International African-American Museum seeks final approval from the BAR – Charleston City Paper

Charlestons International African-American Museum is set to cross another hurdle this week as the project goes before the Board of Architectural Review for a final round of approval. Board members have spoken highly of the plans for the museum, which last went before the BAR in September 2016. The 35,000-square-foot facility at Gadsdens Wharf is estimated to cost around $75 million, with a tentative completion date of 2019.

Designs for the museum show that it will include a section dedicated to the Gullah-Geechee people, a family history center that will allow visitors to learn more about their ancestors, and an exhibit called Atlantic Connections, which will endeavor to uncover the cultures and diversity of the 100,000 Africans who arrived at Charleston Harbor in chains during the peak of the slave trade.

If the development clears the preliminary and final rounds of approval, the project is set for construction at 663 King St. just below the overpass of the Septima Clark Expressway.

Members of the board will also discuss preliminary plans for the construction of eight new buildings at 124 Spring St. Collectively referred to as Sanctuary Court, the development would feature a mix of residential and mixed-use buildings branching off of Spring Street and standing three stories tall at their highest.

Charlestons Board of Architectural Review-Large will meet Wed. March 8 at 4:30 p.m. on the first floor of the Gaillard Center.

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