 Hi my name is Christina Poston and I'm a preservation planner with the City of Columbia and today I'm going to be talking briefly about the history and a little bit of the architecture in the Old Shand and Lower Waverly Protection Area. So this area really began with the development in 1890 when the Columbia Land Development Company and Investment Company built two large tracts of farmland located in the southeast area of Columbia which was really rural area at this time and it really established one of the first suburban neighborhoods within this area. The area really began to develop fairly quickly right away and part of this was helped along by the electric trolley line that was put in along Jervais Street and which terminated within the middle of Lower Waverly and Old Shandon at what was called Valley Park at the time which is now Martin Luther King Park. It slowly started to decline in development in the next two years but started to pick up again about the 1910s and 1920s and in 1913 both Lower Waverly and Old Shandon neighborhoods were annexed within the city limits. Again development really started to be boosted by the development along what we call five points today. A lot of commercial business located within this area really encouraged people to move into this residential section just located off of five points. Growth really continued through the 1940s and 1950s when it became more densely populated especially right after World War II with a lot of single family residences really taking hold in this neighborhood locally designated as a protection area until 2001 but it is one of our largest historic local districts today. And just some quick fun facts about the Old Shandon Lower Waverly Protection Area. Like I said Valley Park which is kind of the border between Lower Waverly and Old Shandon which is now known as Martin Luther King Park real was a center of entertainment in the area since the since the creation of of the neighborhoods. It was originally plotted on the original Columbia land investment maps and it's been a kind of a staple of entertainment in the area and also it was the terminus of the trolley line from Dervais Street which really brought a lot of people into the community. So now I'm just going to run through kind of briefly a couple of the main architectural styles that you'll see located scattered across the district and one of the more common types that you'll see is the bungalow or the craftsman style home which can either be a one-story bungalow or on occasion a two-story four square with a craftsman style detailing and craftsman style homes or bungalows often feature a variety of detail. Most commonly they have large overhanging eaves with exposed faux rafter tails or knee braces or triangular braces along the the gable ends. Most commonly they have very decorative or detailed window styles so you'll see often a multi-pane window over a single pane window so like a three over one or even an eight over one. Another style that you'll see really from the early period or development of the area is the is the late Victorian and these are very eclectic styles they're often very detailed some even call them like gingerbreading when they have a lot of spindle post and verge boards along the porch lines just very decorative and very detailed and a lot of different aspects. Alright last but not least is the shotgun form of house which is one of my personal favorites it's typically a more simplistic form of house even though it can be styled a little bit more often with craftsman stylings or Victorian stylings but what really gives it the name of a shotgun is that it's typically about one room deep with a hall located located to the side. Any room off of that hall is located one directly behind the other and if you were to open the front door and the back door you would be able to see straight through the house which is what kind of lends the name shotgun because it's straight through like a shotgun. They're typically very small homes they are no more than 12 to 20 feet wide though they can vary in lengths depending on how many rooms deep they are and that is the last common style that you'll see within the old shand and lower waverly protection area. I hope you found this informative and if you have any questions about the old shand and lower waverly protection area or any of our districts please feel free to reach out at preservation at columbiasd.gov