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[Front] In order that all may continue to share the sentiments of that group of patriotic citizens of Lancaster County who erected a monument here on June 2, 1860 the inscriptions of this memorial are the same as those on the original monument.[R…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFSO_lancaster-chester-railway_Lancaster-SC.html
The Lancaster & Chester Railway, founded in 1896, was originally the Cheraw & Chester Railroad, chartered in 1873. The C&C, which never finished its route, was sold to Col. Leroy Springs (1861-1931) for $25,000 and renamed the Lancaster & Chester …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFSN_lancaster_Lancaster-SC.html
[Marker Front]:Lancaster, founded in 1798, was first called Lancaster Court House and later known as Lancasterville. The seat of Lancaster District from 1800 to 1868, it has been the seat of Lancaster County since then. The town and county were na…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFSM_leroy-springs-house_Lancaster-SC.html
The original part of this house was built by Robert W. Gill soon after he purchased the lot in 1828. About thirty years later, it was enlarged by Samuel B. Massey. Local textile manufacturer and banker Col. Leroy Springs remodeled the house 1906-1…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFSL_the-jail-robert-mills_Lancaster-SC.html
[Marker Front]:This is the "gaol" that Willis W. Alsobrook contracted to build for Lancaster District "?agreeable to the plans and specifications signed by Robert Mills?." In 1868 Lancaster District became Lancaster County and this structure becam…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFSK_lancasterville-presbyterian-church_Lancaster-SC.html
This congregation was organized May 5, 1835. Its first minister was James H. Thornwell, who later headed SC College in Columbia. The Gothic Revival building was dedicated 1862 and entered in the National Register of Historic Places in 1977. The co…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFSJ_franklin-academy-oldest-continuous-public-school-site-in-lancaster-county_Lancaster-SC.html
Franklin AcademyOrganized in 1825, was the most widely-known of the four schools that occupied this site. Henry Connelly was its first principal. J. Marion Sims who later achieved world fame as a surgeon was one of its pupils. The building of bric…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFSI_clinton-memorial-cemetery-isom-c-clinton_Lancaster-SC.html
[Marker Front]:More than 300 members of Lancaster's black community are buried here, with the first grave dating to 1864. Originally the Clinton family cemetery, it was donated to Mt. Zion A.M.E. Church in 1960 by Dr. John J. Clinton (1889-1974). …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFSH_lancaster-normal-and-industrial-institute_Lancaster-SC.html
[Marker Front]:Located on this site, Lancaster Normal and Industrial Institute for black students was incorporated in 1905; M. D. Lee was president and J. G. McIlwain chairman of the board. By 1912, the school was offering both elementary and adva…
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[East Side]1861-1865Worthy, the Confederate soldier to be hallowed and held in tender remembrance
Worthy, the fadeless fame which Lancaster's soldiers won in defending the honor of the South, the rights of the States, the liberties of the peop…