Belton, SC
Photos of Belton's Past
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The old photos and images below are from Belton's Past History and provided by Joe Coward of Belton Printing and former publisher of The Belton News. We are grateful to Joe for making these photos available. We hope that the community and visitors to this site will enjoy and cherish these images from the past.
Additional information and corrections about some of the photos listed has been made available by Belton historian Alison Ashley Darby. Photos with changes have been designated with the words "Info Update" & the date it was updated. Additional old photos have been provided by Alison and will soon be published to this web site. For details of how to purchase Alison's recently published book Images of America: Belton which includes hundreds of old photos and information about Belton, click on the book's title.
Some of the photos are not dated. We will continue to look for additional information about these photos and add new ones when located.
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View of Belton's Public Square This Newspaper sketch of Public Square was done
in the late 1800's. The city well can be seen on the right side of
the image. |
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Belton's Downtown
Business Section This photo was taken in 1900 and appears to have been taken from the present day location of Horton's Pharmacy. |
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Belton's Geer Hotel (Info Update 7/13/04) The earliest maps of Belton show a hotel on this site owned by A. R. Broyles, built in 1853. Later, G. W. McGee purchased the hotel and enlarged its accommodations with a wooden two-story addition. In 1907, H. M. Geer purchased the Belton Hotel and enlarged the structure by building a 3-story brick addition in place of the two-story wooden structure. After being used as apartments for Belton Mills employees, this brick addition was razed in 1965. The smaller building on the left is the only portion of the Hotel that remains standing and is the present day location of Horton's Pharmacy. Numbers over the doorways denoting rooms in the upstairs of this building are still visible. This Photo was taken in 1908. |
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View of Downtown Belton This is a view of the South End of Business Square in Belton, S.C. and appears to have been taken from the present day location of Wachovia Bank. This Photo was taken in 1909. |
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Farmers' Bank in Belton (Info Update 7/7/04) The Farmer's Bank (established
about 1902) is currently located 2 doors down from Horton's Pharmacy.
The building has lost its crenelated top and the doorways are different.
At one time the building was occupied by Horton's Electric. Belton was one of the few southern towns during the Great
Depression (1929-1935) to have no banks failures. |
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Downtown Belton The first binders to come to Belton. This Photo was taken about 1913. The names of some of those pictured can be viewed by clicking on the photo for a larger view of the image. More information about binders |
Anyone wishing to provide additional information or photos from the past should e-mail Web Manager.