Egypt Rd. to Hattie St., off Long Point Rd. — Approximate Span of Proposed Historic Distr…
A Gullah Geechee settlement founded by freed African Americans after the Civil War is one vote away from winning historic protection in Mount Pleasant. The Snowden community has spent years assembling an application to become a Charleston County Historic District, and county records list the request as case HIST-06-26-00194, asking officials to designate the Snowden Community as a Charleston County Historic District.
Years of Work Culminate in a Tuesday Vote
Snowden is described as the post-Civil War Gullah Geechee settlement community in Mount Pleasant, established by freed African Americans, according to Live 5 News. Community members have worked on the designation application and its contents for years, and the effort now heads to Charleston County Council for a third reading scheduled for Tuesday, Nov. 10, at 6:30 p.m. The proposed district would stretch across 377 acres from Egypt Road to Hattie Street off Long Point Road.
Getting to this point required significant grassroots buy-in. About 54 percent of registered voters within the proposed district boundaries have signed in support of the application — comfortably above the threshold set by the Charleston County Historic Preservation Ordinance, which requires that at least 51 percent of registered voters within a proposed district support the designation before it can move forward.
Churches, a School and Century-Old Pumps Among the Landmarks
The application documents roughly 10 historical residential and commercial buildings, two civic sites and assorted historic objects that Snowden residents gathered to make their case. Named landmarks include the Long Point Missionary Baptist Church, historical burial grounds, Flipper Chapel and the Long Point Elementary School, the application states, with faith and fellowship described as central to the community’s resilience…