The original livery stable on this site is believed to have been built in the 1840s. It was a wooden structure, and was lost during a devastating fire in 1872 that also destroyed much of downtown Abbeville. The current brick and masonry livery stable was built in the late 1870s on the site of the original building. After the advent of the automobile, the building was used as a warehouse for a number of decades.

In 2002, the building was generously donated by Mrs. Margaret Flynn Bowie and the W.G. Bowie Trust to the City of Abbeville. The renovation of the livery stable was completed in 2010 as a part of the Trinity Street Enhancement Project.

City Council

Harold E. McNeill, Mayor

Spencer G. Sorrow, Lee C. Williams

Annette Faye Thomas, Bertha D. Crawford

Joe E. Seawright, Augustus E. Wilson, Jr.

Fred V. Peeler, S. Delano Freeman

City Manager

Nolan L. Wiggins, Jr.

Assistant City Manager

Ashley Ramey Kellahan

Architect

Johnson, Laschober and Associates

Augusta, Georgia

General Contractor

Town and County Construction, Inc.

Greenwood, South Carolina

Marker is on Trinity Street.

Courtesy hmdb.org

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