Beech Island Historical Society
The society’s 16th Annual Historic Beech Island Tour to be held Saturday, April 27, from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. will feature 13 historic and interesting places to visit. Among them will be the beautifully restored Bowers-Galphin home of Dr. Charles G. Larke. Built in 1833 by plantation owner David Bowers and completed by his son Benjamin, […]
#8 Map Location – 144 Old Jackson Highway, Beech Island, SC 29842
#6 Map Location – 2570 Green Pond Road, Jackson, SC 29831
#5 Map Location – 755 Foreman Street, Jackson, SC 29831
#9 Map Location – 1020 Old Jackson Highway, Jackson, SC 29831
The society’s 15th Annual Historic Beech Island Tour to be held Saturday, April 29, from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. will feature 14 historic and unusual places to visit. Among them will be Carolina Country Farms, a real working farm complete with a vast array of animals — goats, sheep, Emus, horses, chickens, turkeys, guineas, pigs, ducks, […]
On Tuesday, March 21, at 7:30 p.m. at the History & Visitors Center, author and historian George McDaniel will speak to the society on his new book, Drayton Hall Stories: A Place and its People. McDaniel’s book is the first book to focus on a site’s recent history using interviews with descendants, architects, historians, preservationists, […]
You are cordially invited to attend a book signing for Beth Self Francis, author of Of Planters and Patriots: The Hammonds of Old Edgefield District on Sunday, March 26 from 3-5 p.m. at the Charles Hammond House at 908 Martintown Road in North Augusta. There will be a brief presentation by the author followed by […]
On March 7, Beech Island Historical Society member George Hammond presented President Jackie Bartley a $500 donation to the Beech Island Historical Society from his organization, the Society of Colonial Wars in Georgia. It will be used to improve the Revolutionary War Battle Site at Silver Bluff.
Old Pictures of Aiken To Be Shown at March Meeting Our last meeting until Fall will be held on Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 7:30 p.m. at the Beech Island Historical Society’s History & Visitors Center at 144 Old Jackson Highway in Beech Island, SC. The speaker will be Allen Riddick, Aiken resident and President […]