INTRODUCTION

The Garvin-Garvey House, built ca. 1870, is a rare, surviving example of a home constructed and occupied by a freedman in the South Carolina Lowcountry. Located on a bluff high above the May River in Bluffton’s Historic District, the Garvin-Garvey House is a remnant of a once vibrant community of former slaves and freed people during Reconstruction, an era that currently lacks architectural representation in the historic record.

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DETAILS

Firm: Meadors, Inc
Client: The Town of Bluffton, SC
Location: Bluffton, SC
Photo: Meadors, Inc. and Joshua Drake