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| | | | Headlines + Happenings July 28, 2025 | | | | | | The E.T. West House & Lawrence Reese Event Darlington, SC | August 21st, 4PM-6PM | |
Join the Darlington County Historical Commission and Preservation South Carolina for an informative event at the Grand Old Post Office concerning Lawrence Reese, Black entrepreneur, carpenter, and architect, and the E.T. West House, currently being restored by Preservation SC.
Following the event will be an opportunity to view the West House starting at 6:15PM. The event and open house are FREE to the public. Kindly RSVP by contacting Joanna Rothell at Joanna@preservesc.org, or by registering on our website, here. | | | | | | | | - Registration open for the 4th Annual Preserving Historic Cemeteries workshop, hosted by the South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Learn more and register, here. - The South Carolina Federation of Museums 2025 Annual Conference titled "Stronger Together: Museums in a Changing World" is September 10-12, 2025 in Belton, SC. Learn more here. - The 2025-2026 State Grant Fund Application has been released. The State Grant Fund supports historic preservation projects that benefit local communities through the physical repair and rehabilitation of South Carolina’s historic buildings. Learn more here.
- The African American Civil Rights Network, managed by the National Park Service, is a program supporting preservation, education, and tourism efforts of sites and communities around the country that represent the African American civil rights movement. Congress has not reauthorized the African American Civil Rights Network program, which expired on January 8, 2025. As a result, the National Park Service is no longer managing the network and no longer accepts applications for new members to join or requests to use the AACRN logo. Learn more here. - Thank you, Post and Courier, for this article on the E.T. West House in Darlington, covering its history, restoration, and future plans. Read here. | | | |
Historic Preservation Fund Advocacy | Great news! The FY 25 SHPO/THPO funds have been released to Interior to pass through to SHPOs and THPOs. The Historic Preservation Fund (HPF) was established in 1976 to support the initiatives mandated by the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966. The HPF has historically been authorized at $150M annually and represents | | | | the federal government's investment in a public-private partnership to preserve historic sites that honor our shared past.
Despite being funded by Congress in March 2025 through a Continuing Resolution, the Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 appropriations for the Historic Preservation Fund have been unreleased until now!
Thank you to everyone who emailed, called, and spoke up - and to our preservation champions in Congress who heard us.
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New Preservation SC Board Members Willie Jeffries & Donnie Love, Jr. | | Preservation South Carolina is thrilled to announce the addition of two new members to our Board of Directors.
Willie Jeffries, an Union native who lives in Orangeburg, is a legendary figure in college football history, best known for breaking racial barriers and building a legacy of excellence on and off the field.
Donnie Love, Jr., a Spartanburg native and resident, is the principal at McMillan Pazdan Smith Architecture, where he works as a licensed architect with a focus on historic preservation and adaptive reuse.
They both have a deep passion for our mission and vision, and we look forward to utilizing their wealth of information, knowledge, and talent, as we seek to preserve and protect the historic buildings and places of South Carolina. | | | | Thank you to our Business Members! | | 
The Richard Hampton Jenrette Foundation, originally called the Classical American Homes Preservation Trust (CAHPT), was founded in 1993 by American businessman and philanthropist Richard Hampton Jenrette with a mission to preserve, protect, and open to the public unparalleled examples of historic architecture, landscape design, and decorative and fine arts from the early 19th century. Learn more here. | | | | | | | | | | | | | Preservation South Carolina1109 Broad Street, 2H Camden, SC 29020803.729.7782 | | | | You are receiving this email as you signed up for our newsletters. Want to change how you receive these emails?
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