New Grants...

Dorchester Heritage Center, Inc. received a Growth Grant from South Carolina Humanities, www.schumanities.org.  Funding for the Growth Grants has been provided by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) as part of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 and the NEH Sustaining the Humanities through the American Rescue Plan (SHARP) initiative.

A portion of these funds were used to produce the video on our New Site which is currently under construction, but can be viewed here. 

Dorchester Heritage Center received a Bridge Grant from South Carolina Humanities, www.schumanities.org. Funding for the Bridge Grants has been provided by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) as part of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act economic stabilization plan.

In the News...

  • One Stop Shop for Dorchester County History
  • Recent Donations
  • Tales from Upper County
  • Archiving Our History
  • Important Collection at County Archives
  • County Archives to Open
  • Archives Receives Grant
  • Smithsonian exhibit to come to Dorchester Archives & History Center
  • Expanding into the past
  • Archives and History Center to host Smithsonian exhibit
  • Dorchester Museum opening ties people to their past
  • Resurrecting the past: Archives and History Center exhibit
  • Resurrecting the past
  • Opening of county's Archives and History Center
  • Smithsonian exhibit to come to Dorchester Archives
  • History Center Museum to host Smithsonian Exhibit
  • Preserving Our Story
  • Smithsonian Exhibit Opens
  • Special Memorial Day event (and exhibit) to debut Monday in St. George
  • Inheriting An Antique from the 20th century
  • Taylor honored for longtime service
  • Dorchester Heritage Center finds help to save local historic artifacts
  • Dorchester Heritage Center and Brockington and Associates team up to save local historic artifacts
  • Letters to the Editor: Dorchester Heritage Center Needed
  • Local man honored for service
  • Singletary killed during attack in Quang Tri region
  • Dollason among Band of Angels of Bataan and Corregidor
  • Carter served as Caribou transport co-pilot during Vietnam War
  • Dorchester Heritage Center receives 2020 Preservation Service Award
  • Local veteran honored by Heritage Center
  • Heritage Center honors Summerville’s only fatal casualty from WW I
  • A new 88-acre Dorchester Heritage Center is expected near downtown Ridgeville
  • Photos: A new cultural center near Ridgeville is planned for fall
  • Dorchester Heritage Center organizers to kick-start fundraiser for new larger space
  • Dorchester Heritage Center Presented New REV-Pavilion
  • Dorchester Heritage Center Bringing History into the Community
  • Gilded Generation Proposal sets Gold Standard for Romance

    • Located in the Old County Courthouse at 101 Ridge Street, Saint George, South Carolina 29477