A Building with a Past

Historical marker location:

624 State Park Rd, Mountain Rest, South Carolina

( Marker can be reached from State Park Road west of State Highway 107, on the left when traveling south.)

South Carolina was the site of the first battle of the Civil War. In April 1861, Confederate forces fired on Fort Sumter, a federal fort located in Charleston Harbor. The bombardment lasted for 34 hours and resulted in the surrender of the fort to the Confederates.