I love history and I know that not every historical home or place can be preserved as we make room for the future but sometimes a place deserves a little more time.
In Greenville, SC the most recent place to be saved is the Wilkins House dated to 1876. Thanks to the Palmetto Trust for Historic Preservation, this house, that was slated for demolition, has been picked up and moved to a new location where it will be restored and opened for tours.
The moving of the house cost approximately $760,000. A developer provided half of the funds and the other half of the funds were donated by the public.
Here's a link to a story on the Palmetto Trust website that includes some great photographs of the house.
Here's a link to a news story that shows the house moving down the road.
As a lover of history I'm grateful for organizations like the Palmetto Trust that is out to protect as much of our history as they can in South Carolina.
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