University Hill in Columbia in Richland County, South Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)
Last Home of Wade Hampton
Erected 1938 by The Columbia Sesquicentennial Commission of 1936. (Marker Number 40-23.)
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Government & Politics • War, US Civil. A significant historical month for this entry is March 2003.
Location. 34° 0.17′ N, 81° 1.381′ W. Marker is in Columbia, South Carolina, in Richland County. It is in University Hill. Marker is on Senate Street near Barnwell Street, on the right when traveling east. 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. Barnwell Street (about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line); Gregg Street (about 600 feet away); Alston House (about 700 feet away); Wesley Methodist Church (about 700 feet away); Henderson Street (approx. 0.2 miles away); Cain- Matthews- Tompkins House (approx. 0.2 miles away); A.S. Salley House (approx. ¼ mile away); Horry-Guignard House (approx. ¼ mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Columbia.
Also see . . . From Wikipedia, Wade Hampton III. Although his views were conservative concerning the issues of secession and slavery, and he had opposed the division of the Union as a legislator, at the start of the Civil War, Hampton was loyal to his home state.... (Submitted on April 7, 2010, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina.)
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