Siloam School

National Register Listing

Street Address:

1331 Congaree Rd., Eastover, SC (Richland County)

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NRHP Nomination

Record Number:

S10817740108

Description and Narrative:

Built ca. 1936 as a rural African American school, Siloam School is significant as a property associated with the general development of South Carolina public education for African Americans from ca. 1895 to 1954. It is an example of the type of rural school building approved by the State Board of Education in the early- to mid-twentieth century built to provide “separate but equal” facilities for white and black schoolchildren. It is a one-story, two-room building standing on brick piers and clad in shiplap weatherboard. The gable end building has a metal roof and has two interior brick flues. It has a recessed porch supported by square wooden posts. The school has a small one-story addition on the southern elevation. The school was built on land owned by John P. Prince, who sold the one-acre lot to Richland County School District 7 in 1920. The present building, constructed with funds from the Works Progress Administration (WPA), was built to replace a previous school nearby called Beulah School. It operated as a school until 1956, when it closed and was acquired by Siloam Baptist Church, which now maintains it. Listed in the National Register April 15, 1996.

Period of Significance:

1936

Level of Significance:

Local

Area of Significance:

Education

National Register Determination:

listed

Date of Certification:

April 15 1996

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