National Register of Historic Places
Mulberry Chapel
The National Register of Historic Places offers public historians a way to empower students and community members by connecting local properties to broad themes in history.
One of my early projects involved collaborating with an African American community in upstate South Carolina to nominate Mulberry Chapel to the National Register. The church dates to the 1870s and is significant as an example of vernacular Gothic Revival architecture. It is also significant for its connections to African American political and religious history during Reconstruction.
We listed Mulberry Chapel in the National Register of Historic Places in 2012.
Southern Railway Depot & Retreat Rosenwald School
I spent summer 2011 interning at the South Carolina Department of Archives and history. My responsibilities included rewriting two national register nominations that lacked sufficient research and required significant rewriting before they could proceed to the South Carolina State Review Board.
I rewrote nominations for the Southern Railway Depot in Ninety Six, a small community in Greenwood County, South Carolina, and the Retreat Rosenwald School in Westminster, Oconee County.
The Southern Railway Depot, built in 1915, is an excellent architectural example for a small-town “combination” depot that served both passenger and freight travel. It was listed in the National Register in October 2011.
Retreat Rosenwald School, build about 1924, is significant for both its association with African American public education and its architectural design. It was listed in the National Register in September 2011.
Southern Railway Depot
Retreat Rosenwald School
