Waverly in Columbia in Richland County, South Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)
James M. Hinton House
Photographed by Mike Stroud, 2010
1. James M. Hinton House Marker
This is the site of the home of James Miles Hinton (1891-1970), businessman, civil rights pioneer, and minister. Hinton moved to Columbia in 1939 and was elected president of the Columbia branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) that year. He was president of the S.C. State Conference of the NAACP from 1941 through 1958, as it grew from 13 chapters to 80 chapters.
Hinton helped overthrow the all-white Democratic primary in S.C. and helped plan strategy for Briggs v. Elliott, the S.C. case of those that led to Brown v. the Board of Education and school desegregation. He was often threatened, was kidnapped from Augusta in 1949, and had shots fired at his house here in 1956. Hinton was later pastor of Second Calvary Baptist Church in Columbia, and died in Augusta in 1970.
Erected 2008 by South Carolina Department of Archives and History, sponsored by the Historic Columbia Foundation, the City of Columbia, and the S.C. Department of Transportation. (Marker Number 40-142.)
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: African Americans • Civil Rights • Education
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Location. 34° 0.502′ N, 81° 0.894′ W. Marker is in Columbia, South Carolina, in Richland County. It is in Waverly. It is at the intersection of Heidt Street and Lady Street, on the right when traveling north on Heidt Street. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Columbia SC 29204, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in the Midlands. It is also in the American South and specifically in the Deep South. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the original Thirteen Colonies, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Heidt-Russell House / Edwin R. Russell (within shouting distance of this marker); Waverly Five and Dime / George Elmore and Elmore v. Rice (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Matthew J. Perry House (approx. 0.2 miles away); St. Luke's Episcopal Church (approx. 0.2 miles away); First Calvary Baptist Church (approx. Ό mile away); Cyril O. Spann Medical Office (approx. Ό mile away); Visanska-Starks House (approx. Ό mile away); Good Samaritan-Waverly Hospital (approx. Ό mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Columbia.
More about this marker. The James M. Hinton House is located in Waverly District, a National Register of Historic Places District
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Photographed by Mike Stroud, February 28, 2010
2. James M. Hinton House Marker, reverse side
Photographed by Mike Stroud, February 28, 2010
3. James M. Hinton House Marker along Heidt Street
Photographed by Mike Stroud, February 28, 2010
4. James M. Hinton House Present day site
Credits. This page was last revised on January 25, 2026. It was originally submitted on March 1, 2010, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. This page has been viewed 1,691 times since then and 33 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on March 1, 2010, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
