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The historic Bratton Store at 1 N Congress Street in York, SC was built between 1810 and 1820

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

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

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

Civil War Reenactment at the Cross Keys House. No battle actually occurred here, but Jefferson Davis, along with his cabinet and military escort, dined here on their flight from Richmond

“Union Mural” is by noted USC artist Blue Sky. Started in 2007 and completed in 2008, it depicts a train transporting textiles for the Union Cotton Mills (Est 1894

The canal ruins at Landsford Canal State Park. Built to bypass rapids on the Catawba River using slave labor between 1820 and 1825, it was abandoned with the coming of the railroad

This depot is for the Piedmont and Northern Railroad (P&N) began in 1911. Part of the Great Electric System of the South, the electric rail system provided freight & passenger service until 1951. In 1954 the freight service began using diesel, and the P&N ended all service in 1969. The rail line here has also been abandoned

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People’s Free Library – Lowrys

Cassique of the Kiawah, chief of the Kiawah Indians. Responsible for guiding colonists to what became the first Charleston settlement at Charlestown Landing