Landrum’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold just one old photo of Landrum. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗The Landrum area was settled circa 1760 by homesteaders from Pennsylvania, Maryland and Virginia. There, they built a fort approximately two miles from the current City of Landrum. The town of Landrum was founded in 1880 after the railroad was extended north from Spartanburg and named after John Gill Landrum, who gave the land for construction of the local depot. Landrum was incorporated as a town three years later. In 1973, it was made into a city.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Landrum’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Landrum’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewLandrum - Imperial Hotel, 1912: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Landrum
See all 1 →Landrum, decade by decade
1990s
Nothing in Landrum is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Landrum has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Blockhouse Site in Tryon, 2.5 miles away.
Landrum and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Landrum - Imperial Hotel (1912) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (6). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.