Myrtle Beach agencies set workshop about Historic District

  • 2019-08-29
Myrtle Beach agencies are partnering to explain the benefits of having part of the city designated a Historic District.

The City of Myrtle Beach is joining with the Myrtle Beach Downtown Redevelopment Corporation to hold an educational workshop about the potential and positive benefits of earning a designation labeling an area as historic.

Late in July, The South Carolina Department of Archives and History put the Myrtle Beach Downtown Historic District (MBDHD) on the list to be nominated to the National Register of Historic Places. That nomination has now been approved, meaning that the MBDHD is continuing the necessary processes to be designated on the National Register. Once it has been added, contributing buildings in the district will be able to use federal and state tax credits. Print shops can help develop materials for occasions like this.

The MBDHD includes portions of Eighth and Ninth Avenues North, North Kings Highway, Broadway Street, Oak Street, and Main Street, and structures within the area that reflect the development of the city from approximately 1927 to 1969. There are 18 contributing buildings as well as eight non-contributing buildings under review.

The workshop will help property owners and community members learn what accreditation could mean to the city. They will also learn about financial resources that become available to those who modify, renovate or remodel a historic structure.

The date is set for August 28, from 5.30 pm until 7.30 pm, at the Historic Myrtle Beach Train Depot on Broadway.
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