Things To Do in Mayesville, South Carolina

Inscription. (Front text), This house of worship, commonly called Brick Church, was founded by Scotch-Irish settlers in 1759 on land given by Capt. David Anderson. Original log meeting-house was replaced by frame building and named ... More on HMDB

(Goodwill Day School) Goodwill Parochial School, a late-nineteenth and early-twentieth century parochial school for African Americans in Sumter County, was sponsored and supported by the Presbyteri... More on Nationalregister.sc.gov

Inscription. (Front text), Founded in 1867 by 100 black members of Salem, Black River, Presbyterian Church (1759) desiring seperation. Dismissal granted, thus becoming the first black church in Sum... More on HMDB

Inscription. (Left text), A Railroad Town: As with many rural South Carolina towns, Mayesville grew up around a railroad depot. The Wilmington and Manchester Railroad built the depot in 1853 on land owned by Matthew Peterson Mayes, ... More on HMDB

Inscription. These bricks from the old sanctuary of the Goodwill Presbyterian Church, along with the new sanctuary, commemorate the special grace of God that was visited upon this community when Hurricane Hugo swept through the state ... More on HMDB

Harry's Place - Of the city’s hundreds and hundreds of bars, Harry's Place fits right in the middle of the bell curve – a place to hit with your buddies on the way to your ultimate destination. ... More on clubzone

Inscription. Marker Front: This noted humanitarian and educator was born five miles north of Mayesville, S. C. on July 10, 1875. She was one of the first pupils of the Mayesville Mission School, located fifty yards west of this marker, ... More on HMDB

Inscription. This two-room African-American school was likely built between 1922 and 1930 for students in grades 1-7. It had 50-100 students and an academic year of four to five months until 1939 and six to eight months afterwards. ... More on HMDB

Inscription. Marker Front: This congregation was organized before the Civil War and held its services in a brush arbor until 1875 when its trustees bought land near this site from B. W. Brogdon and built a sanctuary there. First church ... More on HMDB

St. James Lutheran Mission Statement: " Called by God,centered in the Word and empowered by the Holy Spirit, we rejoice in the Lord, Proclaim His gift of Grace through ... More on Stjamessumter.org

Inscription. (Front text), This church, the first Lutheran congregation in Sumter County, was organized in 1890 as a Home Mission, with six charter members and with Rev. F. W. E. Peschau as its fir... More on HMDB

Inscription. The Henry Lee Scarborough House was built 1908-09 by Scarborough (1866-1929), a leading Sumter County farmer, businessman, and public servant serving as county treasurer (1894-1902), commissioner of public works for six ... More on HMDB