Laurens
Belfast Plantation
Kinards, SC
(Front) This Federal plantation house was built between 1786 and 1815 for John Simpson (17511815), merchant and planter.
Bell Street School/Martha Dendy School
Clinton, SC
BELL STREET SCHOOL (Front) This school, built in 1950, was the third African-American school on Bell Street.
Broad Street Methodist Church
Clinton, SC
(Front) This congregation can trace its roots to Zion Church, est. in 1826 in Laurens County.
Dials Methodist Church
(Front) This is one of the oldest Methodist congregations in Laurens County.
First United Methodist Church
Laurens, SC
(Front) First Methodist Church began as the “Methodist Society of Friends,” a group of 15 men and women who organized in 1819.
Francis Rapley Owings House/Owings
Owings, SC
FRANCIS RAPLEY OWINGS HOUSE (Front) Owings is named for Francis Rapley Owings (1840-1920), who lived in this house after the Civil War.
Friendship A.m.e. Church & Cemetery/Bell Street Schools
Clinton, SC
FRIENDSHIP A.M.E. CHURCH (Front) This church held its first services in a nearby brush arbor shortly after the Civil War and was formally...
Jefferson Davis’ Flight
ABOUT 2 ½ MI. SW OF JOANNA, SC
Jefferson Davis/President of the Confederacy/on his flight from Richmond, Va.
Laurens City Cemetery
Laurens, SC
(Front) Laurens City Cemetery began as the Porter family cemetery and the earliest grave is that of two-year old Laura Adelaide Porter,...
Laurens County Training School
(Front) The Laurens County Training School, located here 1924-1954, had its origins in Gray Court School, a one-room school founded ca.
Laurens County/Laurens Historic District
Laurens, SC
LAURENS COUNTY (Front) Laurens County was one of the six counties created from Ninety-Six District March 12, 1785.
Lindley’s Fort/Jonathon Downs
W Of Laurens, SC
LINDLEY’S FORT (Front) On July 15, 1776, a number of Indians and Tories attacked this frontier fort where area settlers had gathered for...
Martin’s Store
Ware Shoals, SC
(Front) This store, first known as Daniel’s store or the “Beehive,” was built before the Civil War by James Wright Daniel (1814-1904) and...
Masonic Lodge #19/Samuel Saxon
Laurens, SC
MASONIC LODGE (Front) The first recorded meeting of this organization, known as Palmetto Lodge #19, took place Aug. 7, 1794, at the...
Mt. Carmel A.m.e. Church
(Front) Mt. Carmel A.M.E. Church was founded in 1878.
Providence Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church – First Marker
The cemetery, located about ½ mile SW, marks the original site of this church, founded Sept. 10, 1836.
Providence Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church – Second Marker
ABOUT 1.2 MI. W OF CLINTON, SC
This cemetery marks the original site of Providence Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church, founded Sept. 10, 1836.
Rich Hill
Laurens, SC
(Front) This African-American neighborhood, roughly bounded by N. Caroline St., E. Hampton St., Laurel St., and E. Laurens St., was an...
Rosemont
About 2 ½ miles southwest, a granite monument stands on the site of Rosemont, birthplace and home of Ann Pamela Cunningham, founder and...
Watts-Todd-Dunklin House
Laurens, SC
(Front) The Watts-Todd-Dunklin House, built about 1818, is an excellent example of a Federalera upcountry farmhouse.
Young’s School
Here at Young's School in 1915 Dr. Wil Lou Gray (1883-1984) initiated for her native county of Laurens a seven-school program of night...