Black History Month Profile: Sarah Riley Hooks Cottage
The Sarah Riley Hooks Cottage, a historically significant one-story home along Bridge Street in Bluffton, was built around 1940 by Michael C. Riley. Share Updated: 10:14 AM EST Feb 15, 2021 By Staff reports
Black History Month Profile: Sarah Riley Hooks Cottage
The Sarah Riley Hooks Cottage, a historically significant one-story home along Bridge Street in Bluffton, was built around 1940 by Michael C. Riley. Share Updated: 10:14 AM EST Feb 15, 2021
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Show Transcript Theo Sarah Riley Hooks Cottage, a historically significant one story home along Bridge Street in Bluffton, was built around 1940 by Michael C. Reilly. He was a prominent black store owner, bluffed and resident, and the first black person to be appointed as a trustee to the Beaufort County Board of Education. Plus two schools in Bluffton were named in his honor. His daughter, Sarah Riley Hooks, was born on
Town of Bluffton to restore Sarah Riley Hooks Cottage in Historic District
Town of Bluffton purchases Sarah Riley Hooks Cottage for $475,000 Share Updated: 5:47 PM EST Jan 27, 2021
Town of Bluffton purchases Sarah Riley Hooks Cottage for $475,000 Share Updated: 5:47 PM EST Jan 27, 2021
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Show Transcript 430- THOUSAND DEATHS, ACCORDING TO JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY. ALL NEW AT 530 THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON IS WORKING TO PRESERVE HISTORICALLY- SIGNIFICANT HOMES AND BUILDINGS IN THE HISTORIC DISTRICT. THAT S WHY THE TOWN JUST BOUGHT THE SARAH RILEY HOOKS COTTAGE AT 76 BRIDGE STREET. THE HOUSE WAS BUILT IN 19-40 BY A PROMINENT BLUFFTON MAN - MICHAEL C. RILEY - WHO WAS THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN APPOINTED TRUSTEE TO THE BEAUFORT COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION. HIS DAUGHTER - SARAH RILEY HOOKS - LIVED IN THE FAMILY HOME HER ENTIRE LIFE - AND WAS ONE OF THE FIRST HOME HEALTH CARE NURSES IN BLUFFTON. SOT MAYOR LISA SULKA, TOWN O