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Frame by Frame, Chapin's Historic Documentary Unfold
Frame by Frame, Chapin's Historic Documentary Unfold (Authors note: fifth in a series of articles) As featured in Chapin Neighbors...
Nancy Williamson
May 19, 20232 min read
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CNL Railroad Depot & Mr. Worth Goza
CNL Railroad Depot, Worth Goza at his desk in Chapin Mercantile Company, Bank of Chapin, Chapin High School, P.M. Frick's store on Clark...
Nancy Williamson
Apr 7, 20231 min read
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Columbia Petroleum Company - 1930's, now S & S Destination
Columbia Petroleum Company, 1200 Chapin Road. Built as a service station in the 1930's it has been remodeled and today houses the S&S...
Nancy Williamson
Apr 7, 20231 min read
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Chapin Town Water Pump - 1956
Town Water Pump Building on Lexington Avenue. This building dates to 1956 when the town was establishing a community well water system.
Nancy Williamson
Apr 7, 20231 min read
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Chapin Red & White Super Market
Chapin Furniture Company, 119 Clark Street. George Wessinger bought the old Chapin Red and White grocery store building in 1973. ...
Nancy Williamson
Mar 31, 20231 min read
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Historic Downtown Chapin Marker
Chapin Historical Association presents new Downtown Historical Marker in front of Old Town Hall building. A second marker has been placed...
Nancy Williamson
Mar 31, 20231 min read
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George S. Lindler Building
George W. Lindler Building, 103 Clark Street, built in 1901 as a general store. Later it became a liquor dispensary. In 1919 Lindler sold...
Nancy Williamson
Mar 31, 20231 min read
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James S Boozer Building
James S. Boozer Building, 106 Beaufort Street, built in 1907 by John W. Fry. It was originally home to Dr. Joseph Eargle's offices and...
Nancy Williamson
Mar 31, 20231 min read
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Chapin Post Office #2
Chapin Post Office #2, 114 Clark Street, built in 1951, and served as a post office until 1982. Since then, it was also used as a realty...
Nancy Williamson
Mar 31, 20231 min read
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Chapin Dry Cleaners
Chapin Dry Cleaners, 105 Lexington Avenue, was purchased in 1958 by Virgil G. Price. It is believed to have been built around 1949, and...
Nancy Williamson
Mar 31, 20231 min read
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Old Guard House
Old Guardhouse, behind 107 Lexington Avenue, built around 1900, it stood on the south side of Beaufort Street between Clark and East...
Nancy Williamson
Mar 31, 20231 min read
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Old Chapin Town Hall
Chapin Town Hall, 107 Lexington Avenue, built in 1948, it was the town's first town hall, with a jail located in the rear of the building....
Nancy Williamson
Mar 31, 20231 min read
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Bank of Chapin
Bank of Chapin, 108 Beaufort Street, built in 1907 by John W. Fry Construction Company, using brick made locally by C. P. Robinson. ...
Nancy Williamson
Mar 31, 20231 min read
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Wessinger & Sons
J.S. Wessinger and Sons General Store, 111 Lexington Avenue, dates to 1922 when Job S. Wessinger built it following a fire that the...
Nancy Williamson
Mar 31, 20231 min read
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Chapin Commercial Historic District
The Chapin Commercial Historic District is bounded by Lexington Avenue to the west, Beaufort Street and Chapin Road to the south, Clark...
Nancy Williamson
Mar 31, 20231 min read
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Chapin Time Capsule
The time capsule (actually a funeral vault) was placed in front of the Community Theatre building on Labor Day weekend in 1989. ...
Nancy Williamson
Mar 31, 20231 min read
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Chapin's First Fire Truck
It was a proud day for Chapin in 1965 when its first fire truck arrived! Pictured with the truck is Town Councilmen Esthern Shealy, Fred...
Nancy Williamson
Mar 31, 20231 min read
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Welcome to Chapin, SC
Chapin, popularly known as the "Capital of Lake Murray", is a small lake town located at the northern tip of Lexington County, South...
chapinhistoricalas
Mar 12, 20231 min read
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The Chapin Historical Association receives a grant from the Greater Chapin Community Foundation.
JJ Casey Founder, Chair woman, and JT (John) Thomason Cofounder and Vice Chairman, were delighted to accept for the Chapin Historical...
chapinhistoricalas
Mar 12, 20231 min read
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