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Commission offers chance to buy pieces of history
Items salvaged from old homes go on sale Saturday morning in Mt. Pleasant
Looking for unique architectural pieces for your home?
The Mt. Pleasant Historic Preservation Commission is offering things members have salvaged from old homes in the area. They will be on sale Saturday, a fundraiser for the commission.
These include antique doors, windows, porch posts, a claw foot bathtub, cast iron radiators, leaded glass cabinet doors and banisters.
An old cabinet that was built into a house features leaded glass doors on the top and mirrored doors below.
The sale starts at 9 a.m. Saturday at the historic Second Baptist Church at 407 W. Saunders St. in Mt. Pleasant.
The items for sale were salvaged from homes slated for demolition.
There are more than two dozen doors in a variety of styles and sizes available. Most have the original doorknobs and hardware on them.
Proceeds from the sale will go toward matching funds for a grant to digitize Mt. Pleasant newspapers dating from 1850.
The commission has qualified for a $26,000 grant. It needs to raise $13,000 as matching funds for the grant.
Many of the commission fundraisers over the past year have had to be canceled due to COVID-19.
On Wednesday, the items were piled on pews in the old church. Organizers are hoping for a sunny day so the many doors can be displayed outside.
A Mt. Pleasant antiques dealer is helping price the items for sale.
A leaded glass cabinet door and claw foot bathtub are available at the Saturday sale. (Jim Johnson/The Union)
A wood bannister is available at the Mt. Pleasant Historical Preservation Commission sale on Saturday. (Jim Johnson/The Union)
There are more than two dozen doors in a variety of styles and sizes available. Most have the original doorknobs and hardware on them. (Jim Johnson/The Union)
The cast-iron claw foot bathtub is part of the Saturday sale. (Jim Johnson/The Union)
Porch posts will be sold at the sale on Saturday. (Jim Johnson/The Union)
There are at least three cast-iron radiators for sale at the Mt. Pleasant Historical Preservation Commission sale Saturday. (Jim Johnson/The Union)
