SCHM 21 40 HH Singletary Building
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Part of a series of markers in the downtown area of Lake City, SC, the marker gives a fine example of the community involvement of the people of Lake City.
Waymark Code: WMZM75
Location: South Carolina, United States
Date Posted: 11/29/2018
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Plaque Inscription
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This two-story commercial building was built in 1910 by Henry Horace Singletary (1848-1912) as the H.H. Singletary Company, with a grocery store on the first floor. Singletary, perhaps the most prominent businessman and civic leader in the town from Reconstruction into the 20th century, once owned almost 600 acres in what is now downtown Lake City. He also ran a sawmill and brickyard.
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Singletary was a pioneer in the creation and early prosperity of Lake City's produce markets in the 1890s, shipping local strawberries to Northern markets. He gave assistance to many institutions in Lake City, donating lumber for the first school in 1878, land for the second school in 1888, and land for the first sanctuary of Lake City Presbyterian Church, built in 1888.
Erected 2014 by The Lynches Lake Historical Society.
Marker Name: HH Singletary Building
Marker Location: City
Type of Marker: Person
Marker number: 21 40
County: Florence
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