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Minutes of Committee Meeting of November 5, 2019
Review Draft Report to Council
John Felak and Mayor Pettit worked to compose a report for Council which includes a proposal to enhance Calhoun Park. (See ATTACHMENT 2)
Mayor Pettit distributed and discussed the “Meriwether Monument Committee report to Council.” The report details the overall considerations and premises that were explored by the Committee. The two profound recommendations that come with this report are Calhoun Park is the logical place to present information about the events of July gth and 9th 1876 and the Carsville area (on Barton Road) is appropriate to be developed as an African-American historial district. The Committee believes a two-phased approach for Calhoun Park should be implemented.
Trina Mackie recommended a change to the fifth item of the “Conclusions/Recommendations.” She suggested removing “to visually compete with the monument” and add “acknowledging and honoring the seven African-American men killed in the Hamburg Massacre.” The Committee agreed with this amendment.
Mark Newell and Milledge Murrary were tasked to provide the additional text needed to transition the “Conclusions /Recommendations” portion to the RFP for the Structure/Display project.
The Committee will not meet in the month of December, but will individually read and consider the RFP and Report to Council. The next Calhoun Park Committee meeting will be Tuesday, January 7, 2020 at 6:30 p.m. at the Municipal Center in Council’s Conference Room.
The Committee’s plan moving forward is to present the RFP and report to Council at its February 3rd 2020 regular City Council meeting.
There being no further business, the committee adjourned the meeting at 7:16 p.m.
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This request for proposals is open to United States-based designers — artists, sculptors, architects, landscape architects, etc. Proposals may be submitted from individuals or a collaborative team. Proposals will be accepted from designers of all levels: students, amateurs and/or professionals.
EVALUATION CRITERIA
1. Effectiveness in honoring the African-Americans who died at Hamburg 2. Creativity and originality 3. Use of lighting 4. Provision of historical information providing a counterpoint to the Meriweather Monument 5. Location of the memorial within Calhoun Park 6. Appropriateness of scale to the Meriwether Monument and Calhoun Park
SUBMISSION, REVIEW & SELECTION PROCESS
Persons or teams wishing to submit a proposal must indicate their interest to STAFF PERSON at EMAILADDRESS by DATE.
Questions regarding memorial design should be submitted by DATE; responses to questions will be emailed to all interested parties by DATE.
Preliminary designs should be submitted to STAFF PERSON at EMAILADDRESS by DATE. Only electronic submissions will be accepted.
Preliminary design submissions should include: 1) sketch of the memorial layout within Calhoun Park, 2) sketch and description of a sculpture or monument proposed, 3) sketch and/or description of historical information pieces, and 4) sketch and/or description of how light will be incorporated. Budget proposals are NOT required for preliminary design submissions. Photos of another memorial serving as inspiration are acceptable.
Proposals will be evaluated by a review committee. Incomplete proposals will not be reviewed. Three finalists will be selected and provided further instructions to prepare a full proposal with details of the proposed memorial, sketches, a scale mode layout, specifications (with component materials identified), and budget for design, fabrication and installation. Submission date for full proposals is yet to be determined.
The full proposals will be publically displayed at the North Augusta Municipal Building for residents to view and provide comments.
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DRAFT COPY Meriwether Monument Committee report to Council The Calhoun Park Committee
The following is the recommendation to City Council for the proposal to enhance Calhoun Park as an educational display concerning the Hamburg Massacre of 1876.
This report is submitted in accordance the directives within City Council Resolution 2019-10, A RESOLUTION PROVIDING FINDINGS ABOUT THE HAMBURG INCIDENT OF 1876 AND APPOINTING MEMBERS OF A COMMITTEE TO EVALUATEOPTIONS FOR AN ADDITIONAL DISPLAYIN JOHN C. CALHOUN PARK.
Overall considerations and premises explored by the Committee:
• The Committee has been well represented from a variety of elected and volunteer community leaders of different backgrounds to complete our assigned task • City Council has decided the Meriwether Monument should remain unaltered in Calhoun Park. • Historical markers are already positioned at various locations in the city. o The Carrsville area (on Barton Road) is the location of both the roadside marker about the Hamburg Massacre and the Monument to the eight men who died. These were dedicated in March 2016. o Roadside markers providing information about the City of Hamburg and the
Hamburg-Charleston Railroad are located within the cloverleaf at Route 1 and Martintown Road. • The residents of Hamburg moved uphill to Carrsville following the flood of 1929, which essentially destroyed Hamburg. • First Providence Baptist Church, founded in 1860 in Hamburg, was relocated to Carrsville following the flood of 1929, about the same time the Society Building was constructed (1930). • Having informational markers about the Hamburg Massacre in two locations (Carrsville and Calhoun Park) makes it difficult to provide a complete presentation at either location. o Calhoun Park is a well maintained and centrally located public space and is the logical place to present information about the events of July 8th and 9th, 1876. The primary basis for this conclusion is the location of the Meriwether Monument in the park. o Carrsville is appropriate to be developed as an African-American historical district. The Society Building and First Providence Baptist Church provide a foundation for presenting African-American accomplishments. • We have found no supporting evidence the original name of “Calhoun Place” in the 1895 Boeckh land plot was ever officially changed to Calhoun Park.
1 Conclusions/Recommendations
1. The stories of the African American achievements and of the Hamburg Massacre and represent diametrically opposite experiences. To attempt to create an educational experience about both within Calhoun Park would do justice to neither. Therefore, this committee believes there are two areas within the City suitable for the displays and experiences: Calhoun Park for the Hamburg Massacre and Carrsville for African American achievements.
2. The Carrsville area of the City became the home of African-Americans who relocated following the flood of 1929. The First Providence Baptist Church and Society Building are suited to be the nucleus of what could become an African-American Historical District.
3. Educational features and exhibits about the accomplishments by African-Americans during Reconstruction could key elements of the display incorporated within the existing structures of First Providence Baptist Church and the Society Building.
4. Both the First Providence Baptist Church and the Society Building are privately owned, necessitating discussions with the owners. The Society Building would be an ideal facility to serve as a museum with information about African-American leaders of the Reconstruction era and their accomplishments. It may also be a suitable location for displays of Hamburg artifacts and exhibits.
5. Calhoun Park is inextricably linked to the Hamburg Massacre as a result of the Meriwether Monument being at a prominent location within the park. The committee focused jointly on the educational opportunity to counter the message on the Meriwether Monument and the need for a display or sculpture to visually compete with the monument.
6. The committee believes the funds necessary to construct a suitable sculpture at Calhoun Park will be a Capital Project, perhaps in the range of $200,000. The committee also believes there would be an opportunity for shared public and private funding for the display.
7. Raising the funds necessary for this would take time and require an organized campaign. The committee believes a two-phased approach for Calhoun Park should be implemented. The initial phase would be possible with a small investment, in the range of $10,000 to $15,000, primarily to purchase and erect additional markers within Calhoun Park surrounding the existing monument.
8. The following markers are recommended to be moved to (or within) Calhoun Park, positioned as shown on Attachment XX: a. The existing sign at the concrete stairs to Calhoun Park, titled “History of North Augusta” (???) b. The existing sign located at the Carrsville Community Building titled “The Hamburg Massacre” c. The stone marker currently located at the Carrsville Community Building
2 9. Two new markers to reflect today’s attitudes are recommended: These signs would be identical in design to the existing markers in the park a. One would have the following text:
“In 1914, the S. C. Legislature passed a bill and donated $400 towards the Meriwether Monument which honored the one white person who was killed in the Hamburg Massacre. A team of citizens chose this site to place the monument and private funds were raised to pay for the monument which was dedicated in 1916 and placed in what was then known as Calhoun Place.
Inscriptions on the monument reflect attitudes of people during that period. The inscriptions on the Meriwether Monument do not represent the attitudes and reflections of the people of North Augusta in 2019. We are a community represented by many people of different races and ethnic backgrounds and are bonded together by unity and common rights of citizenship. We choose to learn from our past and ensure that North Augusta’s future reflects a high standard quality of life for all of its citizens. The events and legacy of Hamburg will not define us as a community.”
b. A second sign would read:
“The 1868 South Carolina elections produced the first majority black state legislature in U.S. history. With the new South Carolina constitution having been created, Aiken County was formed from parts of Edgefield, Lexington, Barnwell and Orangeburg counties. It was the only county formed in South Carolina during the Reconstruction Era (1865-1877). March 10, 1871 is celebrated for Founders Day for Aiken County.
After the Civil War in 1865, nearby Hamburg, SC became a town where free blacks and freed slaves from southern plantations settled. Local government positions were held by black leaders. Prince Rivers was Trial Judge, Mayor and Commissioner of Aiken County. Samuel Lee was an attorney, County Commissioner and Speaker of the House in the SC Legislature. John Gardner started a school, was a teacher, principal and later Mayor.”
c. The location of these markers will be at the corners of the concrete pad of the current monument. The side opposite the fountain will be the headstone naming the eight individuals killed in the Hamburg Massacre. The angle of installation shall be critical to the signage to give each added feature its’ own sense of importance.
The Committee Members: Charles Allen, Pat Carpenter, Tony Carr, John Felak, Trina Mackie, David McGhee, Milledge Murray, Mandy Nelson, Mark Newell, and Bob Pettit,
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