Final Report, City of Georgetown Historic Resources Survey, May 2002

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From project summary and objectives: "The survey area was bounded om the east by Wood Street, on the west by the city limits, on the north by Church Street and on the south by Butts Street. 206 survey forms were filled out for properties that were intensively surveyed. Of these, 12 were in Willowbank, 5 were in Bayview, 137 were in the West End, and 52 were in the potential district expansion area. The purpose of this survey project is to compile a comprehensive inventory of historic resources in the City of Georgetown outside of the Georgetown National Register Historic District. This information will be used as a planning tool by both the City of Georgetown and the South Carolina Department of Archives and History (SCDAH). From this inventory recommendations will be made for properties and/or districts eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places. A detailed list of objectives for this survey project were outlined in the recommendations section of survey report prepared at the conclusion of the City of Georgetown Cultural Resources Survey by Historic Preservation Consultants, Inc. in July 2000: An historic sites survey, at least at the reconnaissance level, should be conducted in the entire city. Besides the Howard School/Georgetown High School Complex, the west end retains several properties of special interest to the African-American community as well as a number of early-twentieth century dwellings constructed for the Atlantic Coast Lumber Company. Several subdivisions were developed somewhat later, during the boom decade that began in 1936. A windshield survey of the Willowbank Subdivision found that it retains its original street plan nearly intact, and substantial architectural integrity. Willowbank and contemporary developments should be evaluated in sufficient depth for the Historical Society and City Planning Department to begin discussing priorities for preserving the historic built environment of the twentieth century. Additional objectives of this survey project were to look at the possibility of expanding the current historic district to the west from Wood Street to North Fraser Street and a reconnaissance level survey of the Bayview neighborhood." Funding was provided in part by a 2001 Historic Preservation Fund grant to the City of Georgetown (project number SC-01-002) 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. Georgetown, South Carolina is a Certified Local Government.

Final Report, City of Georgetown Historic Resources Survey, May 2002

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