Richard Samuel Roberts House

Richard Samuel Roberts House (HM103K)

Location: Columbia, SC 29201 Richland County
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Country: United States of America
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N 34° 0.371', W 81° 2.707'

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(Front text)
Richard Samuel Roberts (1880-1936), a photographer who documented individuals, families, and institutions in Columbia's black community and across S.C., lived here from 1920 until his death. Roberts, a self-taught photographer, moved his family from Florida to Columbia and bought this house at 1717 Wayne Street for $3,000. Roberts and his wife Wilhelmina Williams Roberts (1881-1977) raised their children here.
(Reverse text)
Roberts, who was a full-time custodian at the main Columbia post office, first used an outbuilding here for his photography studio. From 1922 to 1936 his studio was downtown at 1119 Washington Street. Roberts often advertised in the Palmetto Leader, the leading black newspaper in S.C. Some of Roberts' best photographs were published in 1986 in A True Likeness: The Black South of Richard Samuel Roberts.
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HM NumberHM103K
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Marker Number40-160
Year Placed2012
Placed ByThe Historic Columbia Foundation, the City of Columbia, and the S.C. Department of Transportation,
Marker ConditionNo reports yet
Date Added Saturday, October 25th, 2014 at 3:08pm PDT -07:00
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Locationbig map
UTM (WGS84 Datum)17S E 495833 N 3762842
Decimal Degrees34.00618333, -81.04511667
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 34° 0.371', W 81° 2.707'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds34° 0' 22.26" N, 81° 2' 42.42" W
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Area Code(s)704, 803
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 1723 Wayne St, Columbia SC 29201, US
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