Nature of Operations	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2012
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation Of Financial Statements [Abstract]
Nature of Operations [Text Block]	1. Nature of Operations On May 17, 1979, the stockholders of Reeves Telecom Corporation (the “Corporation”) approved a plan of liquidation (the “Plan”) for the Corporation and its subsidiaries. The Plan, which was determined by the Internal Revenue Service to qualify as a Section 337 liquidation, authorized the Corporation’s Board of Directors to sell the Corporation’s assets and distribute any remaining unsold assets to its stockholders and/or a liquidation trust. On May 8, 1980, stockholders at a special meeting approved an amendment to the Plan whereby assets not sold within one year of the date the Plan was approved could be transferred, at the discretion of the Board of Directors, from the Corporation to a South Carolina limited partnership which would undertake to sell the remaining assets on behalf of the stockholders. On May 15, 1980, the Corporation was liquidated and all of its unsold assets and liabilities were transferred to Reeves Telecom Associates, a South Carolina limited partnership (the “Partnership”). Stockholders of the Corporation received one partnership unit in exchange for each share of common stock. The offering of the units was registered under the Securities Act of 1933. In January 1987, pursuant to a change in South Carolina law, the Partnership’s legal name was changed from Reeves Telecom Associates to Reeves Telecom Limited Partnership. From the liquidation of the remaining assets, the Partnership may acquire additional properties or make distributions to the partners. The Partnership currently has no intent to acquire additional properties but is not precluded from doing so. Pursuant to the Plan, the Corporation sold all of its broadcasting assets and substantially all of the land held for development and sale at one of its two land development locations and distributed to its stockholders cash of $0.90 per share on February 29, 1980 and $2.30 per share on May 14, 1980. The remaining assets of the Partnership are primarily land held for sale and cash. The cash was generated from real estate sales including the sale of a golf club during the first quarter of 2001. While the Partnership intends to continue to sell lots in the normal course of business the Partnership has also begun to effect a bulk sale. While no assurances can be given, the Partnership believes the carrying value of the remaining lots is less than their net realizable value if the lots are sold in the normal course. Should the Partnership effect a bulk sale and/or abandonment, the net amount realized could be less than the carrying value. The Partnership’s Managing General Partner is Grace Property Management, Inc.

Nature of Operations

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Organization, Consolidation and Presentation Of Financial Statements [Abstract]

1. Nature of Operations

On May 17, 1979, the stockholders of Reeves Telecom Corporation (the “Corporation”) approved a plan of liquidation (the “Plan”) for the Corporation and its subsidiaries. The Plan, which was determined by the Internal Revenue Service to qualify as a Section 337 liquidation, authorized the Corporation’s Board of Directors to sell the Corporation’s assets and distribute any remaining unsold assets to its stockholders and/or a liquidation trust. On May 8, 1980, stockholders at a special meeting approved an amendment to the Plan whereby assets not sold within one year of the date the Plan was approved could be transferred, at the discretion of the Board of Directors, from the Corporation to a South Carolina limited partnership which would undertake to sell the remaining assets on behalf of the stockholders. On May 15, 1980, the Corporation was liquidated and all of its unsold assets and liabilities were transferred to Reeves Telecom Associates, a South Carolina limited partnership (the “Partnership”). Stockholders of the Corporation received one partnership unit in exchange for each share of common stock. The offering of the units was registered under the Securities Act of 1933. In January 1987, pursuant to a change in South Carolina law, the Partnership’s legal name was changed from Reeves Telecom Associates to Reeves Telecom Limited Partnership. From the liquidation of the remaining assets, the Partnership may acquire additional properties or make distributions to the partners. The Partnership currently has no intent to acquire additional properties but is not precluded from doing so.

Pursuant to the Plan, the Corporation sold all of its broadcasting assets and substantially all of the land held for development and sale at one of its two land development locations and distributed to its stockholders cash of $0.90 per share on February 29, 1980 and $2.30 per share on May 14, 1980.

The remaining assets of the Partnership are primarily land held for sale and cash. The cash was generated from real estate sales including the sale of a golf club during the first quarter of 2001.

While the Partnership intends to continue to sell lots in the normal course of business the Partnership has also begun to effect a bulk sale. While no assurances can be given, the Partnership believes the carrying value of the remaining lots is less than their net realizable value if the lots are sold in the normal course. Should the Partnership effect a bulk sale and/or abandonment, the net amount realized could be less than the carrying value.

The Partnership’s Managing General Partner is Grace Property Management, Inc.

REEVES TELECOM LTD PARTNERSHIP 10-K