The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Perry was originally founded as Wagener before changing its name in 1888. It is named after Benjamin Franklin Perry, the provisional Governor of South Carolina after the Civil War.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Perry’s history is told.
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Perry, decade by decade
Before
2000
2000
No old photos in the archives yetWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
📷 Add from your albumNational Register of Historic Places
Nothing in Perry is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Perry has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Salley Historic District in Salley, 4.2 miles away.
Perry and the nearest listed places
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How a place gets listed
1Talk to the stateEvery nomination goes through the State Historic Preservation Office. Owners, towns and historical societies can start one.
2Try a local or state list firstMany states keep their own register with a shorter form, a common first step for old barns, halls and schoolhouses.
3Write it upA nomination covers the history, photos and a map. Salley Historic District’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Perry?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Perry’s story, or a memory of it.
📷 Add a photo of an old placeNational Park Service, National Register of Historic Places · photos from Wikimedia Commons
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.