Charleston Currents – Georgetown

MYSTERY PHOTO: So, who’s the king?

Can you answer the question … and let us know where the mural is located? Send to editor@charlestoncurrents.com. And don’t forget to include your name and the town in which you live.

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Our Nov. 23 photo, “Building with history,” shows Temple Beth Elohim on Screven Street in Georgetown.

by Charleston Currents · 11/30/2020 · Comments are Disabled · Mystery Photo, Photos

HISTORY: Sunset Lodge

S.C. Encyclopedia | An internationally known brothel, the Sunset Lodge, founded about 1936, was located in a white frame house adorned by neon on U.S. Highway 17 originally three miles south of Georgetown’s limits. The business was reportedly encouraged by business leaders, including Tom Yawkey, a Massachusetts millionaire who owned a resort home near Georgetown. They wanted to divert the attentions of workers building the International Paper Company mill at Georgetown from their local women.

by Special to Charleston Currents · 11/28/2016 · Comments are Disabled · Features, S.C. Encyclopedia

Boats along the Sampit River in Georgetown, S.C. Photo by Linda W. Brown. All rights reserved.

HISTORY: Georgetown, S.C.

S.C. Encyclopedia | Located at the confluence of the Sampit River and Winyah Bay, Georgetown was founded by Elisha Screven in 1729 and is the third oldest town in South Carolina. Screven vested control of the town with three trustees in 1735. Two years later, all 224 lots had been sold, though not occupied. The General Assembly governed from 1785 until Georgetown was incorporated in 1805. In 1892 the city was reincorporated under a mayor and council.

by Special to Charleston Currents · 05/01/2016 · Comments are Disabled · Features, S.C. Encyclopedia