Midtown - Downtown in Columbia in Richland County, South Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)

South Carolina Female Collegiate Institute

Photographed by Anna Inbody, March 26, 2011

1. South Carolina Female Collegiate Institute Marker

Inscription. At Barhamville, about ½ mi. west of this point, a famous girls' school, founded by Dr. Elias Marks (1790-1886), was located 1828-65. Among the students were Anna Maria, daughter of John C. Calhoun; Ann Pamela Cuningham, founder of Mt. Vernon Ladies' Association; Martha Bulloch, mother of President Theodore Roosevelt.

Erected 1938 by The Columbia Sesquicentennial Commission of 1936. (Marker Number 40-33.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Education.

Location. 34° 1.639′ N, 81° 0.622′ W. Marker is in Columbia, South Carolina, in Richland County. It is in Midtown - Downtown. It is at the intersection of Two Notch Road (U.S. 1) and McFadden Street, on the right when traveling south on Two Notch Road. On Two Notch Road one block south of Ogden 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 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Diamond Hill (approx. one mile away); Gonzales Gardens (approx. one mile away); Allen Benedict Court (approx. 1.1 miles away); I. DeQuincey Newman House (approx. 1.2 miles away); Benedict College (approx. 1.2 miles away); Cyril O. Spann Medical Office

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(approx. 1.2 miles away); Visanska-Starks House (approx. 1.2 miles away); Good Samaritan-Waverly Hospital (approx. 1.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Columbia.

More about this marker. This marker is set parallel to Two Notch Road and is difficult to see except when on McFadden Street.

Photographed by Anna Inbody, March 26, 2011

2. South Carolina Female Collegiate Institute Marker

Photographed by Anna Inbody, March 26, 2011

3. South Carolina Female Collegiate Institute Marker

Photographed by Anna Inbody, March 26, 2011

4. South Carolina Female Collegiate Institute Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on February 16, 2023. It was originally submitted on June 21, 2011, by Anna Inbody of Columbia, South Carolina. This page has been viewed 1,471 times since then and 40 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on June 21, 2011, by Anna Inbody of Columbia, South Carolina. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.