Attractions

A warm water hatchery that raises and distributes over 2 million fish for public waters throughout the state each year. Call ahead to schedule a tour.

This venue serves to connect local farmers and artisans with other community members to increase awareness and support for local agriculture and art.  Local produce and other agricultural products, which are healthy and safe as well as high quality crafts, are for sale at the market. It welcomes the summer season with an opening celebration in May of each year. Saturday market days will include special events sponsored by local organizations focusing on health and wellness. Open Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday every week, 7:30am-1:00pm. Check our website or FaceBook page for more information and events at the market. 

Art gallery featuring works by local artists using different mediums Located in the Chesterfield Visitors Center.

This 1,500-seat facility has been fulfilling its mission of educating, enlightening, enriching, and entertaining the entire community since 1994. It hosts a wide variety of events by local school groups and is also home to community events including theatre, concerts, dance recitals, civic, and church events. The performing arts series features comedy, dance, drama, and musical performances starring artists with local, regional, national, and international acclaim.

This building sits on property that once belonged to the Coulter Memorial Academy, Chesterfield County‘s first school for African-American students. The restaurant took its name from the school, which began offering junior college courses in 1933 and continued until 1947. Charles “Neil” Cole, a local teacher and businessman, sought to fill a void by providing a lunch counter that served black students during the time of segregation. He opened the College Inn in 1935 and employed mostly students from Coulter Academy. He served local diners, including Cheraw native Dizzy Gillespie. The restaurant, now operated by Cole’s daughter, Carolyn Cole-Green, serves mouth-watering ribs and more in this historic setting. Open for dinner, Thurs-Sat.

One of the oldest extant dwellings in the second-oldest incorporated town of the up-country, the so-known Cornwallis House is documented in letters and diaries as being the residence of Lord Cornwallis in the "winter of his discontent" or the months of October 1780 through January 1781. Though several houses of the town were commandeered by British officers at the time of the occupation, precedence is given to the family traditions of the owners of the houses to preserve the story of that residence. British troops are documented to have occupied the Mount Zion Institute campus across the street from the Cornwallis House, and for years fragments of the weapons and ammunition have been found in the neighborhood. The first recorded records of the house date from 1797 when it was deeded to Captain John Buchanan, a Revolutionary soldier, by way of a sale at public auction to settle the estate of the prior owner Alexander Millar. The Buchanan family owned the property until 1862. Over the years the house has undergone several renovations and expansions, the latest in 2001. This is a private residence. Group tours available by appointment only. Contact the chamber for access.

Retail roaside market. Strawberries begin in April and continue into June at this SC Ag + Art Tour site. Peaches, tomatoes, sweet corn, okra, squash, melons, beans, potatoes and more begin in late June and last through the summer. Pumpkins begin in September and continue through October. Farm tours for the public held each Saturday in October which include a maze, barnyard animals, and wagon rides. Farm Fair is held annually on the second Saturday in October. Open Mon-Sat: 9am-7pm, April-October. 2575 Lowrys Hwy, Chester. (803) 581-4545.   Also the Chester Market, 131 Church St., Downtown Chester (803) 385-4545 and the Richburg Stand, across from 2915 Lizzie Melton Rd., Chester.