Harriet Barber House
The Harriet Barber House, the home of
Reverend Samuel Barber and his wife
Harriet McPherson Barber, is significant
for its association with the South Carolina
Land Commission during the late nineteenth
century. Samuel Barber purchased a 42.5
acre of land in Richland County, part of the
tract known as the Hopkins Turn Out Tract
at $5.00 per acre. The land on which the house
is located has remained in the same family
since May 24, 1872. It appears that it is
the only existing house in Lower Richland
County built on land that was purchased by
former slaves who took advantage of this
program. The property was officially entered
in the National Register of Historic Places in
April of 1986. The Harriet Barber House
Restoration Project received the first $25,000
grant from the Richland County Conservation
Commission in 2006.
Marker is on Barberville Loop Road, on the left when traveling south.
Courtesy hmdb.org
