Richland County Grants

As consulting staff to the Richland County Conservation Commission, PCF created and administers the Historic Grants Program. This program is the first of its kind in the state, providing funding for preservation and restoration of historically significant buildings in the county. Entering its 3 rd year of grants, the Commission has awarded over $500,000 for 14 different projects.

Included among those projects are:

Barber House Built in 1880 by freed slaves, this house remains in the family and is listed on the National Register. It is being restored for community use in Hopkins.		Monteith School African-American Schoolhouse built in the 1890s.   It will serve as a cultural center for north Columbia and a repository for Booker T Washington High School memorablilia.
Old Killian School Preservation planning, curriculum development, and furnishings were provided to Richland School District 2 to restore the 1875 school to a living museum for students.		701 Whaley Once the center of the community for mill workers in Olympia, the building was on the verge of collapse in 2006. When completed this year, retail, office, and live/work units will be available.
Lindler House A pre-revolutionary log cabin hides behind the siding of this old family home in Ballentine. In the path of destruction for a Wal-Mart, the house has been donated to the Palmetto Trust for Historic Preservation.		Sesquicentennial Log Cabin The log cabin built on the Broad River in 1756 was moved to Sesquicentennial State Park in 1970.   Grant funds were used for stabilization and replacement of deteriorating logs.
Pine Grove Rosenwald School One of the few remaining Rosenwald schools in the district, this 1923 school for African-Americans in the Harbison area will be restored for a museum and field trip site.		Farmers & Merchant Bank The bank, library, post office and doctor's office made this 1910 commercial building the cornerstone of the Eastover community.   Once restored, a cultural arts center, artisans shop, and office space will be housed here.
Bethel AME Designed by the Dean of Negro Architecture, John Anderson Lankford, the 1921 downtown church is being restored and transformed into a cultural arts center and museum.