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tion. I quickly made a U-turn and found a good ly through town, I came to the “square,” and
parking spot that would get my car off the road. saw a very large, white building with massive
I grabbed my camera and tripod and found a columns. There was another older-looking
place to shoot. I spent about 20 minutes there, building across the street, so I turned the cor-
watching the light changing and shooting from ner and parked. It was about 7:45 A.M., now,
different angles. A sign on the road said the and I liked the early morning light on the build-
creek that supplied the lake was Wards Creek, ings. The white building turned out to be the
without the apostrophe. Another sign indicated Cheraw Town Hall, which dates from 1858. As
this was Everett Lake. At some time there ap- I walked around the area, I noted that the town
peared to have been a failed effort to sell lots had assembled a number of historic buildings
around the lake. The lake is located very near to form a historic park. These buildings had
the NC-SC state line. been relocated from their original sites. There
As I packed my camera to resume my jour- was the law office of Inglis-McIver, dating from
ney, I thought how lucky I was to have a good 1838, which was similar in design to the Cher-
sunrise and to find a good place to shoot. I aw Lyceum located across the street. Built be-
hoped the rest of my day would go as well. tween 1810 and 1825, The Lyceum first served
Little did I know. as a Court. It became the library in 1858 and
I continued along Highway 1, which runs continued in that role until 1961. It also served
through the middle of Cheraw. As I drove slow- as the first telegraph office and as headquarters

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