In 2008, Allen University moved a 1903 house and promised to restore it; now it is being demolished

The building has suffered damage from years of neglect (Photos: AOL) A historic house in Columbia, South Carolina, that was once linked to generations of Black community and civil rights leaders is now being demolished after years of efforts to save it failed, AOL reported.The Robert Weston Mance House was built in 1903 and was moved two blocks in 2008 by Allen University to make room for new student dormitories. The university had promised to restore the house after moving it, but the restoration never happened.Nearly two decades later, the two-storey American Foursquare house on Heidt Street has deteriorated badly. The city has formally declared it an unsafe structure, and demolition work has now begun.The demolition follows a long legal dispute between Allen University and the city over whether the house should be torn down. The university had argued that restoring the property would be too expensive, while preservation officials said the building was still structurally sound enough to save.Links to Columbia’s Black historyThe house became known as the Mance House after Rev. Robert Weston Mance bought it in 1922 while serving as president of Allen University. He lived there with...