An HBCU landmark that has witnessed more than a century of Black educational history is receiving a $750,000 investment to support its future. Benedict College has received a National Park Service grant to help preserve Morgan Hall, the oldest building on its Columbia, South Carolina, campus.
The funding will support a three-year restoration project designed to protect the structure and the history it carries.
For a college founded in 1870, keeping that history standing means giving future generations a physical connection to the people who helped build it.
A piece of HBCU history worth protecting
Morgan Hall has stood through generations of students pursuing education, leadership, and opportunity at Benedict. Now, water intrusion, aging, and deterioration have created preservation needs that the new funding will help address…