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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSCH_anderson-county-farmers-market-pavilion_Anderson-SC.html
This Building was originally constructed in the 1930's for use as the Anderson Petroleum Company. It was renovated in the fall of 2005 to be the new home of the Anderson County Farmers Market Pavilion. 2005 Anderson CountyFarmers Market BoardGe…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSC9_girls-high-school_Anderson-SC.html
The Anderson County Museum is situated on the former site of Anderson Girls High School. The original structure, an imposing multi-story brick building, was built in 1918. At that time, both boys and girls attended the school known as Anderson Hig…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSC6_orr-monument_Anderson-SC.html
The Orr Monument was never a tombstone, but a cenotaph, or memorial, to Colonel James L. Orr, son of South Carolina Governor James L. Orr. Colonel Orr was an Anderson native, the founder and president of Orr Cotton Mills, and a well known philanth…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSAR_old-reformer-cannon_Anderson-SC.html
The history of the brass cannon reflects the history of the Upstate of South Carolina during some of its most critical eras of conflict and change. The "Old Reformer" is also one of the oldest artifacts in the Upstate, since it arrived here before…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSAM_frierson-school-house_Anderson-SC.html
Miss Sarah Jane (Janie) Frierson was a well known educator and the daughter of Dr. David Frierson, an early pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Anderson. Miss Frierson opened her one room school in the late 1880s. One room schools of this t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSAJ_robert-anderson-memorial-fountain_Anderson-SC.html
The idea for a memorial fountain to honor General Robert Anderson, the American Revolutionary hero for whom our county is named, was part of an overall plan to beautify downtown Anderson. Through the efforts of Mrs. Rufus Fant and the Anderson Civ…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMS9L_mcgee-harness-shop_Anderson-SC.html
The McGee Harness Shop was located on the corner of West Benson Street in downtown Anderson. Mr. James L. McGee was listed in the 1905 Anderson City Directory as a dealer in stock, buggies, wagons, and harnesses. By 1910, the small shop located at…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HME27_the-old-reformer_Anderson-SC.html
Though not engaged in actual warfare since the Revolutionary War, when it was used by both the American and British Army, this old cannon has had much to do with the making of South Carolina history. It came into this section, first in 1814, in ch…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HME1R_memorial-to-pioneer-odd-fellows_Anderson-CA.html
At this point in August 1849, a group of Odd Fellows nearing their goal, the California gold mines,paused in their struggle up these granite walls topaint on this and adjacent boulders their namesand the three links of the Great OrderThey so dearl…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HME1Q_fants-book-store-1851_Anderson-SC.html
This store is the oldest business firm in Anderson. It has been owned and operated consistently by the same family for 175 years. Established by George W. Fant and originally named G.W. Fant & Son the store is an outgrowth of Dr. Edmund Webb's Dru…
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