07.17.07 - Participants in the NEH Summer Institute: African American History as Public History from the University of South Carolina visited the Harriett Barber House.
05.28.07 - Hopkins Crossroad Community/Heritage Day Celebration. Government/Slave Cemetary. Over 150 people from the community attended the dedication of the old Government/Slave Cemetery. Bernice Scott and Norman Jackson represented County Council and brought greetings. A Heritage Day Celebration followed the ceremony at the Harriet Barber House. The Richmand County Conservation Commission sent videographers to capture the festivities and document the restoration work on the house. Visitors from Florida, Michigan, North Carolina and Minnesota joined the residents of Richland County for this celebration of heritage
05.25.07 - Additional grant of $37,500 received from the Richland County Conservation Commission to complete the exterior work.
05.01.06 - Richland County Conservation Commission granted $25,000 to the Harriet Barber House to provide funds for roofing, new siding, front porch repair, painting, and other structural work. The house will be used for community events and meetings
For more information, please call Emma Green @ (803) 353-2357.
Send donations to: SERCO c/o Marie Adams, Post Office Box 332, Hopkins, SC 29061
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