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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Lake City, South Carolina

 
Clickable Map of Florence County, South Carolina and Immediately Adjacent Jurisdictions image/svg+xml 2019-10-06 U.S. Census Bureau, Abe.suleiman; Lokal_Profil; HMdb.org; J.J.Prats/dc:title> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Usa_counties_large.svg Florence County, SC (110) Clarendon County, SC (66) Darlington County, SC (76) Dillon County, SC (29) Lee County, SC (30) Marion County, SC (29) Marlboro County, SC (39) Sumter County, SC (76) Williamsburg County, SC (33)  FlorenceCounty(110) Florence County (110)  ClarendonCounty(66) Clarendon County (66)  DarlingtonCounty(76) Darlington County (76)  DillonCounty(29) Dillon County (29)  LeeCounty(30) Lee County (30)  MarionCounty(29) Marion County (29)  MarlboroCounty(39) Marlboro County (39)  SumterCounty(76) Sumter County (76)  WilliamsburgCounty(33) Williamsburg County (33)
Florence is the county seat for Florence County
Lake City is in Florence County
      Florence County (110)  
ADJACENT TO FLORENCE COUNTY
      Clarendon County (66)  
      Darlington County (76)  
      Dillon County (29)  
      Lee County (30)  
      Marion County (29)  
      Marlboro County (39)  
      Sumter County (76)  
      Williamsburg County (33)  
 
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1 South Carolina, Florence County, Lake City — 111 West Main Street
On West Main Street just west of South Acline Street, on the left when traveling west.
The National Register of Historic Places South Carolina Department of Archives and History 111 West Main Street Lake City Downtown Historic DistrictMap (db m238134) HM
2 South Carolina, Florence County, Lake City — 115 West Main Street
On West Main Street west of South Acline Street, on the left when traveling west.
The National Register of Historic Places South Carolina Department of Archives and History 115 West Main Street Lake City Downtown Historic DistrictMap (db m238130) HM
3 South Carolina, Florence County, Lake City — 21-9 — Browntown
On Johnsonville Highway (State Highway 341), on the left when traveling west.
This area is part of several royal landgrants to Moses Brown in 1768-69 which developed into a family community known as Browntown. Family holdings here eventually comprised over 8,000 acres. Many indications of pioneering ingenuity and . . . Map (db m222564) HM
4 South Carolina, Florence County, Lake City — 21-37 — Church Street/Main Street
On North Church Street (Business U.S. 378) at East Main Street (State Highway 341), on the right when traveling south on North Church Street.
Church Street Before the 1820s this intersection of two major roads, one from Georgetown to Camden and the other from Charleston to Cheraw, was popularly called "the crosswords." After Arron Graham built a house here ca. 1930, the area became . . . Map (db m103911) HM
5 South Carolina, Florence County, Lake City — Dr. Ronald E. McNair Memorial Park
On East Main Street at Singletary Avenue, on the right when traveling east on East Main Street.
History of the Park The Dr. Ronald E. McNair Memorial Park was officially dedicated on April 29, 1995. The Memorial Park is the results of planning which began in 1989 as a joint collaboration of the Ron McNair Committee, the City of Lake . . . Map (db m238135) HM
6 South Carolina, Florence County, Lake City — 21-54 — Graham Home Place
On State Road S-21-85, 0.3 miles east of Cockfield Road, on the right when traveling east.
(side 1) The Graham family was among the first European settlers in Lake City, formerly named Graham's Crossroads. This site, owned by Hugh Graham in the late 1700s, was part of a larger tract on the N side of Lynches Lake (7/10 mi. S) . . . Map (db m222999) HM
7 South Carolina, Florence County, Lake City — 21-16 — Greater St. James A.M.E. Church
On Moore Street.
[Front] This church was founded in 1883 by a Rev. Hill and twenty-five charter members. Early services were held in a member’s house on E. Main Street. The congregation purchased a lot at the corner of Lake and N. Church Streets in 1885 and . . . Map (db m37309) HM
8 South Carolina, Florence County, Lake City — 21-40 — H.H. Singletary Building
On East Main Street (Business U.S. 378) at South Acline Street, on the right when traveling east on East Main Street.
(side 1) This two-story commercial building was built in 1910 by Henry Horace Singletary (1848-1912) as the H.H. Singletary Company, with a grocery store on the first floor. Singletary, perhaps the most prominent businessman and civic . . . Map (db m103913) HM
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9 South Carolina, Florence County, Lake City — 21-28 — Lake City
On Main Street at Church Street on Main Street.
[Front] This area, in what was then Williamsburg Township, was settled as early as 1754 by members of the Dick, Graham, McAllister, Scott, and other families. Several residents served under Francis Marion during the Revolution. By the 1820s . . . Map (db m37311) HM
10 South Carolina, Florence County, Lake City — 21-39 — Lake City Produce Markets / Lake City Bean Market
On South Church Street at Henry Street, on the right when traveling south on South Church Street.
(side 1) Lake City was a significant produce market as early as 1894, shipping fruits and vegetables to Northern markets until World War I. The market revived in the late 1920s and flourished during the Depression, when it shipped beans, . . . Map (db m222381) HM
11 South Carolina, Florence County, Lake City — 21-38 — Lake City Tobacco Markets / Imperial Tobacco Company
On South Acline Street north of Calhoun Street, on the right when traveling south.
(side 1) Farmers in this vicinity began growing tobacco in the early 1890s, and by 1895 Lake City opened its first tobacco market and warehouse. It built its second warehouse by 1903, a third by 1909, and two more by 1917. In the heart of . . . Map (db m221949) HM
12 South Carolina, Florence County, Lake City — Lake City Veterans Memorial
On Kelley Street at Shelby Court, on the right when traveling west on Kelley Street.
. . . Map (db m221954) WM
13 South Carolina, Florence County, Lake City — 21-42 — Palmetto State Bank Robbery
On West Main Street (Business U.S. 378) at North Acline Avenue, on the right when traveling west on West Main Street.
(side 1) Constructed in 1907, this building originally housed Farmers and Merchants Bank. In 1934 the newly formed Palmetto State Bank opened here. On Sept. 5, 1934 the bank was robbed by three armed men. The bank had larger than normal . . . Map (db m103914) HM
14 South Carolina, Florence County, Lake City — Ronald E. McNair
On East Main Street (South Carolina Route 341) west of Rodgers Street, on the right when traveling east.
A native of Lake City, Ron was the son of Columbus Carl and Pearl M. McNair
"I do not profess to be a preacher nor one possessing profound knowledge or insight, but I do claim to be a Christian; and I do know that the God we . . . Map (db m238136) HM
15 South Carolina, Florence County, Lake City — 21-36 — The Lynching of Frazier Baker
On South Church Street south of Deep River Street, on the right when traveling south.
(side 1) In 1898 a building here was the scene of a lynching that sparked outrage across the nation. Frazier Baker, an African American who had recently been postmaster of Effingham, was appointed postmaster of Lake City in 1897. Whites . . . Map (db m222376) HM
16 South Carolina, Florence County, Lake City — 21-33 — W.T. Askins House
On South Alcine Street at West Thomas Street, on the right when traveling south on South Alcine Street.
This Folk Victorian house, with pierced brackets and fretwork on its two-tiered porch, was built ca. 1895 for William Thomas Askins (1859-1932). Askins, a merchant and farmer, built and operated five stores here beginning in the 1890s, including the . . . Map (db m103915) HM
17 South Carolina, Florence County, Lake City — 21-41 — Whitehead Infirmary
On East Main Street (South Carolina Route 341) at Rodgers Street, on the left when traveling east on East Main Street.
Dr. James Whitehead (1906-2004) was a graduate of Lake City H.S. and the Medical University of S.C. After completing his internship at Spartanburg General, he returned to Lake City where he practiced medicine for 55 years. In 1938 he oversaw the . . . Map (db m104122) HM
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18 South Carolina, Williamsburg County, Lake City — 45-15 — Cooper's Academy / Bethesda Methodist Church
On Cade Road (State Highway 512) close to Meadow Lane, on the right when traveling north.
[Front]: Cooper’s Academy, built in 1905-06, was a private boarding school for the black children of this community until 1927, and a public school 1927-1958. Founded by Moses Cooper, H.J. Cooper, and Ada E. Martin, it was first called . . . Map (db m27931) HM
 
 
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May. 16, 2024