Historical and Architectural Inventory, Upper Richland County, South Carolina, June 2002

Edwards-Pitman Environmental, Inc.

From introduction: "In July 2001, the Richland County Conservation Commission and the South Carolina State Historic Preservation Office (SCSHPO) engaged Edwards-Pitman Environmental, Inc. to conduct an intensive architectural survey of upper Richland County and the Olympia Mill village. Because the Olympia Survey covers a specific area with a common history dating to a particular era, that survey report is under a separate cover. All information relating to the boundaries of the survey area, survey methodology and the number of properties documented that follows pertains specifically to the survey of Upper Richland County, South Carolina. Precise Boundaries of the Survey Area: The Richland County border acts as the north, east and west boundaries of the survey area. The southern boundary of the survey area follows the northern side of Interstate 20 to the point where it intersects with Interstate 77. The southern boundary of the survey area then proceeds south along the east side of Interstate 77 to the junction with the northern boundary of Fort Jackson Military Reservation. The boundary extends eastward along the northern boundary of Fort Jackson to its intersection with U.S. Highway 601, and then north along U.S. 601 to the Kershaw County line. The survey area consists of the unincorporated area north of the City of Columbia and Fort Jackson, and the incorporated areas of Blythewood, Arcadia Lakes and Forest Acres. The survey area included only the portion of the incorporated area of Irmo in Richland County. Project objectives: Architectural historians with Edwards-Pitman Environmental, Inc. undertook the architectural survey of upper Richland County as part of the South Carolina Department of Archives and History’s Statewide Survey of Historic Places which forms the bedrock of the historic preservation program in the state. The primary objectives of the survey program are to gather, organize and present information about historic properties in photographs, words, maps and drawings. During the Upper Richland County survey, the surveyors sought to identify historic resources, record their locations and evaluate their significance in a local, statewide and national context. This project, coupled with the survey of lower Richland County and the city-wide survey of Columbia, both of which took place in 1992 and 1993, will complete the overall comprehensive architectural inventory of the county and promote a richer understanding of the region’s historical and architectural development." Funding was provided in part by a 2001 Historic Preservation Fund grant to the Richland County Conservation Commission (project number SC-01-010) administered by the South Carolina State Historic Preservation Office and the State, Tribal, and Local Plans and Grants Division, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior.

Historical and Architectural Inventory, Upper Richland County, South Carolina, June 2002

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