April 2020 – Page 3 – Explore South Carolina

The E.H. Dibble Grocery Store (later DeKalb Pharmacy) was built ca. 1889-1891. Eugene Heriot Dibble (Sr.) was a successful African-American businessman who owned several Broad Street commercial buildings. Dribble also served in the S.C. House from 1876-1878. Dibble’s sone, E.H. Dibble Jr., would become a doctor associated with the Tuskegee Syphilis Study at the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama

The Calhoun Mills Company formed with support from J. P. Gossett. Production began in 1909 and the Mill closed in 2006

The Thompson Funeral Home in West Columbia was built ca 1936. The Thompson Funeral Home dates back to 1928 when J.R. “Buddy” Thompson started this business. Around 1936, “Buddy” Thompson built this first building in this area that was built strictly for the use as a funeral home

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The Carnegie Library of Anderson was built in 1907

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This building was built ca 1920s. The building had a glass front on the first floor and but was enclosed in 2016. Tedders Men’s Shop was once located in this building

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The church known as Hentz Street Church or the Old Methodist Church in Pomaria was the Graham Methodist Church. The church was abandoned in 1968 due to changes in church theology. It is believed to have been built in the late 1800’s or early 1900’s. Very little information is known about this church or the congregration

The Bennettsville Hardware building was built ca. 1915. During the 1920s, the building was used for automobile sales

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James Allen – R.H. Zeigler Building

The Lace House is a 9,606 sq ft antebellum home built in 1854. The Lace House was the home of Thomas and Mary Caldwell Robertson, the youngest daughter of John Caldwell. Caldwell was president of the South Carolina Railroad. It is located next to the SC Governor’s Mansion in Columbia, SC. It was purchased by the state in 1968 and used as a guest house. You can now rent it out for your wedding

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Coleman Building