29-25 Welsh's Station / Kershaw Depot
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N 34° 32.877 W 080° 34.986
17S E 538250 N 3822993
Near the railroad depot, this marker gives some historical data of Kershaw, once known then as Welsh's Station.
Waymark Code: WMZAED
Location: South Carolina, United States
Date Posted: 10/08/2018
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Welsh's Station
Welsh’s Station, a depot on the Charleston, Cincinnati, & Chicago Railroad built in 1888, stood at or near this site. The town of Kershaw was first named for Capt. James V. Welsh, who donated 63 acres on which to establish a town and promised the railroad title to every other lot laid out in it. When it was incorporated in 1888 the town limits of Kershaw extended one-half mile in every direction from the depot.
Kershaw Depot
This depot, built in 1926 by the Southern Railway, replaced a late 19th-early 20th century passenger and freight depot/cotton platform which burned that year. It is typical of 20th-century depots built throughout the Southeast. Primarily a passenger station, it also handled cotton and textile products from nearby farms and textile or cotton oil mills. The Kershaw Depot was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.
Erected 2000 by Lancaster County History Commission. (Marker Number 29-25.)
Marker Name: Welsh's Station / Kershaw Depot
Marker Location: Roadside
Type of Marker: Building
Marker number: 29-25
County: Lancaster County
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