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dollars to improve the streetscape while Central
honoring its historic aesthetic.
When the Atlantic and Richmond
For more than 40 years, residents and Air-Line Railroad Company arrived in
visitors have enjoyed the Spring Jubilee in the area on September 28, 1873, it cut
Historic Pendleton, a juried arts-and-crafts through Pickens County. The railway
show that has been called the "Best Festival" extended north from Atlanta and south
in the state by the American Bus Association from Charlotte, meeting in the middle at
and a Top Twenty Event in the Southeast by a stop that became a town appropriately
the Southeast Tourism Society. Attendees
are encouraged to explore the gift shops, named Central.
cafes, and antiques stores around the square A depot, houses, and stores were built for
during this celebrated event. those who worked on the railroad, and
Pendleton Village Green Saturdays from June-September, the Village shops were built for the railway workers.
Green is filled with growers and families
Pendleton at the weekly Farmers Market.
Pendleton, founded in 1790, centers around By 1800, South Carolina Lowcountry In the fall, more than 100 scarecrows guard
a charming village green. The entire town is plantation owners had discovered Pendleton the town during the Pendleton Fall Harvest
on the National Register of Historic Places. as a summer home retreat, and the very Festival, an annual tradition that includes
Pendleton Square offers fine antique shops, name of Pendleton became a synonym food, fun, entertainment, and local arts
boutiques, and several excellent restaurants. for refinement and elegance. and crafts. The holidays are also a special
Created as a courthouse seat, the Town Community members and the Town time on Pendleton’s Historic Village Green.
of Pendleton was named for Judge Henry Council have maintained a commitment to Two incredible Christmas Markets take
Pendleton, a Virginian who fought in the encouraging careful growth that protects place on Fridays and Saturdays leading
Revolution and remained in South Carolina. the one-of-a-kind character of this historic up to Christmas, and the annual Town
The initial settlement was populated by town. The Town Square recently received of Pendleton Christmas Parade tours
Scots-Irish veterans. an investment of more than a million the square.

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