African American Preservation Projects in South Carolina

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The African American story and our preservation movement is happening in all corners of South Carolina. To help galvanize energy and activity, we’ve scoured the state looking for the people and projects highlighting and redefining the African American story. Explore projects from across the state (or add your project to the mix).

Explore South Carolina’s African American preservation efforts through our projects database. You can search by project type to find projects in your field of interest or by geography to find projects happening near you. Have a project you’re working on? If you’d like to submit your project for inclusion in our statewide database, go here.

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Immanuel Institute

CAAHAC acquired the Immanuel Institute building in 2004 with the intent of renovating it and repurposing the building as a art, history and cultural center.

Liberty Hill Historical and Genealogical Society

Liberty Hill Historical and Genealogical Society is dedicated to collecting, preserving, researching, and interpreting Liberty Hill, an African American Community founded in 1871 by freepeople.

Lincoln High School and Museum

Ongoing restoration of Lincoln High School, one of the few surviving and intact public schools for African American students in Sumter, SC.

Lincoln Memorial Cemetery Restoration and Sustainability Project

Preservation of the historic Lincoln Memorial Cemetery in Rock Hill, SC and the erection of a SC Historical Marker at the site.

Long Point School House Project

Restoration of the historic 1904 Long Point School House into a Cultural Education Center and Museum for the historic Snowden community in Mt. Pleasant, SC.

Mapping Charleston’s Black Burial Grounds Project

The Mapping Charleston’s Black Burial Grounds Project is a community-led initiative to identify threatened and overlooked burial sites in the City of Charleston, SC.

McClaren Medical Shelter

Restoration and adaptive reuse of the McClaren Medical Shelter into the McClaren Institute for Health & Quality of Life.

Oberlin Faith Cabin Library

Restoration of the Oberlin Faith Cabin Library, a log cabin library established in 1936 during the Jim Crow Era.

Pine Grove Rosenwald School

The Pine Grove School was restored to serve as a historical and educational center for the history of the school and other local preservation efforts.

Sandy Island School House

Historic documentation and preservation of the 1932 Sandy Island School House in Georgetown County, SC.

Seashore Farmers Lodge

Preservation and adaptive reuse of the historic Seashore Farmers Lodge 767, originally built in 1915.

Slave Cabin at Laurelwood Plantation

Restoration of intact slave dwelling on the Laurelwood Plantation in Lower Richland County.

Soapstone Baptist Church

Placement of a conservation easement and creation of a preservation endowment to fund long-term maintenance and protection of the historic church and its grounds.

Soapstone School Rehabilitation

Rehabilitation of 100+ year-old schoolhouse for adaptive reuse as an interpretive center for local African American history.

St. George Rosenwald School

Restoration of the historic 1925 St. George Rosenwald School in St. George, SC for use as a museum and cultural center.

Taveau Church

Multi-year restoration project to rehabilitate the historic Taveau Church for use by the local community, as well as a concurrent oral history project.

The 144: Honoring the Lost Ancestors

Memorialization of the 144 graves discovered at the site of a former plantation in York County, along with the creation of a preservation easement.

The Ruffin Project/Ruffin High School Revitalization

Restoration and revitalization of the former Ruffin High School, an equalization school built in 1954, as a community hub in rural Colleton County.

Trinity United Methodist Church Restoration Project

Restoration and preservation of the historic 1944 Trinity United Methodist Church to its initial architectural and aesthetic grandeur as designed by the founders.

Union County Community Remembrance Project

The Union County Community Remembrance Project seeks to document and recognize the history of lynching and racial terrorism in Union County.

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