South Carolina Department of Archives and History
National Register Properties in South Carolina

Cheraw Historic District, Chesterfield County (Cheraw)
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Town Hall
Market and Second Sts.
First Presbyterian
Church
Third and Market Sts.
First Presbyterian
Church Sessions House
Third and Market Sts.
St. Peter's
Catholic Church
602 Market St.
First Methodist Church
Third St.
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Original Boundary
Marker
High and Market Sts.
Lyceum
Market St.
Chicola Club/
Brady's Resturant
Market St.
Merchant's Bank
232 Market St.
First Federal
Savings and Loan
150 Market St.
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B.C. Moore and Sons Coulter Memorial
Academy Building
Ellerbe-McIver House
Church St.
Godfrey House
417 Church St.
Mill House #1
Church and High Sts.

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Around 1736 Welsh Baptists came to South Carolina and settled in the Pee Dee region. In 1766 Eli Kershaw, who had been given a grant of land along the Pee Dee River, laid out the town of Cheraw. It was incorporated in 1820. Located at a key navigational point, Cheraw began to develop as a commercial center of interior South Carolina; however, the Civil War and Reconstruction temporarily halted this progress. For a time development was impeded and rebuilding was delayed. Although the town eventually prospered, much of its physical character remained unaltered. The town of Cheraw also played an important role in South Carolina military history. During both the American Revolution and the Civil War, British and Union troops used St. David’s Episcopal Church as a hospital. The meeting house style church still stands today. Additionally in 1825, Revolutionary War figure Marquis de Lafayette stayed in Cheraw during his tour of the United States. Located within the district are a variety of architectural styles that include the early frame homes of the 1800s (often called upcountry farmhouses, or essentially I-House in type), antebellum structures with Classical Revival details and Greek Revival porticos, and Victorian houses from the turn of the century. The district also includes several churches, a cemetery, and the towns’ original boundary markers dating from 1766. Listed in the National Register November 20, 1974.

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