HISTORIC PRESERVATION NEWS AND NOTES
from the State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO)
S.C. Department of Archives and History
July 17, 2008
In this issue
- The SHPO Website Has a New Address and a New Look!
- S.C. Preserve America Grant Application Deadline Is Approaching
- Gray Court and Pacolet Designated Preserve America Communities
- State Board of Review to Meet on July 25
- Recent Listings in the National Register of Historic Places
- South Carolina Historical Marker Program Has a Banner Year
- Upcoming Project Review Workshop
- SESAH Extends Deadline for Best of the South Award Nominations
- Conferences and Workshops
- Grant Application Deadlines
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THE SHPO WEBSITE HAS A NEW ADDRESS AND A NEW LOOK!
Go to http://shpo.sc.gov for a reorganized and more user-friendly website. You will find program links are provided along the top in the banner and to the left of the main text. Helpful information is provided along the right-hand side. It includes more information and some new additions. We’ve added a “Why Preserve?” page that provides persuasive arguments for the cultural, aesthetic and economic benefits of historic preservation. Other valuable information can be found here as well. The “Historic Properties” page has expanded to include National Register of Historic Places program information and nominations and South Carolina Statewide Survey of Historic Properties and Historical Marker program information. The Review And Compliance/Section 106 heading is also new. This section is completely revamped to be clearer and user-friendlier. All the features of our old web site are there with more to come in the months ahead.
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S.C. PRESERVE AMERICA GRANT APPLICATION DEADLINE IS APPROACHING
The S.C. Preserve America Initiative is offering matching grants of up to $20,000 to smaller communities (population 25,000 or less in the 2000 census) in South Carolina for historic preservation projects. Eligible grant projects include historic property surveys and publications using survey findings, National Register district and multiple property submission nominations, architectural plans for individual historic buildings, structures and archaeological sites, and design guidelines for historic districts. The deadline to apply is July 31, 2008. Please contact Brad Sauls for more information or to discuss a potential project at 803-896-6172 or sauls@scdah.state.sc.us. Applications and instructions are available at http://www.state.sc.us/scdah/saveamerica.htm.
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GRAY COURT AND PACOLET DESIGNATED PRESERVE AMERICA COMMUNITIES
The newest Preserve America communities have recently been announced. Joining their ever-growing ranks from South Carolina are Gray Court and Pacolet! The other South Carolina PA communities are Abbeville, Aiken, Anderson, Bluffton, Camden, Charleston, Chesterfield, Dillon, Horry County, Lancaster County, Walterboro, and York County.
Designation provides national recognition that a community protects and celebrates its heritage; uses its historic assets for economic development and community revitalization; and encourages people to experience and appreciate local historic resources through education and heritage tourism programs. Preserve America communities are also eligible to apply for grants under the Preserve America Grant Program. Information about how your town can become a Preserve America Community is available at www.preserveamerica.gov. (See information about the South Carolina Preserve America Initiative above for more grant information).
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STATE BOARD OF REVIEW TO MEET ON JULY 25
The South Carolina State Board of Review for the National Register of Historic Places will meet on Friday, July 25, 2008, at 10:30 a.m. at the Archives and History Center. The Board will consider the following nominations to the National Register:
**Liberty Hill A.M.E. Church, Summerton, Clarendon County
**Rosenwald School Building Program in South Carolina, 1917-1932, Multiple Property Submission
**Hannah Rosenwald School, Newberry County
**Pine Grove Rosenwald School, Richland County
**Providence Methodist Church, Holly Hill, Orangeburg County
**Columbia Central Fire Station, Columbia, Richland County
**The Woman's Club of Columbia, Columbia, Richland County
**Wesley Methodist Church, Columbia, Richland County
The public is welcome to attend the meeting. For more information, contact Andy Chandler at chandler@scdah.state.sc.us or 803-896-6179.
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RECENT LISTINGS IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
The Seacoast Packing Company in Beaufort was long referred to as “the Pig Factory” or “the Slaughter House” but more recently better known as “the Pickle Factory.” Built 1920-1921, the Seacoast Packing Company is significant for its contributions to the Beaufort economy in the areas of industry and agriculture. Funded by local subscription in company stocks, the building functioned as a meat packing plant, storage for grocery overflow, a tomato canning plant factory, and a pickle packing plant between the years 1928 and 1947. The building stands as one of the only remaining early twentieth century industrial buildings in the city limits and is now surrounded by a single-family residential area. The building was designed by Brooks Engineering of Moultrie, Georgia, as a poured-in-place concrete frame with a structural tile wall infill system typical of the time period, but unique to the area. It was listed in the National Register on June 17, 2008. For more information visit http://www.nationalregister.sc.gov/beaufort/S10817707066/index.htm.
The Florence Downtown Historic District, listed in the National Register on July 2, 2008, is significant for its association with Florence’s commercial development since the city’s founding, as well as for its examples of commercial architecture dating from the period ca. 1890-ca. 1940, a time during which Florence enjoyed tremendous growth and prosperity. The district reflects the city’s growth as the nucleus of a successful regional railroad network and as a thriving commercial center for the entire Pee Dee region. For more information visit http://www.nationalregister.sc.gov/florence/S10817721023/index.htm.
The Stradley and Barr Dry Goods Store in Greenville was listed in the National Register on June 24, 2008. The three-story-with-basement brick building, built ca. 1898, is significant as an excellent and largely intact example of late nineteenth century Romanesque Revival commercial architecture. It is also significant for its role in the development and evolution of the South Main Street business district in Greenville from the late nineteenth through the mid twentieth centuries. As Greenville’s economy expanded in the post-Civil War era, the South Main Street corridor became the heart of the city’s business district, including grocery stores, tobacco shops, banks, drug stores, bookstores, clothiers, and hotels. This building housed the Stradley and Barr Dry Goods Store until 1919 when it became home to Efird’s Department Store. For more information visit http://www.nationalregister.sc.gov/greenville/S10817723063/index.htm.
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SOUTH CAROLINA HISTORICAL MARKER PROGRAM HAS A BANNER YEAR
The South Carolina Historical Marker Program approved a record 81 historical markers in 25 counties during the fiscal year just ended (July 1, 2007-June 30, 2008). The program has approved 1221 markers to date since its inception in 1936.
This program, unlike the National Register of Historic Places, carries no official designation and is a program intended to interpret the history of places throughout the state.
Since there is no state funding for markers, sponsoring organizations propose and pay for them, at a cost of $1565.00 to $1830.00, depending on whether a marker is erected in an incorporated city or a rural area, and whether it has the same text on both sides or different text on each side.
For further information on the South Carolina Historical Marker Program, see the State Historic Preservation Office website at /properties/markers/.
For the texts of any of these markers, please contact J. Tracy Power, coordinator of the Historical Marker Program, at power@scdah.state.sc.us.
The Historical Marker Program is cooperating with the South Carolina Department of Education to add a searchable database to the State Historic Preservation Office website that will contain the texts of all 1200+ historical markers approved since 1936; that project is expected to be completed sometime in the fall of 2008.
Aiken County
St. John’s Methodist Church, Aiken
P Reactor, Savannah River Site
R Reactor, Savannah River Site
The Augusta & Aiken Railway, Aiken
Whitney Park, Aiken
First Presbyterian Church of Aiken, Aiken
World War II POW Camp, Aiken
Anderson County
St. Paul Methodist Church, Easley vicinity
Beaufort County
The Great Sea Island Storm, St. Helena Island
Berkeley County
St. James, Goose Creek [Church], Goose Creek
St. James, Goose Creek Chapel of Ease, Goose Creek
Thorogood Plantation / Mount Holly Plantation, Goose Creek vicinity
Goose Creek / City of Goose Creek
St. Stephen Colored School / St. Stephen High School, St. Stephen
Mount Holly Station / Mount Holly, Goose Creek
The Oaks, Goose Creek
Broom Hall Plantation, Goose Creek
Crowfield Plantation, Goose Creek
Early Indian Trading Paths / The Goose Creek Men, Goose Creek
Bowen’s Corner, Hanahan
Goose Creek Bridge, Goose Creek
Spring Grove Plantation, Moncks Corner
The Village of Pineville, Pineville
Calhoun County
Good Hope Picnic, Lone Star
Charleston County
French Botanical Garden, North Charleston
Point Plantation, McClellanville
Battery Number 5, James Island
Jenkins Orphanage, North Charleston
Lincolnville School / Lincolnville Elementary School, Lincolnville
Battery Haskell, James Island
Battery Cheves, James Island
The Elms, North Charleston
Redoubt Number 3, James Island
Cherokee County
Granard Graded & High School / Granard High School, Gaffney
Nuckolls-Jefferies House, Pacolet vicinity
Mulberry Chapel Methodist Church, Pacolet vicinity
Colleton County
Cross Swamp Methodist Church, Ruffin vicinity
Darlington County
John Westfield Lide House, Springville
Mont Clare Community Center, Darlington
Society Hill Depot, Society Hill
Edgefield County
Johnston Schools / Johnston Educators, Johnston
Florence County
Hopewell Presbyterian Church, Florence
Atomic Bomb Accident at Mars Bluff, March 11, 1958, Mars Bluff
Georgetown County
Hobcaw Barony, Georgetown vicinity
Greenville County
Sterling High School, Greenville vicinity
Hopkins Farm, Simpsonville vicinity
Toney’s Store / Militia Muster Ground, Simpsonville vicinity
Hampton County
James Washington Moore House, Hampton
Horry County
Myrtle Beach Army Air Field / Myrtle Beach Air Force Base, Myrtle Beach
Jasper County
Grays Consolidated High School, Grays
Lancaster County
Lancaster & Chester Railway, Lancaster
Lexington County
The Site of “The Swamp Rabbit” / “The Swamp Rabbit,” Batesburg-Leesville
Batesburg Institute, Batesburg
Marlboro County
Bennettsville Presbyterian Church, Bennettsville (Replacement of Marker 35-13)
Oconee County
Chattooga Town, Mountain Rest vicinity
Cross Roads Baptist Church / Cross Roads School, Westminster
Pickens County
Hanover House, Clemson University
The Battle of Seneca Town / Fort Rutledge, Clemson University
Richland County
Wesley Methodist Church, Columbia
Carver Theatre, Columbia
Matthew J. Perry House, Columbia
James M. Hinton House, Columbia
Heidt-Russell House / Edwin R. Russell, Columbia
The Lighthouse & Informer / John H. McCray, Columbia
Waverly Five and Dime / George Elmore and Elmore v. Rice, Columbia
Benedict College, Columbia
Blossom Street School / Celia Dial Saxon School, Columbia
Bethel A.M.E. Church, Columbia
Modjeska Simkins House, Columbia
Sumter County
Mt. Zion Methodist Church, Sumter
Henry Johnson Maxwell Farm, Sumter vicinity
Beulah School, Sumter vicinity
Union County
Fairforest Plantation / Emslie Nicholson House, Union vicinity
York County
U.S. Post Office & Courthouse / Citizens’ Building, Rock Hill
Standard Cotton Mill/Highland Park Manufacturing Co., Rock Hill
Black Plantation/Hampton Campaign, Rock Hill
Hickory Grove Schools, Hickory Grove
Stooping Pines School, Hickory Grove vicinity
First National Bank of Sharon, Sharon
Rock Hill Depots / Rock Hill Street Railway, Rock Hill
James Milton Cherry House, Rock Hill
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UPCOMING PROJECT REVIEW WORKSHOP
September 23, 2008: The SHPO will be hosting a workshop on Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act, the reoriented consultation process in South Carolina, and consultation with Native American tribes. The workshop will be held at the Archives and History Center in Columbia. Further information will be forthcoming. Rebekah Dobrasko, Review & Compliance Coordinator, is the workshop contact, and can be reached at dobrasko@scdah.state.sc.us or 803-896-6169.
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SESAH EXTENDS DEADLINE FOR BEST OF THE SOUTH AWARD NOMINATIONS
The Southeast Chapter of the Society of Architectural Historians seeks nominations for the Best of the South: Preserving Southern Architecture Award. This annual award honors a project that preserves or restores an historic building, or complex of buildings, in an outstanding manner and that demonstrates excellence in research, technique, and documentation. Projects in the twelve-state (Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia) region of SESAH that were completed in 2006 or 2007 are eligible.
Nominations should consist of no more than two typed pages of description, and be accompanied by hard copy illustrations and any other supporting material. A cover letter should identify the owner of the project, the use of the building(s), and the names of all the major participants of the project.
Send four (4) copies to Jennifer Baughn, Mississippi Department of Archives and History, 100 S. State Street, Jackson, MS 39201. Questions: 601-576-6940 or jbaughn@mdah.state.ms.us. The deadline for submission is July 31, 2008.
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CONFERENCES AND WORKSHOPS
American Association for State and Local History (AASLH) Annual Meeting, Rochester, New York, September 9-12, 2008. Designed for those who work and volunteer in the field of state and local history, the conference will focus on the great transformative power of ideas, people, and places. Register online by July 21 and save $75. More information is available at www.aaslh.org.
Cemetery Landscape Preservation Workshop, Natchitoches, Louisiana, September 16-17, 2008. Sponsored by the National Center for Preservation Technology and Training, this workshop focuses on managing historic cemetery vegetation. Registration is $399, due by August 15, 2008. For more information or to register, go to www.ncptt.nps.gov.
Traditional Building Exhibition and Conference, Chicago, Illinois, September 18-20, 2008. The Traditional Building Exhibition and Conference is the largest tradeshow, conference and networking event dedicated to the historic restoration, renovation and traditionally inspired new construction markets; where thousands of architects, designers, builders, remodelers, developers, building owners, facility managers and historic homeowners gather together in a forum that encourages sharing of ideas and experiences for Restoring the Past and Building the Future. For more information visit www.traditionalbuildingshow.com.
Southeast Chapter of the Society of Architectural Historians Annual Meeting, Greensboro, North Carolina, October 1-4, 2008. The 26th annual meeting includes paper sessions, tours, receptions, and awards. More information is available at http://www.sesah.org/sesah/CurrentEvents.html.
2008 National Preservation Conference: Preservation in Progress, Tulsa, Oklahoma, October 21-25, 2008. If you would like the preliminary program for 2008 mailed to you send an email request to conference@nthp.org. Conference information is available online at www.eshow2000.com/nthp. (Registration fees increase after July 31.)
Identification and Evaluation of Mid-20th Century Buildings, Archives and History Center, Columbia, November 18-19, 2008. Sponsored by the National Preservation Institute, participants in this course will discuss how post-World War II structures fit into today's and tomorrow's historic preservation patterns. With an emphasis on the 1950s and 1960s, participants will examine era-specific factors that help to identify and evaluate post-war buildings in terms of their significance for listing on the National Register of Historic Places. More information is available at http://www.npi.org/sem-20th.html.
Section 106 Training Courses are offered by the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation at a variety of locations and times around the country. The 2008 schedule for both the “106 Essentials Training Course” and new “Advanced Section 106 Seminar” are available at http://www.achp.gov/106select.html.
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GRANT APPLICATION DEADLINES
July 31, 2008: South Carolina Conservation Bank Grants. The Conservation Bank provides grants or loans for the outright purchase of a property or the acquisition of an easement to protect a property. Eligible recipients of the grants include not-for-profit charitable corporations or trusts whose principal activity is the acquisition and management of interests in land for conservation or historic preservation purposes; municipalities of the state; the S.C. Department of Natural Resources; the S.C. Forestry Commission; and the S.C. Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism. Applications are available at http://sccbank.sc.gov. For more information, contact Marvin N. Davant, Director, at DavantM@dnr.sc.gov.
September 19, 2008 (postmarked): The Mid-Career Grant Program: Got a project in the back of your mind, but need the financial support to make it happen? The James Marston Fitch Charitable Foundation will award a research grant of up to $25,000 to mid-career professionals who have an advanced or professional degree and at least 10 years experience in historic preservation or related fields, including architecture, landscape architecture, architectural conservation, urban design, environmental planning, archaeology, architectural history, and the decorative arts. Additional smaller grants, up to $10,000, are made at the discretion of the Trustees. Please see www.fitchfoundation.org for more details or contact Erin Tobin, Executive Director, at info@fitchfoundation.org.
October 1, 2008: Preservation Services Fund Grants: Administered by the National Trust for Historic Preservation, these grants are awarded to nonprofit organizations and public agencies for preservation planning and education efforts. Grant awards range from $500 to $5,000. For more information, contact the Southern Office of the National Trust for Historic Preservation at 843-722-8552 or soro@nthp.org or visit the National Trust website at http://www.preservationnation.org/resources/find-funding/grants/.
Information about other grants is available on the Archives and History website at http://www.state.sc.us/scdah/hpfinguide.htm.
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