Greenwood County · Marker 24-20
Southern Railway Depot
99 S.C. Hwy. 34, Ninety Six
Front inscription
This depot, built for the Southern Railway in 1915, is an outstanding example of an early-20th century combination passenger and freight depot. A settlement called Ninety Six predates the Revolution, but the modern town grew up around a stop on the Greenwood & Columbia RR, completed in 1853. Its population grew even more dramatically after 1890 with a boom in the textile industry in Greenwood County.
Reverse inscription
The Ninety Six Cotton Mill opened in1902. By 1906 400 of the town’s 600 residents worked there. That year the Southern Railway, led by the town’s rapid growth and the need to carry people and ship goods to and from Greenwood County, promised Ninety Six a new depot. Built in 1915, it closed in 1978 and has been a community center since 1982. It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 2011.