2489 Bratton Street
Bouler Home
Identical to houses built to the east of the then all-white neighborhood of Melrose Heights, this Craftsman style bungalow was built about 1930 by Reverend Wade B. Bouler in the easternmost section of Lower Waverly. Pastoring a number of churches in South Carolina, including the former Chappelle Station, which later became Chappelle Memorial A.M.E., Bouler is representative of the many African-American leaders within the neighborhood who met the spiritual needs of Columbia’s black community.
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Bouler Home, 2018. Historic Columbia collection
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Reverend Wade B. Bouler (right) poses with two unidentified men upon receiving their doctorate degrees from Allen University, circ 1930. Image courtesy Frankie Point
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Reverend W.B. Bouler, circa 1930. Image courtesy Frankie Point
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Mrs. Mary H. Bouler and Eugenia V. Johnson at 907 Tree Street pose for a photograph taken by George Elmore, circa 1930. Image courtesy Frankie Point
