BLYTHEWOOD – It was just last spring that a picturesque, community treasure, the Cedar Creek Methodist Church, was taken over by its parent organization, the United Methodist Church, and some who attend the equally picturesque and historic Mt. Zion Church in Blythewood worry that its fate is sealed as well. Some say it’s a matter […]
Love Stories
September 27, 2018 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Blythewood writers who contributed stories to the third volume of the popular State of the Heart – South Carolina Writers on the Places They Love series, were featured guests at a book party held last week at the Langford-Nord House, sponsored by the Blythewood Historical Society. From left, writers Jane Zenger, Pat Robertson, […]
Black History planners seek ideas
September 20, 2018 By
BLYTHEWOOD – The Blythewood Historical Society has formed a committee to plan the next Black History Month celebration to be held on Saturday Feb. 23, 2019. To appeal to the widest audience and include what residents would like to see and hear, a short and simple survey has been put on Survey Monkey and the […]
Historical Society looks for yearbooks
September 13, 2018 By
BLYTHEWOOD – The Blythewood Historical Society & Museum has a goal of collecting and preserving historical documents about our community. One collection is of former Blythewood High School yearbooks. The yearbooks it lacks for the collection include: 1948, 1959,1968, 1969 and the school’s final year, 1970. If you have any of the missing annuals and […]
Yearbooks sought from old Blythewood High School
July 5, 2018 By
BLYTHEWOOD – The Blythewood Historical Society & Museum is seeking to gather school annuals from the old Blythewood High School as a permanent part of the town’s history. “We are not sure when the first annuals were published, so if you have knowledge of this, let us know,” Historical Society member Margaret Kelly said. Annuals […]
Stitching History Together
June 7, 2018 By
BLYTHEWOOD – The Blythewood Historical Society unveiled two community quilts last week – a children’s quilt and an adult quilt – that were begun during the Town’s Black History event in February and finished in May. Unveiling the adult quilt during a ceremony held at the Langford-Nord House are, from left, Historical Society President Jim […]
BW Town Council passes first reading on budget
May 31, 2018 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Town Council passed first reading of its 2018-19 budget Tuesday evening. The proposed $1,565,632 budget reflects $202,111 in building permits and fees, an increase of $17,111 over last year. Council also sees business licenses inside the town increasing from $94,871 to $113,351 and business licenses outside the town increasing from $80,188 to $92,491. […]
Take a peek
May 24, 2018 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Margaret Kelly, Blythewood Historical Society Administrative Manager and community quilt organizer, and Frankie McLean, who had a hand in creating the quilts, show a peek of the children’s quilt, one of two community quilts that will be unveiled on May 31.
Artifact roadshow coming to Blythewood
April 5, 2018 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Members of the community are invited to bring ten of your prehistoric Native-American artifact “finds”, such as arrowheads, spear points, axes, broken pottery and other such artifacts to the Blythewood Historical Society and Museum on April 27 for an evening of identification, dating and discussion. Three archaeologists will be on hand that evening, […]
