Renovation Rodeo | Earlewood
Friday, March 28th 2025
Palladium presented Renovation Rodeo | Earlewood on Thursday, March 27, 2025, from 6:00 – 7:30 p.m. Over 40 guests toured this circa-1948 home while enjoying beer from Columbia Craft Brewing Company, wine courtesy of Republic National Distributing Company, and delicious food from Something Small Catering. Both the current and previous owners were at the event, providing stories about the home and answering questions. This event was proudly sponsored by Lizz Grimm with ERA Wilder Realty, Hardy and Brittany Childers, and Garvin Design Group.
Throughout the year, Palladium features a property that has undergone—or is undergoing—an impressive renovation. From tiny 1940s bungalows to turn-of-the-century mansions, and everything in between, these events give you a chance to tour properties, learn about their renovation, and have a great time doing it. And they're FREE for our Palladium members!
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Constructed in the spring of 1948 by owner Henry Claude Hazel, this brick veneer, minimal traditional bungalow is characteristic of the post-World War II boom in new home construction in middle-class neighborhoods across Columbia. Although established in 1910 as part of Camp Fornance, this block of Park Street remained sparsely populated until the 1940s. Hazel and his wife, Sara, ultimately purchased approximately 0.6 acres at the corner of Park and Northwood streets and built three single-family residences, including this one, and two duplexes. 3011 Park Street remained in the Hazel family until 2024.
(Image: 3011 Park Street, 1948. All historic images courtesy Diane Bozard unless otherwise noted.)
A permit pulled by carpenter Henry Claude Hazel (1905-1980) noted that 3011 Park Street’s estimated cost of construction was $5,000. He hand-dug the full-size basement, which provided the family with a space for canning and storing goods from both the backyard garden and the Hazel farm in Blythewood. Prior to the home’s construction, Henry married Sara Francis Counts (1908-1987), and the couple lived at various homes on Park Street, including 3009 and 3117, during the 1940s.
(Image: Henry and Sarah Hazel on the front port of 3011 Park Street.)
Other residents of 3011 Park Street included Sara’s mother, Ella Counts (1870-1964), and their only daughter, Margaret (1928-2024). Margaret married George L. Taylor (1924-2023) at the home in 1951, and they lived there until after the birth of their eldest daughter Diane (born 1952). Although the Taylors subsequently moved to Keenan Terrace, there were frequent visits to this residence, as seen in the pictures below. Henry and Sarah Hazel celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary here in 1978, and Henry died two years later at home.
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Margaret Hazel before her marriage to George Taylor, circa 1950. Visitors to 3011 Park Street will notice that two enclosed rooms—a porch and a laundry—now exist on either side of the entrance to the above-grade basement.
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Ella Counts with her great-granddaughter Diane Taylor at 3011 Park Street, 1952. Ella cared for Diane while Margaret worked as a shopkeeper at Tapp’s Department Store.
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Henry Claude Hazel with grandson Jimmy Taylor in the backyard of 3011 Park Street.
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Sara Counts Hazel with granddaughter Diane Taylor in in the backyard of 3011 Park Street. The family grew vegetables and had an extensive grapevine.
Margaret Hazel Taylor inherited the home following her parents’ deaths, and Diane Taylor Bozard inherited the property in 2024. She sold it to Jennifer McBroom and Chelle Hook. Operating under the social media handle “2hammeredchicks,” the couple have chronicled their restoration of the house’s key features, including flooring, windows, a telephone nook, and original door chime, while also providing timelapse “how-to” videos that showcase the amount of sweat equity it takes to retile an original fireplace or assemble and install kitchen cabinetry.
(TikTok Images: 2hammeredchicks)
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The above research was compiled by members of the Palladium Board education committee with assistance from Historic Columbia's research staff.
Event images courtesy of Historic Columbia.
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