Saluda’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 2 old photos of Saluda. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Saluda's name came from the Cherokee word Tsaludiyi, meaning "green corn place". The first name of the area by European settlers was "Pace's Ridge", from the Pace family who inhabited the area. Many of the original families were Scots-Irish who left Pennsylvania around the time of the Whiskey Rebellion in the early 1790s.
Count Joseph Marie Gabriel St. Xavier de Choiseul, French consul to Charleston, South Carolina, and cousin to Louis Philippe I of France, bought land in 1831 from the Barings of nearby Flat Rock and built his home, Saluda Cottages.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Saluda’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Saluda’s history is told.
2 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewSOU 4501 (saluda)(postcard), 1972: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Saluda
See all 1 →Saluda, decade by decade
1960s
1990s
5 historic places in Saluda
Saluda has 5 listings on the National Register, and they protect 23 historic buildings, because Saluda Main Street Historic District alone counts 16.
Where they are
When they were listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Woman sitting on cabin porch (1939) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (5) and the National Register (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.