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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJM7_the-mayesville-story_Mayesville-SC.html
(Left text)A Railroad TownAs with many rural South Carolina towns,Mayesville grew up around a railroad depot.The Wilmington and Manchester Railroadbuilt the depot in 1853 on land owned byMatthew Peterson Mayes, known to hisfriends and others as "S…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJL3_kendall-institute_Sumter-SC.html
(Front text)Kendall Institute, founded on this site in 1891, was one of the first black schools in Sumter. It was funded by the Board of Missions for Freedmen of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. The institute was named for Mrs. Julia B. Kenda…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJGK_st-anne-catholic-church_Sumter-SC.html
(Front text)Members of the Catholic Church ofSt.Lawrence laid the cornerstone ofthe Catholic Church of St. Anne herein 1909 next to St. Joseph's Academy(1862-1929). St. Anne's is an early Gothicrevival structure, with a cruciformfloor plan. For th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJGA_henry-l-scarborough-house_Sumter-SC.html
The Henry Lee Scarborough House was built 1908-09 by Scarborough (1866-1929), a leading Sumter County farmer, businessman, and public servant serving as county treasurer (1894-1902), commissioner of public works for six years and clerk of court (1…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJG9_elizabeth-white-house_Sumter-SC.html
The Elizabeth White House, built about 1854, was for many years the home of Miss White (1893-1976), a Sumter native who was an internationally-acclaimed artist and lifelong patron of the arts. White, who studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJCB_sumterville-academy_Sumter-SC.html
This site of one acre was given in 1837 for use for a public school by Col. John Blount Miller (1782-1851)Lieutenant-Colonel in the War of 1812, a public-spirited citizen and advocate of education; attorney, orator, writer, founder of the Sumtervi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJ66_goodwill-presbyterian-church-u-s-a_Mayesville-SC.html
(Front text)Founded in 1867 by 100 black members ofSalem, Black River, Presbyterian Church (1759)desiring seperation. Dismissal granted, thusbecoming the first black church in Sumter County. The congregation began meeting in Goodwill School, estab…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJ5G_the-tuomey-hospital_Sumter-SC.html
Sumter Hospital was begun 1904 by Drs. S. C. Baker, Walter Cheyne, Archie China, H. M. Stuckey, and was built shortly thereafter nearby. Renamed Tuomey following purchase in 1913 with funds from will of T. J. Tuomey (1842-1897) which specified tha…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJ43_beulah-school_Sumter-SC.html
This two-room African-American school was likely built between 1922 and 1930 for students in grades 1-7. It had 50-100 students and an academic year of four to five months until 1939 and six to eight months afterwards. Janie Colclough and Brantley…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJ3E_clara-louise-kellogg_Sumter-SC.html
Clara Louise Kellogg, said to be the first American-trained prima donna, was born near here in 1842. Her family later moved to New York, where, at age 14, she began to study voice, making her debut four years later. Miss Kellogg soon became world…
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