Month: December 2018

Author: chris Published Date: December 24, 2018 Leave a Comment on Merry Christmas Eve from Downtown Fort Mill, SC

Author: chris Published Date: December 23, 2018 Leave a Comment on Bethesda Presbyterian Church is a meeting house style church in McConnells that was built in 1820. A mission church is believed to have existed as early as 1760 and Bethesda was formally organized about 1770. It is one of the oldest churches in the South Carolina Upcountry and is also one of the four original Presbyterian churches in the state’s old York District

Author: chris Published Date: December 22, 2018 Leave a Comment on These brick buildings were erected in 1886 by John J. Smith as a 1 story commercial building and expanded to 2 stories in 1906. The building on the left was the home of Smith’s store. The second floor was an opera house and Town Hall, then the 3rd floor as a Masonic Hall. The right building was used as Clover Drug Store, the Bank of Clover, and legal and medical offices on the second floor

Author: chris Published Date: December 19, 2018 Leave a Comment on On Saturdays, beginning in the late 1920’s, farmers began selling produce from a shed behind the Public Works building on Newberry Street. Farmers’ wives, who were part of the Aiken County Council of Farm Women, organized the Club Market, Sept. 4, 1930. By 1951 both venues were struggling to stay open, so they joined forces. By 1954 the farmers and their families built the 45 tables, which are still used today making this the oldest continuous operation at the same location on SC
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Author: chris Published Date: December 18, 2018 Leave a Comment on Vernon Grant was born in Nebraska and grew up in South Dakota. He met his wife Lib Fewell, a Rock Hill native and moved there in 1936. Over seven decades, Grant created hundreds of illustrations for advertising (General Electric, Gillette, Hershey’s, Kellogg’s). He is best known as creator of Kellogg’s Rice Krispies cereal characters Snap! Crackle! and Pop

Author: chris Published Date: December 17, 2018 Leave a Comment on The Buffalo Mill Company Drug Store and Bank Building was built in 1902
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