Walterboro Jail

This neo-Gothic building, designed by Jones and Lee, noted architects of Charleston, and constructed by J.& B. Lucas in 1855-56, replaced the jail built in 1822 when Walterboro became the seat of justice of Colleton District. It served as a ...

Walterborough Academy

Incorporated December 17, 1834, Walterborough Academy was the forerunner of the present city school system. Its trustees were Malachi Ford, John G. Godfrey, John D. Edwards, David Campbell, and Archibald Campbell. The Reverend John B. Van Dyke served as Preceptor ...

Walterborough Library Society

Est. 1820 - Inc. 1821

Marked geographic center of town

First location on present site of

St. Jude's Episcopal Church

Moved in 1845 to land given by

Richard B. Bedon

Now used by the

Colleton County Historical Society

Marker is on Wichman Street, on the right when traveling ...

Walterboro

Settled by Paul and Jacob Walter in 1784. Became a summer resort for Edisto, Combahee and Ashepoo planters. Incorporated in 1826. Since 1822 the County Seat of Colleton. In the court house was held, June 1826, the first Nullification Meeting ...

Anderson Field / Walterboro Army Air Field

(Anderson Field side):

This airfield, the first in Colleton County, was built and dedicated in 1933 on 60 acres leased to the town of Walterboro by the estate of C.C. Anderson, foe whom it was named. By 1937 the town purchased ...

Walterboro Army Air Field

"We were prisoners, but (we weren't made to) feel like prisoners. We were just people waiting to go back home"

- Helmut Ulbricht, German POW, Walterboro Army Air Field, 1945.The Press and Standard, 1994.

Two Hundred and fifty German prisoners of war ...

Walterboro Army Airfield

" Both white and negro troops will be stationed there, with negro troops to constitute about ten percent of the total personnel." - The Press and Standard, 1942

" A network of army air fields, used for training purposes and ...

Walterboro Army Airfield

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Walterboro Army Airfield

In the late 1920's and 1930's, a rough landing strip was made on the farm of C.C. Anderson just outside Walterboro. Starting in 1941, as part of the World War II effort,The U.S. Government acquired the ...