Funded by the
City of Lancaster
and the
Lancaster County Historical Commission
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1. LANCASTER COUNTY COURTHOUSE is on the National Landmark
Register. It
has been used for a hall of justice for
Lancaster County since 1828.
2. KIMBRELL BUILDING was built around
1875. Until the late 1930's a hospital
was on the second floor. The WALL OF
FAME is located here.
3. 114 SOUTH MAIN STREET was
constructed around 1888-89 and housed
the very first Bank of Lancaster office.
Col. Leroy Springs began his banking
business here. The L & C Railroad and
Leroy Springs Cotton Company were
located here.
4. NORTHWEST CORNER MAIN AND GAY was built in 1910.
5.
FIRST METHODIST CHURCH was organized in 1839. It was the first
church in the town of Lancaster.
6. OLD LANCASTER COUNTY JAIL was
built in 1823. The jail was designed by
Robert Mills who designed the
Washington Monument. The Lancaster
County Courthouse was also designed by
Robert Mills.
7. FORMER A.M.E. ZION CHURCH
was the first A.M.E. church in Lancaster. It was
organized in 1870 by Bishop Isom
Clinton.
8. OLD PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH AND
CEMETERY. It was built in 1862 and was
the first brick church in the county. It is
on the National Register of Historic
Places. It is owned by the Society for
Historical Preservation.
9. SPRINGS HOUSE was the
birthplace of
Col. Elliott White Springs, founder of
Springs Industries. It now houses the
Lancaster County Council of the Arts and
the See Lancaster offices. It was
the Lancaster City Hall from 1957 until
2000.
10. LANCASTER CITY
HALL was completed in January of 2000. It houses
offices for the City of Lancaster and the City
Council Meeting Room.
11.
OLD UNITED STATES POST OFFICE was constructed in
1927. It was the
Lancaster Post Office until 1986. It is
now occupied by KMG America
12.
MURAL AND SCULPTURE PARK was built in 1976 as a
United States
Bicentennial project.
13.
200 BLOCK MAIN STREET EAST is
known as the Springs Block because of
the large structure built by Col. Leroy
Springs in 1905. The Lancaster
Mercantile Company and the Hotel Royal
were at the corner of Main and Arch
Streets.
14.
206 SOUTH MAIN STREET formerly
housed the Old Farmers Bank and Trust
Company. It was built in 1915 and is of
Greek Revival style. It has been
restored
and is now a law office.
15. 207 SOUTH MAIN STREET
was built in 1880. It was among the
first of the Main
Street restorations in the early
1980's.
16. BANK OF LANCASTER
BUILDING was constructed in 1907. It
is built of red
stretcher bond brick. The second
floor
was often used for plays, concerts,
and
dances.
17. 203-205 SOUTH MAIN
STREET was the T.M. Fitzpatrick
Mercantile and was built in 1875. It
was destroyed by fire in the
late 1900's.
18. MOORE BUILDING is
located at the
northeast corner of Main and East
Gay. It
is perhaps the oldest commercial
building
in downtown, possibly built in
the late
1860's or early 1870's. This
block years
ago was known as the McKenna
block.
19. 107 SOUTH MAIN
was rebuilt in 1920 for Jackson
Lodge. A variety of businesses
have been located here over the
years. It
is built of yellow stretcher
bond brick.
20. DAVIS
PROPERTY. In Lancaster's very
early days, a cotton gin was
located here.
The original building has
housed a variety
of businesses.
21. NEW COUNTY
OFFICE BUILDING is on the
corner of Main and Dunlap
Street. It
was completed in October of
2002.
See Lancaster, 201 W
Gay St.
P.O. Box 3315, Lancaster, SC 29721
Phone: (803) 286-1145 or Toll-free (866) 696-1818
Funded in part by
City Hospitality Tax Dollars
& Lancaster County Government.
