News and Announcements

Conway, South Carolina — The Horry County Museum, currently located at 428 Main Street in Conway, will close permanently on Friday, August 30, at 5 p.m. to begin relocating the artifacts into the new Museum location at the Historic Burroughs School located down the street at 805 Main Street. The relocation of artifacts and installation of exhibits will take several weeks and a grand opening date will be announced at a later date.

The public is welcome to tour the current Museum prior to its official closing. The current Museum will be open on Saturday, August 24, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Tuesday, August 27 through August 30, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The Horry County Museum is located in the former Conway Post Office building, which was built in 1935-36, and has been its home for the past 32 years. The building is architecturally significant as an excellent example of a New Deal-era post office produced by the Public Works Division of the United States Department of the Treasury. It is also significant as a design directed by Louis A. Simon, Supervising Architect of the Department of the Treasury, who oversaw a staff of architects designing post offices, courthouses, office buildings, and other federal government buildings under the administration of President Franklin D. Roosevelt during the Depression and World War II. An architectural masterpiece, the Conway Post Office stands as a testimony to the prosperity of Conway during the late 1800s and the early 1900s. Featuring an off-center entrance with large fanlight above, and eight-over-eight sash windows with fanlights above and wooden panels below, a concrete cornice line and a side elevation which has a twelve-over-twelve windows, the one-story brick post office represents the quintessential Classical Revival design. The Conway Post Office was the first Federal post office built in the city of Conway and is one of the few existing public buildings that boast the Classical Revival design. This post office served the city of Conway until it was replaced by a new federal post office in 1977. In 1981, the renovated building was reopened as the Horry County Museum where it will officially close on Friday, August 30, to relocate to another historical building in Conway known to many as the Burroughs School. The Conway Post Office was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on September 2, 2009. The Conway Post Office is owned by Horry County and the final decision on the future of the building has not yet been decided.

The Historic Burroughs School, also listed on the National Register of Historic Places, will become the new home for the Horry County Museum in the near future. Over the past few years, construction has been taking place in the school to renovate the building to accommodate its new life as a museum. Currently, museum staff is building and installing exhibits in the building so that the public can experience a broader introduction to Horry County History. The renovated facility will allow the museum to provide bigger exhibits, more nationally recognized traveling exhibits, and public programming in the auditorium. 

For up-to-date information on the future re-opening of the Horry County Museum, please visit www.horrycountymuseum.org. The L.W. Paul Living History Farm will not be impacted by this closing and will continue to be open to the public Tuesday through Saturday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.  The Farm is located at 2279 Harris Shortcut Rd, at the corner of Harris Short Cut Rd. and Hwy 701 N. in Conway.

Conway, South Carolina —Gurley Road, off Highway 701 North in the Conway area of Horry County, has been closed for repairs by the Horry County Public Works Department. The road is expected to remain closed until 1 p.m. on Wednesday, August 21, 2013.

For more information, contact Horry County Public Works at 843-915-5410.

 

Conway, South Carolina – All branches of the Horry County Memorial Library will experience a computer software upgrade Monday, August 26, 2013. During the the upgrade, from 8:30 a.m. until approximately 12:30 p.m., patrons will be unable to check out materials. All other computers and services will be available as normal. The upgrade will increase the functionality of the current system such as allowing patrons to review and rate books and creating a platform for patrons to receive text alerts when reserved books become available.

For more information, contact Horry County Memorial Library System at 843-248-1544.

Conway, South Carolina –As of January 1, 2013, registered voters were required to show any one of five forms of identification in order to vote: South Carolina driver’s license, South Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles identification card, voter’s registration card with picture, Federal military identification with picture or a United States passport. To assist citizens who may not have the ability to obtain proper identification, Horry County Registration & Elections will offer free photo identification for voters at the following locations:

September 10, 2013
4 p.m. – 6 p.m.-Loris Library, 4316 Main St., Loris

September 11, 2013
4 p.m. – 6 p.m.-Bucksport Library, 7657 Hwy 701 S, Conway

September 12, 2013
4 p.m. – 6 p.m.-Aynor Library, 500 9th Ave., Aynor

September 16, 2013
9:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.-Surfside Library, 410 Surfside Beach Dr., Surfside Beach

1:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.-Socastee Library, 141-Hwy 707 Connector Rd., Myrtle Beach

September 17, 2013
10 a.m. – 12 p.m.-Carolina Forest Library, 2250 Carolina Forest Blvd., Myrtle Beach
4 p.m. – 6 p.m.-Green Sea Library, 5331 Hwy 9, Green Sea

September 18, 2013
1:30 p.m.-3:30 p.m.-Chapin Memorial Library, 400 14th Ave. N, Myrtle Beach

September 19, 2013
9:30 a.m. – 11 a.m.-Little River Library, 107 Hwy 57 N, Little River
1:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.-North Myrtle Beach Library, 910 1st Ave. S, North Myrtle Beach

The cards are available to all registered voters of Horry County; anyone not yet registered to vote may register on site with verification of identity such as a utility bill or lease.

For more information, contact Horry County Registration & Elections at 843-915-5440.

Conway, South Carolina – The Horry County Animal Care Center will hold a vaccination clinic, 19 September 2013, from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. at the animal shelter located at 1923 Industrial Park Road in Conway.  The Clinic will offer the following services:

            Distemper/Parvo (canine)                              $10--must be at least 8-weeks old

            Bordatella  (canine)                                       $10--must be at least 8-weeks old

            Rabies   (canine & feline)                              $10--must be at least 4-months old

            Microchip (canine & feline)                            $15--must be at least 8-weeks old

            Rhinotracheitis/Calici  (feline)                        $10--must be at least 8-weeks old

Dogs and cats are both welcome; dogs must be on a hand-held leash and cats must be in a pet carrier.

The Animal Care Center will be holding these clinics monthly.

To help homeless animals in Horry County find loving homes, the Animal Care Center will offer discounted adoptions Friday, September 6, 2013, from 11 a.m. until 5 p.m. and Saturday, September 7, 2013, from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m.  Potential adopters are encouraged to visit and spend time with the animal they are interested in.  Most of the animals are already spayed or neutered and have their shots up to date, however younger animals may need to be returned later to have shots and/or spay/neutering done.  The paperwork is easy and only takes a few minutes to fill out.  For this event, adoption fees will be discounted to just $40 for dogs (normally $80) and $25 (normally $50) for cats which includes spaying/neutering, vaccines including Rabies, heartworm or leukemia testing, heartworm and flea preventative, intestinal parasite treatment and micro-chipping.  Qualifying new pet parents also get 30-days free pet health insurance and coupons from local pet businesses. 

To view the animals currently available for adoption or for more information on the monthly vaccination clinics, contact the Horry County Animal Care Center at 843-915-5172, follow us on Facebook, or visit our website.