SCARBOROUGH-HAMER FOUNDATION

EASTOVER, SC

Former Greyhound Bus Station, Blanding Street, Columbia, SC Built in 1938-1939, this Streamline Moderne-style building was designed by George D. Brown to serve as a Greyhound Bus Station, based on the plans developed for the company by Industrial Designer Raymond Loewy in 1933. The building is similar to other bus stations built by Greyhound in mid-sized cities across the United States. It remained in use as a Greyhound Bus Station until the 1980s. The building is clad in blue and pale yellow vitrolite mirrored glass panels and stucco with glass block separated by stainless steel bands, curved corners, large piers between the bays at the front entrance doors, stainless steel canopies, a large blank sign over the front entrance, and a low-slope roof enclosed by a parapet. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989, and is a contributing structure in the Columbia Commercial Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014, and increased to its present size in 2021.
Former Greyhound Bus Station, Blanding Street, Columbia, SC Credit: w_lemay

The Scarborough-Hamer Foundation is a non-profit organization located in Eastover, South Carolina. The foundation was established in 2002 with the aim of promoting education, community development, and healthcare services to the residents of Eastover and its surrounding areas. The foundation is named after two prominent civil rights activists, Esau Jenkins Scarborough and Fannie Lou Hamer, who fought for equal rights and opportunities for African Americans in the United States.

The Scarborough-Hamer Foundation has several programs and initiatives that focus on education, health, and social welfare. These programs include scholarships and educational grants for students, community development projects, healthcare services, and support for small businesses. The foundation also provides emergency assistance to families in need, including food, shelter, and financial aid.

The foundation is run by a board of directors, which consists of community leaders, educators, and healthcare professionals. The Scarborough-Hamer Foundation has a strong commitment to social justice and equality, and it works closely with local organizations and government agencies to address the needs of the community. The foundation also welcomes volunteers and donations from individuals and organizations who share its mission.

SCARBOROUGH-HAMER FOUNDATION is a Historical Societies, Historic Preservation in EASTOVER SC. US MID #8404500165

The museum is classed as HSC (Historical Societies, Historic Preservation). It comes under American Alliance of Museums (AAM) region: Southeastern (Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia). Total revenue from most recent IRS 990 Form: $ 43,947 from tax period 201212 (YYYYMM).

Former Greyhound Bus Station, Blanding Street, Columbia, SC Built in 1938-1939, this Streamline Moderne-style building was designed by George D. Brown to serve as a Greyhound Bus Station, based on the plans developed for the company by Industrial Designer Raymond Loewy in 1933. The building is similar to other bus stations built by Greyhound in mid-sized cities across the United States. It remained in use as a Greyhound Bus Station until the 1980s. The building is clad in blue and pale yellow vitrolite mirrored glass panels and stucco with glass block separated by stainless steel bands, curved corners, large piers between the bays at the front entrance doors, stainless steel canopies, a large blank sign over the front entrance, and a low-slope roof enclosed by a parapet. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989, and is a contributing structure in the Columbia Commercial Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014, and increased to its present size in 2021.
Former Greyhound Bus Station, Blanding Street, Columbia, SC Built in 1938-1939, this Streamline Moderne-style building was designed by George D. Brown to serve as a Greyhound Bus Station, based on the plans developed for the company by Industrial Designer Raymond Loewy in 1933. The building is similar to other bus stations built by Greyhound in mid-sized cities across the United States. It remained in use as a Greyhound Bus Station until the 1980s. The building is clad in blue and pale yellow vitrolite mirrored glass panels and stucco with glass block separated by stainless steel bands, curved corners, large piers between the bays at the front entrance doors, stainless steel canopies, a large blank sign over the front entrance, and a low-slope roof enclosed by a parapet. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989, and is a contributing structure in the Columbia Commercial Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014, and increased to its present size in 2021.
Tapp’s Building, Main Street and Blanding Street, Columbia, SC Built in 1940 and expanded in 1952 with the addition of two stories to the roof, this Art Moderne-style building was designed by Lafaye, Lafaye and Fair and E. Paul Behles for a department store run by James L. Tapp. The building features a stucco-clad facade with dark panel cladding at the base, a curtain wall at the second and third floors of the front facade above the front entrance, a clock, metal canopy, and Art Deco-style sign on the facade above the front entrance, large plate glass windows on the first floor, and one-over-one windows and casement windows on the upper floors of the side and rear facades. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979, and is a contributing structure in the Columbia Commercial Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014, and increased to its present size in 2021. The building was rehabilitated in 2003, and today, houses an arts center on the first floor, and apartments on the upper floors.
Richland County Courthouse, Main Street and Blanding Street, Columbia, SC Built in 1978-1980, this Modern building was designed by Geiger-McElveen-Kennedy and built by the Congaree Construction Company to serve as the Richland County Courthouse. The building is clad in stone panels with few window bays, a top-heavy form with a large fifth floor that overhangs the lower floors on the west and north facades, recessed and extruded window bays, a trapezoidal footprint, and a colonnade of simple cylindrical columns in front of a glass curtain wall at the main entrance on the north facade. The building remains in use as a courthouse for Richland County.
Tapp’s Building, Main Street and Blanding Street, Columbia, SC Built in 1940 and expanded in 1952 with the addition of two stories to the roof, this Art Moderne-style building was designed by Lafaye, Lafaye and Fair and E. Paul Behles for a department store run by James L. Tapp. The building features a stucco-clad facade with dark panel cladding at the base, a curtain wall at the second and third floors of the front facade above the front entrance, a clock, metal canopy, and Art Deco-style sign on the facade above the front entrance, large plate glass windows on the first floor, and one-over-one windows and casement windows on the upper floors of the side and rear facades. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979, and is a contributing structure in the Columbia Commercial Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014, and increased to its present size in 2021. The building was rehabilitated in 2003, and today, houses an arts center on the first floor, and apartments on the upper floors.
Tapp’s Building, Main Street and Blanding Street, Columbia, SC Built in 1940 and expanded in 1952 with the addition of two stories to the roof, this Art Moderne-style building was designed by Lafaye, Lafaye and Fair and E. Paul Behles for a department store run by James L. Tapp. The building features a stucco-clad facade with dark panel cladding at the base, a curtain wall at the second and third floors of the front facade above the front entrance, a clock, metal canopy, and Art Deco-style sign on the facade above the front entrance, large plate glass windows on the first floor, and one-over-one windows and casement windows on the upper floors of the side and rear facades. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979, and is a contributing structure in the Columbia Commercial Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014, and increased to its present size in 2021. The building was rehabilitated in 2003, and today, houses an arts center on the first floor, and apartments on the upper floors.
Tapp’s Building, Main Street and Blanding Street, Columbia, SC Built in 1940 and expanded in 1952 with the addition of two stories to the roof, this Art Moderne-style building was designed by Lafaye, Lafaye and Fair and E. Paul Behles for a department store run by James L. Tapp. The building features a stucco-clad facade with dark panel cladding at the base, a curtain wall at the second and third floors of the front facade above the front entrance, a clock, metal canopy, and Art Deco-style sign on the facade above the front entrance, large plate glass windows on the first floor, and one-over-one windows and casement windows on the upper floors of the side and rear facades. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979, and is a contributing structure in the Columbia Commercial Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014, and increased to its present size in 2021. The building was rehabilitated in 2003, and today, houses an arts center on the first floor, and apartments on the upper floors.
Tapp’s Building, Main Street and Blanding Street, Columbia, SC Built in 1940 and expanded in 1952 with the addition of two stories to the roof, this Art Moderne-style building was designed by Lafaye, Lafaye and Fair and E. Paul Behles for a department store run by James L. Tapp. The building features a stucco-clad facade with dark panel cladding at the base, a curtain wall at the second and third floors of the front facade above the front entrance, a clock, metal canopy, and Art Deco-style sign on the facade above the front entrance, large plate glass windows on the first floor, and one-over-one windows and casement windows on the upper floors of the side and rear facades. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979, and is a contributing structure in the Columbia Commercial Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014, and increased to its present size in 2021. The building was rehabilitated in 2003, and today, houses an arts center on the first floor, and apartments on the upper floors.
Sign, Tapp’s Building, Main Street and Blanding Street, Columbia, SC Built in 1940 and expanded in 1952 with the addition of two stories to the roof, this Art Moderne-style building was designed by Lafaye, Lafaye and Fair and E. Paul Behles for a department store run by James L. Tapp. The building features a stucco-clad facade with dark panel cladding at the base, a curtain wall at the second and third floors of the front facade above the front entrance, a clock, metal canopy, and Art Deco-style sign on the facade above the front entrance, large plate glass windows on the first floor, and one-over-one windows and casement windows on the upper floors of the side and rear facades. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979, and is a contributing structure in the Columbia Commercial Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014, and increased to its present size in 2021. The building was rehabilitated in 2003, and today, houses an arts center on the first floor, and apartments on the upper floors.
Tapp’s Building, Main Street and Blanding Street, Columbia, SC Built in 1940 and expanded in 1952 with the addition of two stories to the roof, this Art Moderne-style building was designed by Lafaye, Lafaye and Fair and E. Paul Behles for a department store run by James L. Tapp. The building features a stucco-clad facade with dark panel cladding at the base, a curtain wall at the second and third floors of the front facade above the front entrance, a clock, metal canopy, and Art Deco-style sign on the facade above the front entrance, large plate glass windows on the first floor, and one-over-one windows and casement windows on the upper floors of the side and rear facades. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979, and is a contributing structure in the Columbia Commercial Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014, and increased to its present size in 2021. The building was rehabilitated in 2003, and today, houses an arts center on the first floor, and apartments on the upper floors.
Tapp’s Building, Main Street and Blanding Street, Columbia, SC Built in 1940 and expanded in 1952 with the addition of two stories to the roof, this Art Moderne-style building was designed by Lafaye, Lafaye and Fair and E. Paul Behles for a department store run by James L. Tapp. The building features a stucco-clad facade with dark panel cladding at the base, a curtain wall at the second and third floors of the front facade above the front entrance, a clock, metal canopy, and Art Deco-style sign on the facade above the front entrance, large plate glass windows on the first floor, and one-over-one windows and casement windows on the upper floors of the side and rear facades. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979, and is a contributing structure in the Columbia Commercial Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014, and increased to its present size in 2021. The building was rehabilitated in 2003, and today, houses an arts center on the first floor, and apartments on the upper floors.
Tapp’s Building, Main Street and Blanding Street, Columbia, SC Built in 1940 and expanded in 1952 with the addition of two stories to the roof, this Art Moderne-style building was designed by Lafaye, Lafaye and Fair and E. Paul Behles for a department store run by James L. Tapp. The building features a stucco-clad facade with dark panel cladding at the base, a curtain wall at the second and third floors of the front facade above the front entrance, a clock, metal canopy, and Art Deco-style sign on the facade above the front entrance, large plate glass windows on the first floor, and one-over-one windows and casement windows on the upper floors of the side and rear facades. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979, and is a contributing structure in the Columbia Commercial Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014, and increased to its present size in 2021. The building was rehabilitated in 2003, and today, houses an arts center on the first floor, and apartments on the upper floors.

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MID # 8404500165
Name SCARBOROUGH-HAMER FOUNDATION
Alternate Name SCARBOROUGH-HAMER FOUNDATION
Classification Historical Societies, Historic Preservation, , Southeastern
Federal Employer Identification Number (EIN) 311487818
NTEECC A82
Tax period of the latest return filed (YYYYMM) 201212
INCOME 45,096
REVENUE 43,947
LAT/LONG 33.91471, -80.722723
CODES FIPS State Code: 45
FIPS County Code: 079
US Census Tract: 012000
US Census Block: 3021