Champion and Pearson Funeral Home
National Register Listing
Street Address:
1325 Park Street, Columbia, SC
Alternate Name:
Pearson Funeral Home
NRHP Nomination
Record Number:
S10817740165
Description and Narrative:
The Champion and Pearson Funeral Home, located at 1325 Park Street, in downtown Columbia, South Carolina, is an early twentieth century brick and stone building, constructed in 1929 with various architectural elements that result in an eclectic and unique landmark property within what once was a thriving African American commercial district in the city. It is a commercial/institutional building that historically was present along this section of Park Street with numerous other commercial, institutional, and residential buildings and structures that made up a core of African American businesses. As a segregated African American funeral home in the city of Columbia built during the height of Jim Crow era racial segregation, it is eligible for the National Register of Historic Places under Criterion A in the area of significance of Ethnic Heritage: African American, and as an intact historic building in Columbia, representative of the era of institutionalized segregation of the races. The property’s period of significance, 1929-1966, encompasses the 1929 date of construction for the building, and 1966, when the building was no longer used exclusively for funerals and as the residence for the Pearson family. Listed in the National Register July 17, 2017.
Period of Significance:
1929 – 1966
Level of Significance:
Local
Area of Significance:
Ethnic Heritage: Black
National Register Determination:
listed
Date of Certification:
July 17 2017
