Historical Marker
Cross Keys House
Historical marker location:
Cross Keys, South Carolina
( Marker is at the intersection of Old Buncombe Road and Jones Ford Road, on the left when traveling east on Old Buncombe Road.)
Marker installed: 1970
The H.L. Hunley, a Confederate submarine that was the first submarine to sink an enemy warship in combat, was built in South Carolina. The Hunley sank the Union ship USS Housatonic in Charleston Harbor in 1864, but the submarine itself was lost at sea shortly after the attack.