2309 Lady Street
Former Schumpert Residence
Entrepreneurs abounded among Waverly’s African American residents, who created a parallel society to that of their white counterparts during the years of Jim Crow segregation. Exemplifying these successful small business owners were Frederick Benjamin and Bessie Barber Schumpert, who, in 1939, established a prosperous lumber company on River Drive that manufactured house framing materials for residential construction throughout the eastern seaboard.
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Former Schumpert Residence, 2018. Historic Columbia collection
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Friends and family gather at the Schumpert home in 1950 to celebrate a birthday. Image courtesy Gloria Schumpert James
