The Samuel R. Poliakoff Collection in the Abbeville County Library is an outstanding collection of American art. It includes contemporary southwestern Indian pottery and textiles, as well as Western genre paintings and bronzes. The pottery collection in particular, which numbers more than one hundred pieces, is a significant assortment, representing many of today's finest Native American ceramic artists.
"The congregation was founded in 1842 as a mission of the Episcopal Diocese of South Carolina. The current Gothic Revival-style building was built in 1859 of brick formed of the clay on which the church sits. The Bishop came from Charleston to consecrate it on November 4, 1860
Abbeville, SC ChurchesBuilt in 1899 to replace an earlier c. 1867 church, St. James is located in Abbeville'
Abbeville, SC ChurchesBuilt in the 1830s, this Greek-Revival house was the site of the first reading of the secession papers, giving birth to the Confederacy. The "Cause" died here as well. On May 2, 1865, less than a month after Lee'
Abbeville, SC Famous HomesThis unique program features an authentic encampment of living history interpreters who portray soldiers and women of the mid...
Built in 1899 to replace an earlier c. 1867 church, St. James is located in Abbeville's Historic District....
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Hot Breakfast on the house. Business Center (computer, telephone, fax and modern); Free for guest - one conference room up t...
Collector's Antique Mall, housed in a c. 1890s cotton gin, has 27,000 sq. ft. of floor space and 126 booths. Only 16 miles f...