The town of Denmark was originally known as Graham's Turnout when the South Carolina Canal & Railroad line came through in the 1830s, one of 16 turnouts or pull-offs for passing on the line with watering tanks and woodsheds, and its name was changed to Denmark in 1893 in honor of a railroad official with Sound Bound Railroad; the depot remains an active Amtrak station. South Carolina Senator Stanwix Greenville Mayfield, a lawyer and major landowner on the south side of Denmark whose home was located on Carolina highway, owned and operated one of the town's two largest dairies, while another major dairyman, James B. Guess, produced champion Guernsey cattle, kept around 400 head of dairy cattle, and produced Golden Guernsey milk, though neither original dairy exists today. The Dane Theater, a 1950's era movie theater that seated more than 700 and was the largest in the area, closed in the 1960's, stood vacant for a few years, and was later restored to its original art deco style as the Dane Cultural Center, which hosts plays, concerts, and meetings and remains active in the community. The historic railroad town of Denmark is also home to nationally recognized artist Jim Harrison, known for nature and rural landscape scenes, whose landscape and Coca-Cola art is displayed at the Jim Harrison Gallery near the depot. During WWII, the AT&T building and nearby train depot were guarded by soldiers from Fort Stewart, Georgia, because they were important links in the nation's communications and were considered prime targets for sabotage; the building now houses Caroline's Antique Collection on Carolina Highway. In 1897, Elizabeth Evelyn Wright, a 22-year-old graduate of the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama, founded Voorhees College with financial support from Episcopal churches throughout the country, African-American churches, and the Ralph Voorhees family of New Jersey, while S.C. Senator Stanwix Greenville Mayfield advised her in obtaining land and working with contractors; the result was Voorhees Junior College, one of the state's oldest African-American institutions of higher education.