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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJEK_wassamassaw_Summerville-SC.html
[Front] Wassamassaw, with several variant spellings during the colonial era, is a Native American word thought to mean "connecting water." It first referred to the large cypress swamp here, but eventually referred to the community that grew up nea…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIUV_the-old-town-hall_Summerville-SC.html
(Front text)The Old Town Hall, built ca. 1860, is the oldest public building in Summerville. Rev. Robert I. Limehouse (1815-1881), a Methodist minister and the town intendant, or mayor, purchased the site for the town hall that year. A jail and ma…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIGW_alston-graded-school-alston-high-school_Summerville-SC.html
Alston Graded School Alston Graded School, one of the first African-American schools founded in Dorchester County, stood here from 1910 to 1954. Named for its founder, Dr. J.H. Alston, it included grades 1-11 until 1949 and 1-12 afterwards. The …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMF6A_berkeley-county_Summerville-SC.html
This county was designated a court and land conveyance district in 1682, and an election district in 1683. It was named for two brothers, Lord John and Sir William Berkeley, both Lord Proprietors of Carolina. Over the years, functions of this earl…