing from the fervor for indigo, the colony’s vital new crop for making blue dye, the Winyah Indigo Society was begun in 1755 and incorporated 1757 to ensure stronger financial support for the free school which it had founded. Thomas Lynch . . . — — Map (db m7664) HM
On Highmarket Street east of Dozier Street, on the left when traveling east.
Winyah Indigo School District was created in 1885 to maintain public education in Georgetown. In 1887, the district assumed the existing school owned by the Winyah Indigo Society, established in 1755. Completed in 1908 was a building housing . . . — — Map (db m7860) HM
On Myrtle Avenue south of County Road S-22-266, on the right when traveling south.
This summer house was built between 1838 and 1848 by All Saints Academy for the summer residence of its headmaster. Robert F. W. Allston, Governor of SC 1856-58, actively participated in leadership of the academy. After some years, the academy's . . . — — Map (db m54) HM
On Kings River Road (Local Route 22-255) north of Waverly Road (Local Route 22-449), on the left when traveling north.
Anglican services were held on Waccamaw Neck by 1737, with a chapel built on land purchased from Percival Pawley. All Saints Parish, Waccamaw, created out of Prince George Winyah Parish in 1767, was the third Anglican parish created in present-day . . . — — Map (db m17021) HM
On State Road S-22-10, on the left when traveling south.
This house, built by 1848, served as the summer parsonage for All Saints Episcopal Church or many years. Evening summer services were held here by the congregation, which included a number of rice plantation owners who spent summers at Pawleys . . . — — Map (db m53) HM
On State Road S-22-10, on the left when traveling south.
This house stands on land owned by R. F. W. Allston, governor of SC 1856-58. His nephew Joseph Blyth Allston obtained the land in 1866 and it is thought he then moved this circa 1800 house onto his property. After Hurricane Hugo struck SC in 1989, . . . — — Map (db m56) HM
On Myrtle Drive (Local Route S-22-10) south of South Causeway Road (Local Route 22-266), on the left when traveling south.
This house, built on 10 acres of beach land by 1858, was owned by the LaBruce family, who were successful rice planters in this area of All Saints Parish. According to local tradition, two small dwellings on the property were slave cabins. The . . . — — Map (db m17018) HM
On State Road S-22-10, on the left when traveling south.
By 1842 this house was here on Pawleys Island and was owned by Robert Nesbit (1799-1848). A native of Scotland and a rice planter in this area, Nesbit also owned nearby "Caledonia" plantation. The house on Pawleys remained in the Nesbit family until . . . — — Map (db m55) HM
On State Road S-22-10, on the left when traveling south.
Plowden Weston, Lt. Gov of SC 1862–64, obtained land here in 1844 and by 1858 had built this beach residence. The Weston family sold the property to William St. Julien Mazyck in 1864, who sold the house to Atlantic Coast Lumber Company in . . . — — Map (db m37510) HM
On Myrtle Avenue (State Highway S-20-10) near South Causeway Road, on the left when traveling north.
Pawley’s Island
This island, located about ½ mile east, was used by plantation householders who lived on the seashore from May to November to escape malaria, or “summer fever.” A number of houses built about 1850, and the . . . — — Map (db m39647) HM
On Myrtle Avenue 0.4 miles south of North Causeway Road, on the right when traveling south.
(side 1)
In 1946, the Georgetown Ministerial Association resolved to erect a place of Christian worship for summer residents on Pawleys Island/ Partnering with the local Laymen's Evangelistic Club to secure a building, trustees incorporated . . . — — Map (db m182447) HM
This summer residence was owned by Robert F. W. Allston (1801–1864) when the state of SC granted the marsh behind it to him in 1846. Allston was a large property owner, a successful rice planter, and served as governor of SC 1856–58. The house . . . — — Map (db m51) HM
On Myrtle Avenue at South Causeway Road (South Carolina Highway 22-266), on the right when traveling north on Myrtle Avenue.
This causeway was built between January 1845 and November 1846 by Robert Francis Withers Allston, who owned a summer residence on Pawleys Island. Known as Governor Allston's bank, it connected the island to the mainland. Allston was a large property . . . — — Map (db m27320) HM
Near Ocean Highway north of Red Rose Boulevard, on the right when traveling north.
This building was built prior to 1850 and located at Waverly Plantation. The building was moved to its present location in 1970. It was the only school available on lower Waccamaw
neck and operated until early 1920's. Some of the families whose . . . — — Map (db m150604) HM
On Duncan Avenue at Godfrey Road, on the right when traveling west on Duncan Avenue.
St. John A.M.E. Church was established in the spring of 1867 with Rev. Saby Green as the first pastor. Early meetings were held under a brush arbor until a log framed church was built at Litchfield in 1867. The current brick sanctuary replaced . . . — — Map (db m159027) HM
On State Road S-22-10, on the left when traveling south.
This house, one of the oldest on Pawleys, was reputedly moved here after 1858. It stands on land once owned by area rice planter Joshua J. Ward (1800–1853), who was Lt. Gov. of SC 1850-52. The house has hand-hewn sills and joists and . . . — — Map (db m50) HM
Near Ocean Highway (U.S. 17) north of Red Rose Boulevard, on the right when traveling north.
This building was located at Waverly plantation & was moved to the hammock shop complex
in spring of 1983. It is the oldest building in the complex, built in the early 1800's it was the original post office for what is now the Pawleys Island area & . . . — — Map (db m150603) HM
On Plantersville Road, on the right when traveling north.
This plantation, with its origins in several grants to John Allson in 1732, 1734, and later, was in the hands of his grandson Benjamin, Jr., of Brookgreen, by 1806. The property passed first to Benjamin's widow Charlotte and then after her death in . . . — — Map (db m27546) HM
On Plantersville Road, on the right when traveling north.
(Front) The first church on this site, known as Prince Frederick's Chapel, Pee Dee, was built in 1848 on a site donated by the Rev. Hugh Fraser in 1834. Most of its parishioners were rice planters along the Pee Dee River. These ruins are of . . . — — Map (db m27717) HM
In September 1780, Francis Marion returned to South Carolina after a short tactical retreat into the swamps of eastern North Carolina. Hearing that British and Loyalist forces were burning the homes of Whig militiamen in Williamsburg District, . . . — — Map (db m53702) HM
On Saints Delight Road (Alternate U.S. 17) south of Highmarket Street / Georgetown Highway (U.S. 521), on the left when traveling south.
This church, formally organized in 1839, had its origins in a slave mission begun in 1786 on Gov. Thomas Boone’s plantation, 3 miles SE. Rev. P. A. M. Williams became its first minister in 1840. The first Church, a frame building built the same . . . — — Map (db m17017) HM
On Saints Delight Road (Alternate U.S. 17) south of Highmarket Street / Georgetown Highway (U.S. 521), on the left when traveling south.
In the early evening about March 20, 1781, the last skirmish between General Marion and Colonel Watson was fought at Sampit Bridge, one-half mile west of this spot. Col. Watson’s loss was twenty men killed and a large number wounded; General . . . — — Map (db m17014) HM
On U.S. 701 at Exodus Drive (Local Highway 22-264), on the right when traveling north on U.S. 701.
Organized as a result of the preaching of Elder James Singleton, the Mount Tabor congregation was constituted October 21, 1832 and admitted into Welsh Neck Baptist Association the same year. Samuel Hennecy and Uriah Woodard represented Mount Tabor . . . — — Map (db m16808) HM
On County Line Road (State Highway 41) 0.5 miles north of State Highway 51, on the left when traveling north.
One of the earliest Dissenter congregations in South Carolina north of the Santee River was located about two miles south of here. Its church building had been completed by 1727 when the Rev. Thomas Morritt, Episcopal minister of Charleston, . . . — — Map (db m27709) HM
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