Galivants Ferry Historic District
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Galivants Ferry Historic District is a national historic district
located at Galivants Ferry
in Horry County, South Carolina
. It encompasses 28 contributing buildings that reflect the agricultural heritage of Galivants Ferry and of the larger Pee Dee region. Included are tenant farmer houses, storage barns, tobacco packhouses, curing barns, and sheds. The include the home of the Holliday family and a church that sits at the edge of a long stretch of tobacco fields on Pee Dee Road. Also included is a filling station
(ca. 1922) along U.S. Route 501
.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
in 2001.
Historic district (United States)
In the United States, a historic district is a group of buildings, properties, or sites that have been designated by one of several entities on different levels as historically or architecturally significant. Buildings, structures, objects and sites within a historic district are normally divided...
located at Galivants Ferry
Galivants Ferry, South Carolina
Galivants Ferry is a small unincorporated community in Horry County, South Carolina, United States. It lies on the Little Pee Dee River west of Aynor, South Carolina on U.S. Route 501.-History:...
in Horry County, South Carolina
Horry County, South Carolina
Horry County is a county located in the U.S. state of South Carolina. This name honored Revolutionary War Hero, Peter Horry. Brigadier General Horry was born in South Carolina sometime around 1743 and started his distinguished military career in 1775 as one of 20 captains the Provincial Congress...
. It encompasses 28 contributing buildings that reflect the agricultural heritage of Galivants Ferry and of the larger Pee Dee region. Included are tenant farmer houses, storage barns, tobacco packhouses, curing barns, and sheds. The include the home of the Holliday family and a church that sits at the edge of a long stretch of tobacco fields on Pee Dee Road. Also included is a filling station
Filling station
A filling station, also known as a fueling station, garage, gasbar , gas station , petrol bunk , petrol pump , petrol garage, petrol kiosk , petrol station "'servo"' in Australia or service station, is a facility which sells fuel and lubricants...
(ca. 1922) along U.S. Route 501
U.S. Route 501
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.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
in 2001.
External links
- National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination Form: Galivants Ferry Historic District; Ramona Murphy Bartos and Dale Jaeger; August 2000
- Galivants Ferry Historic District Map
- Galivants Ferry Historic District - Conway, South Carolina - U.S. National Register of Historic Places on Waymarking.com