The Lando-Manetta Mills History Center

The Lando-Manetta Mills History Center.
3801 Lando Road, Lando, SC 29729.

The Lando-Manetta Mills History Center museum is located in eastern Chester County in the small village of Lando.  

The mill village of Lando has experienced over 245 years of history. During the American Revolutionary War it was known as Walker's Mill. At the time it was a grist mill that was often visited by British and Loyalist troops, as well as Patriot militia partisans during the summer and fall of 1780. 

Later known as White's Mill in the early 1800's, Lando was one of the first fulling mills in the American Southland. Manetta Mills was build in 1896 and for close to 100 years made blankets that were sold all over the world. Today the mill serves as a small but outstanding history museum. 

The Lando Manetta Mills History Center Museum is located in what used to be the mill office, the old company store and the Post Office. There are a dozen rooms in the history center all set up to house different collections detailing life in Lando over the last 120 years. These include the following:

The Collections Room in the history center is filled with little knick knacks found around Lando by various people or donated by individuals for use in the museum. It also contains sections devoted to the 4 local churches, local high school sports, Lando Boy Scout Troop 68, the fire department, and Edgemoor and Manetta Railway.

The Mill Room has artifacts and pictures from those who worked in the mill. It also has a loom similar to those used in the mill.

The Company Store is laid out as it was back in back when it was in the front of the building. There are many items on display that would have been sold in the store during the mill era.

The Living Bedroom is set up to transport the visitor to a time when families were in one area of a home and had everything they needed, including one of the first televisions.

The Schoolhouse Room has the old wooden one piece desks, books, and pictures from when children went to school at the Lando School. The walls in this room are arranged with pieces from the original school.

The Kitchen Room has many items donated to the museum that were used in houses in Lando including an old Maytag washing machine, a refrigerator and stove.

The Barber Shop looks like you walked into a distant time with a shoe shining station and retro barber chairs. There is even an old checkerboard used by customers while they were waiting.

The Doctors Office has a lot of personal items from when Dr. Gaston was practicing in Lando. 

The Lando Days Room is lined with t-shirts from past Lando Days celebrations, trophies and pictures from days gone by.

The Military Room is a room to honor those who lived in Lando and served our country. Pictures line the walls, there are uniforms and artifacts from those who served.

The Vault Room is the actual vault used by the mill. 

The Office Room has and old desk and books that have information on those that worked in the mill on a daily basis.

The following are the photos I took of the museum and the artifacts inside.

Marker honoring the veterans of three American Wars from
Lando, SC, who gave their lives in service.

Marker honoring Dr. John Newton Gaston Sr.
Artifacts from his practice can be found inside the museum.

Lovely Lando "Beach" behind the History Center.

Once again, I hope that y'all enjoyed my photos, and as always, Have A Wonderful Dixie Day, Y'all Hear?