Cottontown/Belleview in Columbia in Richland County, South Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)

Confederate Soldiers Home

Photographed By Anna Inbody, August 21, 2011

1. Confederate Soldiers Home Site Marker

Inscription. Confederate Soldiers Home by an act of the General Assembly in 1908, an infirmary was established on this site for the infirm and destitute Confederate Soldiers and Sailors of the state in 1925. Eligibility for admission was extended to wives and widows of Confederate Veterans. The home was closed in 1957, when too few residents remained.

Erected 1970 by Wade Hampton Chapter, UDC.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Charity & Public Work • Science & Medicine • War, US Civil. In addition, it is included in the United Daughters of the Confederacy series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1908.

Location. 34° 1.233′ N, 81° 2.248′ W. Marker is in Columbia, South Carolina, in Richland County. It is in Cottontown/Belleview. Marker is at the intersection of Confederate Avenue and Bull Street, on the right when traveling west on Confederate Avenue. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Columbia SC 29201, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. S.C. Confederate Soldiers’ Home (a few steps from this marker); Geiger Ave. Cemetery (approx. 0.2 miles away); I. DeQuincey Newman Freeway (approx. 0.2 miles away); South Carolina State Hospital (approx. 0.4 miles

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away); Modjeska Simkins House (approx. half a mile away); South Carolina State Hospital, Mills Building (approx. half a mile away); Site of the Surrender of Columbia, SC (approx. half a mile away); 1900 Block of Henderson Street / William J. Sumter (approx. 0.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Columbia.

Additional commentary.
1.
The Wade Hampton Chapter dedicated this marker on March 31, 1971. Mrs. Paul H. Leonard, president of the chapter, presided over the ceremony. Dr. E. Wannamaker Hardin gave the invocation. The orator of the day was Samuel L. Latimer. H.T. Phillips, president of Phillips Granite Company of Winnsboro, SC, unveiled the five - foot marker.

— Submitted August 25, 2011, by Anna Inbody of Columbia, South Carolina.

2.
The South Carolina Confederate Soldiers' Home in Columbia opened in 1909. It was described in the Rock Hill Herald on June 2, 1909 as follows:

"The home is situated on a beautiful knoll, formerly Belleville, the homestead of

Photographed By Anna Inbody, August 21, 2011

2. Overview

Col. William Wallace's ancestors. The land is now part of the farm of the State Hospital. It is situated about a half a mile beyond Elmwood Avenue on the car line to Colonial Heights. The front of the building is a colonnade, Southern style, and the immense old trees surrounding the place give it an air of restfulness and peace and homelikeness. Twenty-one old veterans are already at home in their comfortable quarters."

— Submitted August 25, 2011, by Anna Inbody of Columbia, South Carolina.

View from the corner of Bull St and Confederate Ave image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Anna Inbody, August 21, 2011

3. View from the corner of Bull St and Confederate Ave

Confederate Soldiers Home image. Click for full size.

Courtsey of the National Archives and Records Administration, circa 1937

4. Confederate Soldiers Home

This photograph was taken in the late 1930's shortly after the grounds had been landscaped as part of a WPA beautification project. That the Federal Government would expend funds to enhance a final home for survivors of the "lost cause" who fought to leave this union must have been an irony for some of those who lived there.

Credits. This page was last revised on February 16, 2023. It was originally submitted on August 25, 2011, by Anna Inbody of Columbia, South Carolina. This page has been viewed 1,579 times since then and 57 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on August 25, 2011, by Anna Inbody of Columbia, South Carolina. • Craig Swain was the editor who published this page.