The Yorkville Enquirer reported on Jan. 23, 1889 – “Lowrysville has five stores, one wood shop, one blacksmith shop, one saw and grist mill, and a cotton gin.”
City Directories and History: The People’s Free Library of South Carolina was established in 1903-04 by Dr. Delano Fitzgerald, a winter resident of Lowrys, and the small frame building was completed ca. 1904. Fitzgerald was a Baltimore, Maryland pharmacist who wintered in Lowrys to take advantage of the fine hunting in the area. The library made a significant contribution to the cultural and intellectual development of Lowrys and the surrounding areas between 1904 and 1954 and continues to
serve as a museum and community landmark. The library operated a traveling library service from 1904 until at least 1909, perhaps the first such service in the state. The library is a small, one-story building with a single room. The building is rectangular with a gable roof, weatherboard siding, and stone foundation piers. A wooden porch spans the façade and the right side. The porch has chamfered wooden posts with reeding and sawn brackets and a balustrade with turned balusters. Listed in the National Register October 29, 1982. [Courtesy of the S.C. Dept. of Archives and History]
The Yorkville Enquirer for Oct. 21, 1891 – “In news from Lowrysville, the Masonic Hall has been completed and accepted by the committee. The Sandy River Lodge has rented the Hall and held its first meeting there.” (The location is unknown.)
The RH Herald reported on June 24, 1899 reported that Ms. Mary Jo Witherspoon, who has been teaching as assistant in the Lowrysville High School, has been elected to a position in the Yorkville Graded School.”
In Chester County the house of J.G. Smith in Lowryville was blown off its foundation and Mrs. Smith was stuck by a falling mantle. The dwelling of Jeff Revels and nearly all outbuildings were destroyed. The house of Burt Roberts near Armenia had damage. – The Herald reported on Feb. 24, 1900
Historian Harvey S. Teal’s Post Office Data in S.C., states: “James G. Lowry and later George Smith served as Postmasters of the Lowrysville PO from 1852 – Civil War.”
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