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Aiken council amends Friendship Baptist Church landmark designation to allow new multipurpose facility
Summary
Aiken City Council on Jan. 27 approved an ordinance to amend the historic designation for the Friendship Baptist Church complex at Richland Avenue East and Kershaw Street, allowing the congregation to keep the sanctuary as a landmark while reclassifying the parsonage as a contributing structure and the activity building as non‑contributing.
Aiken City Council on Jan. 27 approved an ordinance to amend the historic designation for the Friendship Baptist Church complex at Richland Avenue East and Kershaw Street, allowing the congregation to keep the sanctuary as a landmark while reclassifying the parsonage as a contributing structure and the activity building as non‑contributing.
The change, adopted at first reading with unanimous council support, follows a recommendation from the planning commission. The ordinance as approved preserves the sanctuary’s landmark protections but reduces the regulatory constraints on the activity building so the church can pursue a new multipurpose facility with greater flexibility for exterior and interior work.
Church leaders and multiple congregants told council the…
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