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H. A. DeCosta, Jr. papers
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1084
Abstract
Herbert A. DeCosta, Jr. (1923-2008) was a renowned African American architect and contractor based in Charleston, South Carolina. While he served as president of the H. A. DeCosta Company, the company worked on the construction and renovations of numerous churches, apartment complexes, schools, and residences, including some of the most architecturally significant houses in Charleston. The DeCosta Company also did much of the renovation and preservation work for Historic Charleston...
Dates:
1854-2009
St. Mark's Episcopal Church records
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1121
Abstract
St. Mark's Episcopal Church was organized as an independent parish in 1865 by a group of prominent black Episcopalians who were without a place to worship- since most of the white Episcopalian churches were evacuated in Charleston as a result of the city's occupation by Union Forces. The church's first service was held on Easter Sunday, April 16, 1865. The congregation continued to grow and in 1870 a lot at the corner of Warren and Thomas Streets in historic Radcliffeboro was purchased for...
Dates:
1862-2006
Lillian Ransier Wright papers collection
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1042
Abstract
Compilation of the Ransier and Wright family history and contribution to the advancement of African-American community. The collection focuses on the contributions of Alonzo Jacob Ransier in the reconstruction era being a congressman and Lt. Gov. of SC. He was also Lillian Ransier Wright’s father. Lillian Ransier Wright was a graduate of the Avery Normal Institute and was teacher by profession and was involved in St. Mark’s Episcopal Church whereas her husband William G. Wright taught...
Dates:
1924-1995
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- African American architects -- South Carolina -- Charleston 2
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- Historic buildings -- Conservation and restoration -- South Carolina -- Charleston 2
- Historic preservation -- South Carolina -- Charleston 2
- African American Episcopalians 1
- African American business enterprises -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
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- African American churches -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
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- African Americans -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History -- 20th century 1
- Alonzo Jacob Ransier Day 1
- Architects -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
- Avery Tiger 1
- Businessmen -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- 20th century 1
- Church architecture -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
- Church buildings -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- Photographs 1
- Church records and registers -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
- Civic leaders -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
- Clarion 1
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- Nonprofit organizations -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
- Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) 1
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- architectural drawings (visual works) 1
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- DeCosta, Herbert A., Sr., 1894-1960 2
- H. A. DeCosta Company 2
- Avery Normal Institute 1
- Burke High School (Charleston, S.C.). Fields-Sims-Wright Vocational Center 1
- Caffey family 1
- Centenary United Methodist Church (Charleston, S.C.) 1
- Coming Street YWCA (Charleston, S.C.) 1
- Craft family 1
- Craft, Ellen 1
- Craft, William 1
- Crump family 1
- DeCosta family 1
- DeCosta, Emily, 1923-2011 1
- DeCosta, Herbert A., Jr., 1923-2008 1
- HADCO Realty Company 1
- Higgins family 1
- Hunt, Eugene C. 1
- Kinlaw family 1
- Midway Company, Inc. 1
- Porter, Anthony Toomer, 1828-1902 1
- Ransier, Alonzo J. (Alonzo Jacob), 1834-1882 1
- Sauter family 1
- Smith, Willie, 1910-1967 1
- Spencer family 1
- Wright, Lillian Ransier, 1905-1995 1
- Wright, William G., 1901-1988 1 + ∧ less
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