Historic Horry County

T.B. Cooper Store

This general store was yester-year's answer to one-stop shopping. This Socastee store served as a community hub in the early 1900s for a wide geographical area between Myrtle Beach and Conway. A main feature of the shotgun-style building was the Myrtle Beach-Socastee post office with a wire cage. Local citizens collected mail; purchased basic mercantile needs; met to exchange local news, gossip, political views and socialize. Nearby was Peachtree Landing, whose ferry transported people from the east side of Horry County to the west and back again across the Waccamaw River. The store was built in 1905 by Thomas B. Cooper and closed around 1930. The first free school was established in a field across from the store on the other side of today's SC Highway 616. A cotton gin and grist mill were also operated across the street.

Located at Peachtree and Dick Pond Roads at Socastee on SC 616 west of the swing bridge over the Intracoastal Waterway.
( Socastee Historic District - National Register of Historic Places)