Piedmont Gateway Scenic Byway
Segment 1 begins at the intersection of S.C. 34 and Coleman Highway near the Ridgeway town limits and proceeds along Dogwood Street, turns east on Ruff Street and then north on Palmer Street (U.S. 21), ending at the intersection of Palmer Street and Thomas Street. (S.C. 34). Segment 2 begins at the intersection of Palmer Street and Thomas Street (S.C. 34) and continues 15 miles north on U.S. 21, ending at the intersection with Camp Welfare Road (S-20-20). Segment 3 is a 10-mile section that begins at the intersection of Camp Welfare Road (S-20-20) and U.S. 21 and travels west across I-77 and S.C. 200, where it becomes Mobley (S-20-20). In White Oak, the segment intersects a 1-mile section of Bull Run Road (S-20-44), stretching from the intersection of Bull Run Road and Patrick Road to the intersection of Bull Run Road and U.S. 321 at the western terminus. Points of interest include: Century House/Ridgeway Town Hall (circa 1853), National Register of Historic Places, oldest building and a former hotel across from the railroad depot, includes Ridgeway Museum; Confederate Headquarters, Marker SCHM 20-1 – temporary headquarters of Confederal Gen. P.G.T. Beauregard after the burning of Columbia during Gen. William T. Sherman’s campaign in 1865; World’s Smallest Police Station/Visitor’s Center (1940), National Register of Historic Places – former town well dating back to the 1890s, remodeled by the WPA as a police station, starting point of Ridgeway Historic Walking Tour; Old Town Hall (1904), National Register of Historic Places – former Town Hall with bell tower, currently home of Olde Town Hall Restaurant and Pub; Ruff Chapel (1873), National Register of Historic Places; Old Ruff Store and Museum (1840), National Register of Historic Places; The Thomas Company (1911), National Register of Historic Places – former two-story mercantile building, currently home of Laura’s Tea Room; Ruff Furniture Store (1900), National Register of Historic Places – former mercantile store, currently home to furniture, antique and collectibles shops; Ruff & Company (1901), National Register of Historic Places – former mercantile store, currently home to Ruff Hardware; Thomas Company Old Building (1875), National Register of Historic Places; Thomas Company Store (1880), National Register of Historic Places, currently home of Over the Top Emporium; Ridgeway Water Tower (circa 1920), this riveted finial ball 7,500-gallon tank behind the downtown shops features a classic conical top and the town’s elevation, 635 feet, the highest point on the railroad between Augusta, Ga., and Charlotte, N.C. The Ridgeway tower is one of the last “Tin Man” style water towers still in use in South Carolina.
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