North Carolina Mutual Building

United States historic place


North Carolina Mutual Building
U.S. National Register of Historic Places


34°0′10″N 81°2′17″W / 34.00278°N 81.03806°W / 34.00278; -81.03806
Area	less than one acre
Built	1909 (1909)
Architect	Perrin, Summerville M.
NRHP reference No.	94001570^[1]
Added to NRHP	January 20, 1995

North Carolina Mutual Building, also known as the Blue Palace Tea Shop and Barber Shop, is a historic commercial building located at Columbia, South Carolina. It was built in 1909 by the North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company, and is a three-story, rectangular, brick commercial block. The building housed African-American businesses, professionals, and institutions during the years of Jim Crow segregation. It is located in the Washington Street business district, the city's black downtown.^[2]^[3]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ Steven A. Davis (July 1994). "North Carolina Mutual Building" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved 2014-01-07.
^ "North Carolina Mutual Building, Richland County (1001, 1001 ½, and 1003 Washington St., Columbia)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 2014-01-07.