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History · McClellanville

A history of McClellanville,
then and now

Postcards, papers and photographs of McClellanville from public archives, woven together by decade. Neighbors fill in the gaps.

12old images & papers
2historic places
0recent photos
From McClellanville’s archive · credits on each photo

The story

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McClellanville village began in the late 1860s when local plantation owners A.J. McClellan and Richard Morrison II sold lots in the vicinity of Jeremy Creek to planters of the Santee Delta, who sought relief from summer fevers. Morrison's son, James Morrison served as the first Intendent as the town was founded in 1926. The first store opened soon after the Civil War, and the village became the social and economic center for a wide area that produced timber, rice, cotton, naval stores, and seafoods.

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Timeline

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1930s12 items · HABS SC,10-MCCLEL.V,2- (sheet 0 of 12…Commons
1940–1999Nothing yet. Family albums go here.
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By decade

McClellanville, decade by decade

1930s12 items
HABS SC,10-MCCLEL.V,2- (sheet 0 of 12) - Lynch House, U.S. Routes 17 and 701CommonsHABS SC,10-MCCLEL.V,2- (sheet 0 of 12) - Lynch House, U.S. …1933HABS SC,10-MCCLEL.V,2- (sheet 1 of 12) - Lynch House, U.S. Routes 17 and 701CommonsHABS SC,10-MCCLEL.V,2- (sheet 1 of 12) - Lynch House, U.S. …1933HABS SC,10-MCCLEL.V,2- (sheet 10 of 12) - Lynch House, U.S. Routes 17 and 701CommonsHABS SC,10-MCCLEL.V,2- (sheet 10 of 12) - Lynch House, U.S.…1933HABS SC,10-MCCLEL.V,2- (sheet 11 of 12) - Lynch House, U.S. Routes 17 and 701CommonsHABS SC,10-MCCLEL.V,2- (sheet 11 of 12) - Lynch House, U.S.…1933HABS SC,10-MCCLEL.V,2- (sheet 12 of 12) - Lynch House, U.S. Routes 17 and 701CommonsHABS SC,10-MCCLEL.V,2- (sheet 12 of 12) - Lynch House, U.S.…1933HABS SC,10-MCCLEL.V,2- (sheet 2 of 12) - Lynch House, U.S. Routes 17 and 701CommonsHABS SC,10-MCCLEL.V,2- (sheet 2 of 12) - Lynch House, U.S. …1933HABS SC,10-MCCLEL.V,2- (sheet 3 of 12) - Lynch House, U.S. Routes 17 and 701CommonsHABS SC,10-MCCLEL.V,2- (sheet 3 of 12) - Lynch House, U.S. …1933HABS SC,10-MCCLEL.V,2- (sheet 4 of 12) - Lynch House, U.S. Routes 17 and 701CommonsHABS SC,10-MCCLEL.V,2- (sheet 4 of 12) - Lynch House, U.S. …1933HABS SC,10-MCCLEL.V,2- (sheet 5 of 12) - Lynch House, U.S. Routes 17 and 701CommonsHABS SC,10-MCCLEL.V,2- (sheet 5 of 12) - Lynch House, U.S. …1933HABS SC,10-MCCLEL.V,2- (sheet 6 of 12) - Lynch House, U.S. Routes 17 and 701CommonsHABS SC,10-MCCLEL.V,2- (sheet 6 of 12) - Lynch House, U.S. …1933HABS SC,10-MCCLEL.V,2- (sheet 7 of 12) - Lynch House, U.S. Routes 17 and 701CommonsHABS SC,10-MCCLEL.V,2- (sheet 7 of 12) - Lynch House, U.S. …1933HABS SC,10-MCCLEL.V,2- (sheet 8 of 12) - Lynch House, U.S. Routes 17 and 701CommonsHABS SC,10-MCCLEL.V,2- (sheet 8 of 12) - Lynch House, U.S. …1933
1940s–
1990s
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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National Register of Historic Places

2 historic places in McClellanville

McClellanville has 2 listings on the National Register, and they protect 107 historic buildings, because McClellanville Historic District (Additional Documentation) alone counts 106.

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In South Carolinaby listings · most towns there have none
2places listed1 building · 1 district
0National Historic LandmarksNone here yet
107historic buildings protectedcounting each building in a district
1982first listedMcClellanville Historic District (Additional Documentation) · newest: Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church, 2004

Where they are

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McClellanville Historic District (Additional Documentation)Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church
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When they were listed

The Register began in 1966.
Listed 1982McClellanville Historic District (Additional Documentation)DistrictArchitectureSocial historyListed 2004Bethel African Methodist Episcopal ChurchBuildingBlack historyArchitecture
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places (05/22/2026) · styles from the National Archives catalog · photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place

Then & now

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as HABS SC,10-MCCLEL.V,2- (sheet 0 of 12) - Lynch House, U.S. Routes 17 and 701 (1933) and it appears here side by side.

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