Horry
Ark Cemetery
Surfside Beach, SC
(Front) This marker stands adjacent to the burial ground of the former Ark Plantation, which dates back to the 1700s.
Ark Plantation
Surfside Beach, SC
(Front) In colonial and antebellum days, at this site stood the planter’s residence of the Ark, a large indigo plantation.
Atlantic Beach
Atlantic Beach, SC
(Front) Atlantic Beach, nicknamed "The Black Pearl," was established about 1934 as an oceanfront community for blacks denied access to...
Boundary House
Little River, SC
During the colonial era the Boundary House, on the S.C.-N.C. line 1.3 mi. SE, was both a private residence and "public house.
Coastal Carolina University
Conway, SC
(Front) Coastal Carolina University was founded in 1954 as Coastal Carolina Junior College, holding evening classes in Conway High School...
Conway High School
Conway, SC
Conway High School was located here from 1929 to 1979.
First Methodist Church
Conway, SC
Methodist Bishop Francis Asbury's many visits to Kingston (Conway) between 1785 and 1815 preceded the organization of a Methodist...
Fort Randall
North Myrtle Beach, SC
Located about 5 miles E. of here, this Confederate fort included a blockhouse pierced for musketry and earthworks surrounded by a ditch...
Galivants Ferry
Galivants Ferry, SC
(Front) In 1792 Galivants Ferry was named for Richard Gallevan, owner of ferry rights for Elirsee’s Landing on the Little Pee Dee River.
Galivants Ferry Stump Meeting
Galivants Ferry, SC
(Front) The Galivants Ferry Stump Meeting, a Democratic Party tradition, has been held here in the spring every two years since 1880.
Green Sea Baptist Church
Green Sea, SC
(Front) This church, known as Honey Camp Baptist Church until 1924, was founded in 1807.
Horry County/Peter Horry
Conway, SC
HORRY COUNTY (Front) Originally part of colonial Craven County, Horry County has also been part of Prince George Winyah (1722), Prince...
Levister Elementary School
Aynor, SC
(Front) This school, built in 1953, was one of many African-American schools built by the equalization program of Gov. James F. Byrnes,...
Loris Training School
Loris, SC
(Front) Loris Training School, which stood here from 1928 to 1955, was the first school for black students in Loris and other nearby...
Myrtle Beach Army Air Field/Myrtle Beach Air Force Base
Myrtle Beach, SC
MYRTLE BEACH ARMY AIR FIELD (Front) Myrtle Beach Army Air Field operated here 1940-47 and grew out of city plans to expand the municipal...
Myrtle Beach Colored School
Myrtle Beach, SC
(Front) Myrtle Beach Colored School stood here from the early 1930s to 2001.
Myrtle Beach Pavilions
Myrtle Beach, SC
(Front) A succession of four beach pavilions stood here or nearby from 1902 to 2006, all built by the Burroughs & Chapin Co. or the...
Rev. George Whitefield
Little River, SC
(Front) On Jan. 1, 1740 George Whitefield (1714-1770), Anglican evangelist, stopped at a tavern nearby on his way to Savannah.
Socastee
Socastee, SC
(Front) Socastee is a Native American name referred to as “Sawkastee” in a 1711 land grant to Percival Pawley.
Socastee Methodist Church
Socastee, SC
(Front) This church, originating with services held in a brush arbor, was formally organized by 1818.
True Vine Missionary Baptist Church
Grahamville, SC
(Front) This church was organized in 1894 by founders Antey Graham, Beney Graham, Samuel Graham, Will Hill, and Ben Wilson, and became a...
Washington’s Southern Tour
Myrtle Beach, SC
On April 27, 1791, President George Washington spent the night nearby at the indigo plantation of Jeremiah Vereen.
Whittemore School
Conway, SC
WHITTEMORE SCHOOL (Front) Whittemore School, one of the first African-American schools in Horry County, educated elementary and high...