Wright Funeral Home

Isaac "Bub" Wright Jr., a master craftsman, began making caskets in the early 1900s and started Wright Funeral Home at this location in 1914. The two-story building served as a funeral parlor and chapel, with an embalming room in the rear, and later a pressing club also operated there. The second floor served as a casket making shop. After Isaac Wright died in 1918, his widow, Fannie C. Wright, continued to operate the business. Wright Funeral Home was among the earliest black-owned businesses in York and remained family-owned after 100 years. It played an important role serving the African American community during the era of racial segregation. The Wright family also operated a grocery store, and in 1985 it was replaced by a modern brick funeral home. In 1998, the original funeral home building was repurposed as the Alice Wright Smith Historical Museum.

York, South Carolina · United States