History of Pendleton SC (c.1790)

History Of
Pendleton, SC
Time Line
&
Pictorial History
Leadership Pendleton
2013 Class

On the Frontier
1777 Indians who sided with British during Revolution
vacated most of their lands in SC upstate after
major defeat to the patriots.
1785 Signing of Peace Treaty at Treaty Oak with
Cherokee, Choctaws and Chickasaw officially
ceded their lands in South Carolina

The Evolution of Pendleton District
1785 The previous six colonial judicial districts were divided into counties
and much of the recently acquired Cherokee lands became part of
Ninety Six District.
1788 South Carolina officially became a State.
1789 The previous Indian lands were divided into two counties, the
western 1,870 square miles became Pendleton County and the
eastern portion became Greenville County.
1791 Pendleton and Greenville Counties became part of the new
Washington District with Pickensville as its court house town.
1800 Due to increasing population, Pendleton County became its own
District with the village of Pendleton as its judicial center. The
1800 census for Pendleton District was 20,052 including 2,224
slaves making it the fourth most populous district behind
Charleston, Beaufort, and Colleton Districts.
1816 The last of the Indian lands in the NE corner of the State were
added to the Pendleton District increasing it to 1,940 square acres.

Founding of Pendleton
1789 Commissioners selected to establish the new Pendleton County court house
town purchased 885 acres from Isaac Lynch, located in the center of the new
Pendleton county at the intersection of the roads leading to Cherokee and
Catawba territories and just south of 18 Mile Creek.
1789 Samuel Loftis, Pendleton County’s first Sheriff and a commissioner built a 2-
story brick building on lands that later became known as Ashtabula Plantation.
John Miller, a commissioner and printer, built his house in the site selected for
Pendleton village. His house is no longer standing.
1790 Village of Pendleton formally laid out with 55 town lots . A temporary log
courthouse was built N. of the current public square. Land sale listed in Deeds
Book A, Page 1.
1793 First mercantile firm of Wadsworth, Turpin and Steele established in Pendleton
by Wm Steele on S. side of public square, now location of Village Baker Cafe.
Steele was Pendleton’s first postmaster with the post office in his store.
Lowther Hall, one of oldest house still existing in downtown Pendleton, built by
Wm. Hunter.
1800 Low country planters first began purchasing land in area for speculation

Andrew Pickens
Pendleton’s Earliest Settler
1785 Gen. Andrew Pickens. One of earliest settlers in the area, built a
large log house on 573 acres along Seneca River and established
Hopewell Plantation. (Now on Clemson University property in
Pickens County)
1789 Pickens founded Hopewell-Keowee Presbyterian Church in
Pendleton County (now Pickens County) close to his plantation.
The building was a wood structure that burned during 1790’s.
Pickens designated a county commissioner to assist in establishing
Pendleton Village.
1802 Hopewell Presbyterian Church, now known as the Old Stone
Church, was completed replacing the previously burned wooden
church structure.
1805 Andrew Pickens vacates Hopewell to move to Tomassee since
Pendleton Village was become “too populated”. Left Hopewell to his
son.

Pendleton’s Early Growth as Courthouse Town
1807 Inauguration of Miller’s Weekly Messenger (John Miller, Publisher),
westernmost newspaper in the nation at the time. Became the
Pendleton Messenger after his death and later taken over by Fred.
Symmes as publisher.
1807 A magazine, “ The Farmer and the Planter” began publication in
Pendleton as well.
1810 -
1814
Many wealthy Charlestonians began building summer Plantations in
Pendleton area to escape the fear that Charleston would be burned by
the British in War of 1812 as well as for its healthy climate and
opportunities for agriculture.
Charleston society brought their culture and amenities with them
creating a “elegant” upcountry environment.
1815 Pendleton Farmer’s Society founded, Thomas Pinckney first President
(still in operation today)

Pendleton, Early Summer Resort
1815 – 1825
~ 1810
1811
 New permanent brick courthouse build on public square.
 First jail built on public square
 Circulating library founded with public money, operated until 1925.
1819 St. Paul’s Episcopal Church organized by new residents from the Low
country
1821 New two-story brick jail built off the square on W. Queen St. (now a
residence, Marshalsea)
1822 St. Paul’s Church sanctuary completed
1824 New larger Presbyterian Church built on E. Greenville St. to be closer to
town, replacing the Old Stone Church.
~ 1825  Male Academy established on land where Town Hall and Anderson
School Dist 4 buildings now located
 Two hotels opened (Tom Cherry’s Inn and the Eagle Hotel)
 Beyond the village lay the fairgrounds

Maverick Family in Pendleton
1802 Samuel Maverick was a successful businessman in
Charleston in the mercantile business of Wadsworth,
Turpin (uncle) and Maverick … married daughter of Robert
Anderson in Pendleton in 180.2
1802
1809
Samuel Maverick built his summer plantation house
“Montpelier” ~ 4 miles E. of town on 4,400 acre farm on
site where Refuge Baptist Church now located (SC88).
He made it his permanent home in 1809 after loosing a
child to yellow fever in Charleston. House burned in 1848
and new larger house built on hilltop across SC88.
1809 Samuel Maverick bought mercantile business of
Wadsworth, Turpin and Steele (on square) to become one
of area’s wealthiest businessmen.
1810 - 1852 Samuel Maverick buys significant amount of land to
become one of the largest landowners SC, AL and GA
1837 Son Samuel Augustus (Gus) Maverick moved to AL and
then to Texas where he was a lawyer and politician.

“ If any American had wanted to lay his finger
on the pulse of Southern public opinion
between 1825 and 1850, he would have
found no better place for that purpose than
Pendleton, South Carolina.”
. . . Margaret L. Coit
“John C. Calhoun, American Portrait”
Pendleton 1825 – 1850
The Acknowledged Center of Business, Government
and Culture for Entire Upstate

Pendleton
~ 1826
Largest Town in
SC Upstate

Pendleton’s Transition from Courthouse Town
1826
1828
New brick Courthouse begun on public square
Before completion, the SC Legislature voted to divide
Pendleton District into Anderson and Pickens Districts due to
increasing population.
Pendleton continued to serve as courthouse town until 1828
when the new courthouses completed in Anderson and
Pickens.
• New jail on W. Main St. sold and converted to Female Academy.
• Courthouse purchased by Farmer’s Society as meeting hall.
• Famer’s Society completed construction.

Agricultural Economy
1800-1835 Invention of workable cotton gin made upland cotton (short-
staple) most cost effective cash crop in the Upstate.
Beginning in
mid-1830’s
Low cotton prices and depletion of soil caused by one-crop
farming causing many SC planters sons to move to new cotton
lands further west (Alabama , Mississippi and Texas ).
1837 Panic of 1837 (depression) caused 850 US banks to close and
rendered cotton and tobacco crops as well as paper currency
worthless.
1825-1850 Since Anderson & Pickens Counties were settled much later than
the southern Piedmont and Lowcountry, fewer large scale
plantations were developed prior to the decline of cotton.
As a result, Anderson County was less effected by the decline of
the cotton industry.

Agricultural Economy
1840 - 1850 Anderson County was second largest producing county
for wheat and also produced rye, oats, corn, cotton,
potatoes and livestock as well as butter and cheese,
flax, silk, honey and beeswax
Wealthy Charlestonians continued their summer
migration to Pendleton and the local population
continued to grow.
There were about 20 small plantations in the Pendleton
area each employing about 30 slaves making the
Pendleton area one of the largest concentration of
black slaves in the Upstate.
No farm employed more than 70 slaves.

John C. Calhoun in Pendleton
 In 1826, after a long sojourn in Washington City, then
Vice President John C. Calhoun choose to buy a farm in
the Pendleton area to revitalize his career in SC politics
and because of the area’s good climate and agriculture.
 Calhoun presence in Pendleton from 1826 – 1850 gave
Pendleton a significant standing in the political arena
leading up to the Civil War.
 John C. Calhoun was Vice President of the US under
Presidents J.Q. Adams and Jackson (1824 – 1832) and
leading Senator from SC from 1832 – 1850 (Calhoun’s
senate seat now occupied by Sen. Lindsey Graham).

Calhoun’s Nullification Doctrine
1826 -
1833
Calhoun set the stage for the session of the Southern States
leading to the Civil War with his doctrine of Nullification.
Calhoun formulated “Nullification” doctrine as a result of the Tariff
Act of 1824 which imposed a tariff on the importation of European
goods to protect the New England manufacturers from foreign
competition.
Since three-fourths of the South’s rice, cotton, and indigo was
traded in Europe under a system of barter and exchange
returning home with needed goods, the 50% increase in tariffs by
1818 on imported items needed in the South and the potential for
European countries to impose a retaliatory tariffs would essentially
eliminate its European market and force the South to sell to the
Northern manufacturers at whatever price was offered or… change
its industry base completely.

US Customs Tariff
Tariff on imported goods was implemented in 1789
to generate income to pay Revolutionary war debts
but continued to be the largest source of Federal
income until income tax enacted in 1913.
Initial duty rates were very low . . .
5 – 12% of value of imported goods.
Evolved into a protective tariff and therefore a
divisive issue setting New England, the Southern
and the Western States against each other leading
up to the Civil War.

History of US Tariffs
1816 First protective tariff on imports enacted to protect emerging US
industry and designed to 1) develop profitable home market for
US goods and 2) provide funds for internal improvements
including the building of the Erie Canal.
Customs Duty Rate = 20 – 25% of value of imported goods.
1824 Tariff duty rate increased to 37% of value of imported goods
1828 Tariff duty rate increased to 45% of value of imported goods –
referred to as the “Tariff of Abomination” by Southern states
1833 Compromise Tariff reduced duty rates over 8 years (1842) to level
of 1816 tariff
1842 Tariff duty rate returned to 32% of value of imported good
essentially overturning the compromise tariff
1857 Economic “panic” – tariff duty rates reduced again to ~ 20%
1861
(early)
Morrill Tariff Act increased duty rate by 5 – 10% bringing them
back to levels of 1846.

Impact on South Carolina Economy
 By 1840, SC no longer the leading cotton
producing state as soil became depleted.
 By 1850, Charleston no longer part of direct
European trade route, became satellite of NY,
Boston and Philadelphia ports as result of ever
increasing protective tariffs.
 Anti-business climate prevailed although 18
small textile factories including one in Pendleton
emerged in the Upstate to compete with New
England

Pendleton . . .
A microcosm of South Carolina and the entire
antebellum South
Largest town in the Upstate by 1825
Pendleton was made up of Scots-Irish yeomen
farmers employing both free labor and a few
slaves and small local businessmen, artisans
and manufacturers living comfortably, elbow-
to-elbow, with wealthy planters employing
slave labor on large farms . . . .

Pendleton 1830’s
1830 Charles Cotesworth Pinckney completed the house at Woodburn Plantation.
He served as Lt. Gov. under Gov Hayne during nullification crisis in1832-33
1830 –
1834
James Butler Bonham practices law in Pendleton prior to going to
Texas where he second in command at the battle of the Alamo.
1832 William Knauff, cabinet maker from Charleston, set–up shop on
Duke Street, brought to Pendleton by Mrs. Calhoun.
Famous Duel between Benj. F. Perry of Greenville Sentinel
(Unionist) & Turner Bynum (Nullifier) on island in Tugaloo River
during Nullification Crisis. Bynum mortally wounded, buried at St.
Paul’s churchyard
1834 Pendleton Methodist Church founded
1835 Pendleton Jockey Club chartered with a race trace in fair grounds

Pendleton 1840’s
1838 Pendleton Manufacturing Co. incorporated as textile mill by
Enoch B. Benson, W.H.D. Gaillard, and the Sloans (John T.,
Thomas M., Benjamin F.) located S. of town in what is now
LaFrance. One of first in SC.
1840 Pendleton Methodist Church building completed (burned in
1939).
1842 Pendleton Baptist Church founded and church built (building
replaced in 1951).
1848 Mrs. John C. Calhoun leads drive to raise funds to purchase
a pipe organ for St. Paul's.
Samuel Maverick’s house “Montpelier” burns and rebuilt.

Pendleton 1850 - 1860
1850 Second oldest commercial building still standing on public
square build by Jesse Lewis as a store (now known as
Hunter’s Store)
1850 John C. Calhoun dies in Washington, returned to SC and
buried with great ceremony in St. Phillips’s churchyard in
Charleston. The other members of Calhoun’s family buried at
St. Paul’s Churchyard in Pendleton.
Rev. John Adger, Presbyterian minister from wealthy
Charleston family, buys and expands Woodburn Plantation.
James T. Latta buys and expends Ashtabula Plantation.
1860 New Guard house (jail) and market house built on public
square.

Blue Ridge Railroad Comes to Pendleton
1830’s Originally the dream of John C. Calhoun to connect SC
via Pendleton District with emerging markets in the
north.
1854 Construction finally begins on the Blue Ridge Railroad to
run between Anderson and Knoxville
1858 Blue Ridge Railroad finished through Pendleton
connecting Pendleton with Anderson via rail then points
north and South from Anderson.
1859 Construction on Blue Ridge Railroad halted N. of Walhalla
(Stump house Tunnel) by the high cost on construction
(fraud, the high price of imported iron, lack of local
engineering expertise) and the subsequent withdrawal of
funding by the State.

Pendleton’s Railroad Depot
Moved to Cherry St. and now Senior Center

Plantation Houses and Antebellum
Houses In Existence Today
Ashtabula, Bee House, Benson House, Boxwood,
Carver Randall House, Edans House,
Elam Sharp House, Fort Hill, Gaillard House,
Gallows Hall, Liberty Hall, Mi Casa,
James Hunter House, Hopewell, Jenkins House,
Lowther Hall, Magnolia Hall, Marshalsea,
Montpelier, Poe House, Simpson House,
Sitton House, Sleepy Hollow, The Glenn, The Retreat,
Thomas Pickens House, Vine Hill

Edens House
Located at corner of
W. Main & Mechanic St.

Mi Casa c. 1830 - S. Mechanic St.
(1902 with water tower in background)

Mi Casa today complete with water tower

Liberty Hall, c. 1849
Built by Thomas J. Sloan
as seen in 1969 before restoration

Liberty Hall
Also known as Harris Hall

James Hunter House c. 1860
before restoration after 1929

Jenkins House c.1830
Build by Dr. William Seabrook Jenkins
(Cherry St. at Depot St.)

Built as
blacksmith
shop, c. 1840
Civil War
Headquarters of
Jones Rifles
Located next to James
Hunter House

The Glen c. 1830’s (MiCasa Dr.)

Woodburn before 1970’s restoration

Woodburn c. 1830
US76, across from TriCounty Tech
Moorhead Cabin
1810 and
Adger carriage house
(reproduction)

Ashtabula c. 1825
Old Greenville Hwy
Original House
c. 1789

Thomas Pickens House c. 1860
118 N. Elm St.

Rena Jones Clark House (c.1786)
First Black woman to lead a Pendleton School
(currently undergoing restoration)

Poe House, c. 1860
as it looked c. 1970 and
currently
203 N. Elm St.

Marshalsea, c. 1821
Built as Jail then as a Female Academy &
finally became a private residence
L.
112 W. Queen St.

Boxwood, c. 1810
Built by Wm. Robertson, later owned
By J.B. Earle and John T. Sloan

 Elam Sharp House
c. 1802
 Built by William Steel,
 1st postmaster of Pendleton
Located on E. Queen St

Benson House (on original site on E. Queen)

Benson House c. mid 1800’s
Moved from E. Queen Street (site of bank bldg) to N. Maine
in 1970’s for restoration

Benson House c. (only left portion original)
Renovation /expansion never completed

Hopewell c. 1785 (Built by General Andres Pickens )
Off Old Cherry Rd. - Clemson

Montpelier c. 1849 - Built by Samuel Maverick
Old Greenville Hwy, across from Refuge Baptist Church

The Retreat c. 1840’s
Located on Danehower Rd.

Pendleton Area Plantations Houses and
Antebellum Houses - No longer Existing
Altamont, Altamont II, Alexander, Arcadia,
Boscobel, Campobello, Chestnut Hill, Cherry Hill,
Flat Rock, Cold Spring, Grumblethorpe Hall,
Keowee, Long House, Mount Jolly,
Mountain View, Oaklawn, Pepperino,
Portman Shoals, Rivoli, Rossdale, Rusticello,
San Salvador, Seneca, Shady Side, Silver Glade,
Tanglewood, Tip Top, The Hive, Vacambrose,
Westville, Wheatland

Hunter
House c.
Located at corner
Of S. Broad & E. Main
Burned

Altamont, c. 1830
Built by Thomas Pinckney (now gone) – Fant’s Grove Rd.

Boscobel
c
also known as
Rockfield
when owned
by Samuel
Prioleau
Located in what is now
Boscobel Golf Course
On US 76.

Poplars
c.1800
Later known as
Pickens House
Portoco added
c.1830, originally had
one-story porch.
Located on Cherry St.
Extension, burned

Ruins of Tanglewood today
Burned in 1970’s

Seneca, c. 1845 on Seneca River
(Now Gone)

Mount Jolly, c. 1795 (burned early 1900’s)
Home of Taliaferro family (Simpson Farm, off Lebanon Rd.)

Lead up to Civil War
Two of Most Significant Issues leading up to
Civic War . . . . all of which impacted life
in Pendleton:
 Protective tariff’s on imports
 Moral & Economic issue of “Slavery”

Pendleton - Civil War Years
1860 South Carolina succeeded from the Union, the first state to do so,
setting the stage for the beginning of the Civil War.
Pendleton’s population was 854 including ~50% slaves, larger than
Anderson, Edgefield, Abbeville, Laurensville, and Hamburg.
1861 Many Charlestonians & residents of Columbia took refuge in
Pendleton during war years since no conflict in the area.
Blue Ridge House (hotel) in downtown Pendleton advertised in
Charleston newspaper as alternative to popular Northern summer
resorts and very accessible via Blue Ridge railroad
The Adger family from Charleston acquired four plantations in
Pendleton, Woodburn, Ashtabula, Boscobel and Rivoli as their war
refuge.
1861-65 The bell at St. Paul’s would toll out the bad news when the train
brought word of a local death. The bell was later donated to be
melted down to make ammunition.
May
1865
Sherman’s troops commanded by Gen. Geo. Stoneman came
through Pendleton in search of Jefferson Davis and the Confederate
treasury. (“Stoneman’s Raid”)

Pendleton – Reconstruction Years
1865 – 1871 Climate of terrorism existed across state and particularly in Upstate as white
Democrats rebelled against government by Republicans and freed former slaves. Most
of people who took refuge in Pendleton left after the war, many never to return.
1868 Thomas Green Clemson, in his capacity with the Farmer’s Society, begins advocating
the establishment of an agricultural college to teach improved farming methods.
1870 A.M.E. Church established with church on Vance St. behind Hunter’s Store, replaced in
1957 by present A.M.E. King’s Chapel.
James Hunter purchases Lewis’s store on town square which operates until new store
built next door in 1929.
1873 Jesse Cornelius Stribling (Rossdale and later Sleepy Hollow farm) had first registered
herd of Jersey cattle in SC and one of first in SE. – The beginning of SC dairy industry.
Cattle continues to be Anderson County’s primary agricultural product.
1874 Silver Springs Baptist Church established at foot of Hunter’s Hill on old road to
Clemson. New church built in 1926 on new road to Clemson.
1876 “Red Shirt” brigades from towns all over state supported Wade Hampton III election to
Governor under the slogan “Force without Violence” that helped end reconstruction.
1877 One of last two states to be released from military rule under reconstruction

Pendleton at the End of 19th Century
1880 Hunter’s store wooden warehouse built behind Hunter’s Store (still standing)
1882 Jane Edna Harris Hunter, African-American activist and reformer, born on
Woodburn Farm and later founded the Phyllis Wheatley Assoc. after moving
to Cleveland, OH. Recognized by Ohio as one of its top 20 “Heroes”.
1889 Clemson Agricultural College founded under the terms of Thomas Green
Clemson’s will and welcomed first class in 1893 including Gov. Tillman’s son.
A. T. Smythe, member of Adger family & owner of Woodburn, was one of
Clemson’s first Trustees and watched the building of the campus from
Woodburn’s “widow’s walk”.
Atlanta – Charlotte Air Line Railroad (now Norfolk Southern) built the main
line to the NE through Seneca, and Central completely bypassing Pendleton
thereby creating an economic development disaster for the town located only
on a branch line connecting through Anderson.
1893 Present Presbyterian Church built on S. Broad St. Rev. John Adger delivered
the last sermon at the old church and first at the new church.
1893 Blue Ridge Plant of the Pendleton Manufacturing Co. (textile co.) built on Blue
Ridge St
1896 Clemson College fielded its first football team.

Pendleton in Early Twentieth Century
1907 April Fools day student “strike” by a large number of Clemson cadets in “drag”
included a march to Pendleton resulted in the formation of the “Pendleton
Guards” and an annual student event in Pendleton. Town of Clemson yet to
emerge.
1911 One story addition to the Guard House, building later housed the Pendleton
Library.
1920’s The high cotton prices, diverting land from food production and leading to a high
cost of living, setting the stage for the devastating effects of the boll-weevil &
great depression.
1929 SC28 Hwy through Pendleton widened, paved (formerly dirt), and rerouted in
places impacting town square and frontage of historic structures in town.
1930’s Many of the large antebellum houses could not be maintained and became
“apartment houses” for tenant farmers owned by absentee landlords and often
housing 2-3 families.
Tenant farmers flocked to the textile mills as boll-weevil devastated cotton crops
1935 Federal Government through Resettlement Act purchased 29,625 acres (about
150 farms) of worn-out, eroded farm land and leased it to Clemson College for
their use and remediation. (Woodburn was included in this buy-out). Lands
deeded to Clemson in 1954.

Pendleton – Post WWII
1947 -
1950
Pendleton town fathers persuaded Milliken to build their new
finishing plant and later the Gerrish Milliken plant just
outside Pendleton bringing jobs to Pendleton.
1950’s US76 Hwy improvement project bypassed downtown
Pendleton, passing through Woodburn Farm instead, thus
preserving its historic town square and character.
~ 1958-
1961
US Corp of Engineer’s Lake Hartwell project to dam the
Savannah River and flood a proposed 9,000 acres of farm
land, mostly belonging to Clemson College, did result in the
flooding of the ruins of many of antebellum plantation
houses along the Seneca River.

Beginning of Economic Development and
Tourism in 1960’s
Foundation for Historic Restoration in the Pendleton Area (name later
changed to the Pendleton Historic Foundation) founded by members of
Clemson College Architecture Dept. and Pendleton Farmer’s Society to
preserve Woodburn (owned by Clemson University) and other historic
structures which were in danger of being lost.
Ashtabula given to the Foundation for Historic Restoration by Mead
Paper Company to preserve it and to serve as a house museum for the
interpretation of local culture.
Tri County Technical College founded with 300 students first
year(1962) to help with economic development of Tri County area.
Located in Pendleton along US 76 on former Woodburn Farm property.

Expansion of Tourism
Clemson University deeds Woodburn to the Foundation for Historic
Restoration for Restoration in the Pendleton Area.
The Foundation for Historic Restoration begins a program to erect
Historic Markers in the area beginning with (1) John Ewing
Colhoun/Keowee on road from Clemson to Daniel HS
(2)Hopewell/Hopewell Indian Treaties on Old Cherry Rd.
Pendleton District Historical & Recreation Commission established by
the SC Legislature to preserve the area’s history and to promote tourism
in the Tri-County area.
Foundation for Historic Restoration in conjunction with the Anderson,
Greenville, Oconee, and Pickens Historical Societies hosts the Second SC
Landmark Conference.
The National Trust for Historic Preservation sponsors a tour of the
Upstate and Pendleton as part of their annual meeting in Charleston.

Pendleton Historic District
Established 1972
Pendleton Historic District, the largest in the US at
the time, was listed on the National Register of
Historic Places in 1972.
Bounded on west by Hopewell and Treaty Oak, on
east by Montpelier, north by Old Stone Church,
south by town limits.
Ashtabula and Woodburn were individually listed
and opened as house museums.

Map of Pendleton Historic District
6,300 acres extending from Old Stone church to Montpelier
(c.1969)

Description from National Register
Nomination Form
“The Pendleton Historic District derives its
primary significance from the antebellum
structures which reflect Pendleton’s early
history. Also included in the district are
some later 19th century structures which
demonstrate Pendleton’s more recent
growth and are, in appearance and
feeling, compatible with the earlier
periods.”

Revitalization of Downtown
 Over the years, there have been many
proposals to revitalize downtown
Pendleton and take advantage of its
historic character
 Some have been accomplished, many not
due to cost involved
 Preservation ordinances recently
established for downtown commercial area
that will assist in seeking revitalization
grants

Later Economic Development
 Economic development in the area brought in
Westinghouse & Michelin plant (Sandy Springs)
and various Clemson Univ. facilities.
 The historic “quaint” character of Pendleton
continues to attract tourists and new residents.
 Ashtabula and Woodburn Historic House
museums attract ~ 10,000 visitors for tours,
weddings, and special events.
 Pendleton Spring Jubilee attracts ~30,000
visitors for a 2-day event

What does the Future Hold?
 Preservation of the historic district’s
historic structures and environment must
play a key role.
 Use of these historic structures and
environment to develop a route to
sustainable economic growth

Pendleton Historic Foundation
PHF plans to increase visitation at our
historic houses from 10,000/yr to 20,000-
25,000/yr within 10 years.
 By expanding our educational focus and
offering monthly special programs and
tours
 By refocusing the use of Woodburn for
use as a venue for weddings and similar
guests sponsored events that include
house tours

PHF Historic Pendleton Program
 Reinstating the famous Pendleton Historic
House Tours in 2012 that were held
annually or semi-annually since the 1950’s
that were discontinued over 10 years ago.
 Encouraging the Town to apply for
Preserve America and Certified Local
Government status to raise awareness and
to make eligible for improvement grants.
 Promote the historic downtown for unique
tourist oriented businesses.

Promotion as Movie Set
 Encourage use of town and historic
houses as sets for movies
 Developing documentary firm on Life of
Jane Edna Hunter firmed at Woodburn
and in Pendleton to be shown on ETV,
History Channel, film festivals, etc.
Promo of film on “YouTube” link below:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9ARDBA4zDA&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Pendleton’s Historic Markers
 Erected in the 1960-70’s by Anderson
county, Pendleton Historic Foundation,
Pendleton District Commission and other
groups.
 The newest market for “The Hundreds”
was installed with the last 2 years.
 There are many historic sites in area yet
to have a marker

On E. Queen/ Town Square

On Mechanic Street side of Town Square

On E. Queen St. at N Broad St.

St. Paul’s Church Yard

Old Cherry Rd - Clemson

St. Paul’s Churchyard

Old Greenville Hwy

US76 across from Tri County Tech

Vance Street

Located on West Queen St.
In front of the Pendleton
Community Center
Commemorating Pendleton's
Rosenwald School (burned)
and the Faith Cabin Library

Hopewell Treaty Marker
Old Cherry Rd., before crossing Lake

Pictorial History of Pendleton
 Historic Downtown
Commercial Areas
 Churches, the Lifeblood of our
Community

Hunter’s Store c. 1850
E. Queen St.

Hunter’s Store early 1900’s

Hunter’s Store Warehouse, c. 1880

Pendleton Village Green, ~1880-1900
Guardhouse before front addition & Well house left

E. Main St. (early 1900’s ?)

E. Main St. 1960’s, Center Portion c. 1793

Looking South on Mechanic St.
Horse-trading Convention, 1910

“Red Shirt” Reunion on Square (1896 or 1906’s?)

Pendleton’s early 20th Century Jail
Vance St. - behind Hunter’s Warehouse

Keese Barn (antique barn & social hall)
W. Queen St. (now gone)

Keeses’s Barn Memorial
West Queen St.

Faith Cabin Libraries
 Rev. W. L. Buffington, Prof. of Sociology at Pine
College in Augusta, GA proposed in the early
1930’s to build a small library by the side of
every black rural school in Ga & SC.
 First Faith Cabin Library was built in Edgefield
SC in 1932 and in all 28 were built by black
volunteers who asked their white employers to
allow them to cut trees for logs to build the
libraries – Rev. Buffington supplied the books.

Faith Cabin Libraries
 Per their black builders :
“We had nothing to go on but faith. That’s what
built them all, faith, hard work and the
generosity of thousands of people willing to
share their books.”
 The Degan Faith Cabin in Pendleton (c.1935) is
one of the 2 last surviving examples in SC and
was built next to Pendleton’s Rosenwald School
(now gone).

Old Stone Church c. 1802
Burial place of General Andrew Pickens and
Robert Anderson

Pendleton Presbyterian Church
Old Greenville Hwy, c. 1824
Corner Mechanic& Broad Sts., c. 1893

St. Paul’s Episcopal c. 1822

Pendleton Methodist Church
c. 1834, burned c. 1939
Rebuilt using original front stained
class window, later enlarged

Pendleton Baptist Church c. 1843

King’s Chapel AME Church
Congregation est. 1867
(original church building was on E. Main St.)

Silver Springs
Baptist Church
The newly restored 1874 church on
Jackson St. (not active – used
For events)
The current Church
On N. Mechanic St.
c.1926

Aerial View of Blue Ridge Mill (1902)

Aerial View Baptist Church & Blue Ridge Mill
(1902 from water tower at MiCasa)

Pendleton Blue Ridge
Mill Today

Smythe Family at Woodburn
The simple things made us happy back then…

 Non-profit, volunteer-run organization founded in 1960
 Mission: An educational organization dedicated to the restoration
and preservation of historic properties in the Pendleton area and the
interpretation of the diverse history and cultural heritage of the
area.
 Programs:
 Preservation of Ashtabula and Woodburn Historic Houses
 Development and interpretation of these sites as major Upstate
heritage tourism sites including living history demonstrations
 Educational programs on our region’s contribution to the state’s
and nation’s cultural heritage for both young and mature minds
 Historic Pendleton & Historic Homeowners Assoc., a community
outreach preservation program to provide education and
assistance to owners of historic structures in the area

History of Pendleton SC (c.1790)

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