April 2020 – Page 2 – Explore South Carolina

The Laurence Corley Log House was built in 1772. Laurence Corley served in the Revolutionary War and is notable for owning most of the land which the Town of Lexington now occupies

The Robertville Baptist Church was established ca. 1781 as the Black Swamp Baptist Church. The congregation moved to this location in 1824 and built a church here that was burned by Union troops at the end of the Civil War. This building was originally the Ascension Episcopal Church of Gillisonville, built ca. 1847. In 1867, it was purchased from Ascension and moved to its present location

The Estill Warehouse Company build this cotton warehouse in 1910. In the very early years of the warehouse, the Bull Durham Tobacco Company bought advertising rights and painted the warehouse with their “Bull Durham” logo. That is how the old cotton warehouse became what is now known as the Bull Durham Center

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The Bank of Chesterfield Building was built in 1908. The Bank of Chesterfield was chartered in 1903 by W. I. Blakely, T. M. Mangum, W. R. Craig, and E. N. Redfearn. The Bank of Chesterfield would merge with First Citizens Bank

The Upper Room was built in 1980 (approximately) as part of Heritage USA (PTL Club). It was constructed the look like the original upper room in Jerusalem

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The Renneker’s Store building was built ca. 1895. Renneker’s was founded in 1910 by Clarence Renneker (Sr.) in this building. Clarence Jr. continued running this store at this location until 1980. The building then was used by George Dean for Dean’s Ltd

The Gifford Rosenwald School was built ca 1921 and operated until 1958. The Rosenwald Fund matched local donations to built the school at a cost of $3,225. The Rosenwald Fund was established in 1917 by Julius Rosenwald and his family for “the well-being of mankind.” Rosenwald became part-owner of Sears, Roebuck and Company in 1895, serving as its president from 1908 to 1922, and chairman of its board of directors until his death in 1932

The Union Depot was built in 1902 as a passenger rail depot

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The St. Paul Lutheran Church was established in what is now Pomaria in 1761. The frame of the current church was built 1938, but the church burned in 2013, leaving only the frame. The frame was restored and the church was rebuilt

The Henry P. Moses, Co Building was built in 1890. The Henry P. Moses Company, was founded in 1918 by Herbert A. Moses and Henry P. Moses, brothers as a real estate and insurance business