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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Richland County, South Carolina
Adjacent to Richland County, South Carolina
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GEOGRAPHIC SORT
| On Kennerly Road near Broad River Road (U.S. 176), on the right when traveling south. |
| | St. Paul Church
One of the first black churches after the Civil War, St. Paul AME began as Oak Grove African Methodist Episcopal Church. Local tradition says that the original small congregation worshipped in the 1850s in the "Bush Arbor;" . . . — — Map (db m35996) HM |
| On McNulty Road near Boney Road, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Bethel Baptist Church was founded in 1884 by black members of nearby Sandy Level Baptist Church seeking to organize a separate congregation. They met at first in a brush arbor, then built a frame sanctuary here in 1892. It was covered in granite . . . — — Map (db m43391) HM |
| On Main Street / Wilson Boulevard (U.S. 21), on the left when traveling north. |
| | The first school built here c.1890 was a two-room frame building that was replaced c.1918 by a two-story brick school. In 1921 another classroom building and an auditorium were added. The federal Works Progress Administration helped fund several . . . — — Map (db m138341) HM |
| On Longford Road (State Highway 40-54), on the left when traveling east. |
| | (Front text)
This house was built ca. 1855 for George P. Hoffman (1829-1902), a native of N.C. Hoffman ran a nearby sawmill and became the first postmaster of Doko (as Blythewood was first known) in 1856. This area was part of Fairfield . . . — — Map (db m42607) HM |
| On Winnsboro Road, on the left when traveling north. |
| | The congregation at Little Zion dates to c. 1832, when enslaved individuals worshipped in white-controlled churches. After emancipation, these former slaves founded independent congregations like this one. A group led by Doctor Entzminger purchased . . . — — Map (db m123500) HM |
| On N. Melton Road, (Sandfield Road) near Russ Brown Road, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Sandfield Baptist Church
Twenty-Five Mile Creek Church, a Primitive Baptist congregation, was organized in this area before 1772. It was renamed Sandfield Church by ca. 1830 and the mother church for Cedar Creek, Harmony, Jackson Creek, and . . . — — Map (db m43103) HM |
| On Blythewood Road (State Highway 40-59) near Locklier Road, on the right when traveling west. |
| | (Front text)
Twenty-Five Mile Creek Church, a Primitive Baptist congregation, was organized in this area before 1772. The mother church for several area Baptist churches, it was renamed Sandfield ca. 1830 and stood about 3 mi. E. Sandfield . . . — — Map (db m42996) HM |
| On Hampton Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Temporary wartime home of Gen. and Mrs. James Chesnut. Here they entertained Jefferson Davis, president, C. S. A., and his staff, October 5, 1864. President Davis addressed the citizens of Columbia from the front steps of this cottage. — — Map (db m27960) HM |
| Near S. Main Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| | In April 1786 Alexander Gillon, Henry Pendleton, Richard Winn, Richard Hampton, and Thomas Taylor, Commissioners appointed to lay out Columbia, are said to have met under an oak which grew near here. According to tradition the first court and jury . . . — — Map (db m46449) HM |
| On Washington Street near Wayne Street, on the left when traveling east. |
| | (Right panel) World War I was largly fought in trenches six feet deep along the Western Front which extended nearly four hundred miles, from Northern France to the French-Swiss border. Enemy trenches were close by and seperated from . . . — — Map (db m43912) WM |
| On Wayne Street at Whaley Street, in the median on Wayne Street. |
| | Dedicated to
The Memory Of Our Comrades
Who Gave Their Lives In
The World War
-----------------
Presented by
The people of the Pacific Community
November 11, 1930
(Followed by list of 11 names)
(Reverse side) . . . — — Map (db m42065) WM |
| On Gervais Street (U.S. 378) at Park Street, on the right when traveling west on Gervais Street. |
| | Preservation efforts in the Congaree Vista have returned historic structures to their 19th- and early-20th century appearances. A perfect example is the ca. 1900 commercial structure changed dramatically for use as an automobile tire store (seen . . . — — Map (db m134992) HM |
| Near Gervais Street (U.S. 1/378) at Gist Street. |
| |
To meet growing demands for electricity, the
Columbia Water and Power Company
constructed this power plant, the Columbia
Hydro Plant, in 1896. It replaced the 1894
power facility upstream. This Hydro Plant provided
power for city lights, . . . — — Map (db m7351) HM |
| On Henderson Street at Calhoun Street, on the left when traveling north on Henderson Street. |
| |
(side 1)
1900 Block of Henderson Street
This block features a dense collection of late 19th and early 20th c. houses historically associated with and home to African Americans. Residing here through the mid-1900s were many . . . — — Map (db m146467) HM |
| On Lincoln Street at Senate Street, on the right when traveling south on Lincoln Street. |
| | South Carolina Remembers the 2752 victims and 416 First Responders from New York City that gave their lives on September 11, 2001 — — Map (db m50333) HM |
| | In 1819 a covered bridge was built to span this part of the Saluda River. Confederate Troops burned the bridge in 1865 hoping to stop the advance of General Sherman's army.
The burning didn't halt Sherman -- he ordered the construction of a . . . — — Map (db m45031) HM |
| Near Hampton Street at Henderson Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | The Woodrow Wilson Family Home is South Carolina's only presidential site and Columbia's earliest example of historic preservation advocacy. Traditionally celebrated for its association with the nation's 28th president, this circa-1871 property also . . . — — Map (db m134993) HM |
| On Hampton Street near Wayne Street. |
| | In memory of the 2403 men
who gave their lives in
our military forces during
the attack on Pearl Harbor
and other military bases
7 December 1941
A tribute to all
U.S. Military Personnel
on this Day Of Infamy . . . — — Map (db m45075) HM |
| On Laurens Street at College Street, on the right when traveling south on Laurens Street. |
| |
(side 1)
Alexander Samuel Salley 1871-1961), the historian described as a “walking encyclopedia” of S.C. history, lived here from 1910 until his death. Salley, born in Orangeburg County, was secretary of the S.C. Historical . . . — — Map (db m72734) HM |
| Near South Beltline Boulevard at Shop Road (State Highway 768). |
| | In tribute & honor to the gallant African American heroes of of the 371st Infantry Regiment 93rd Division "Colored" of World War I.
They were South Carolinians sent into the bloody trenches of World War I. These brave black soldiers survived on . . . — — Map (db m108821) HM WM |
| |
[South Panel]:
Gang of 25 Sea Island
Cotton and Rice Negroes
by Louis De Saussure
On Thursday, the 25th Sept., 1852, at 11 o'clock A.M. will be sold by Ryan's Mart, in Chalmers Street, in the City of Charleston,
A prime . . . — — Map (db m50922) HM |
| On Harden Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | (Front) Allen University, chartered in 1880, was founded by the African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) Church. It had its origin in Payne Institute, founded in 1870 in Cokesbury, in Greenwood County. In 1880 the S.C. Conference of the A.M.E. . . . — — Map (db m53954) HM |
| On Gervais Street (U.S. 1) east of Barnwell Street, on the left when traveling east. |
| | This Greek Revival cottage, built ca. 1872, was the residence and business of Caroline Alston, a black businesswoman who lived and ran a dry goods store here as early as 1873. She purchased the house in 1888, becoming one of the few black business . . . — — Map (db m138190) HM |
| On Richland Street at Pickens Street, on the right when traveling west on Richland Street. |
| | Columbia was founded as South Carolina's second capital on March 22, 1786. Brothers James and Thomas Taylor owned much of the land that comprised the original city limits, including the tract upon which the Seibels House was erected in 1796. — — Map (db m134954) HM |
| On Laurel Street near Lincoln Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Occupying the highest point in downtown Columbia,
Arsenal Hill is named for the military academy established
here in 1842 as a companion to The Citadel in Charleston.
Since the late 1700s, this 30 block neighborhood has been
home to black and . . . — — Map (db m41643) HM |
| On Gadsden Street at Blanding Street, on the right when traveling south on Gadsden Street. |
| | Situated within the two-mile square grid that defined Columbia's original city limits in 1786, Arsenal Hill enjoys the distinction of being one of the second state capital's oldest neighborhoods. Established by the 1820's as a fashionable . . . — — Map (db m41837) HM |
| On Gervais Street (U.S. 1 - 378) at Assembly Street (U.S. 76), on the right when traveling east on Gervais Street. |
| | In 1786, when Columbia was established as the
State Capital, the General Assembly decided
that two principal thoroughfares should run
perpendicular to each other through the
center of town. One of these, Assembly Street,
was named for the . . . — — Map (db m7498) HM |
| On Gervais Street (U.S. 1/378) at Barnwell Street, on the right when traveling east on Gervais Street. |
| | This street is named for General John Barnwell, St. Helena's Parish. He was elected to the Provincial Congress of 1775-76 and to the 1776 General Assembly. A captain in the First Provincial Regiment, he was major, colonel and brigadier general in . . . — — Map (db m51236) HM |
| On Gervais Street (U.S. 1 - 378) near Sumter Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | This gun came off the Battleship Maine
The Sinking of the Maine resulted in the Spanish American War
1898 — — Map (db m7503) HM |
| On Harden Street at Blanding Street, on the left when traveling south on Harden Street. |
| | Front
Benedict College, founded in 1870 by the American Baptist Home Mission Society to educate freedmen and their descendants, was originally called Benedict Institute. It was named for Stephen and Bathsheba Benedict of Rhode Island, . . . — — Map (db m52787) HM |
| | . . . — — Map (db m50962) HM |
| | Educator and civil rights leader Benjamin Mack (1916-1970) lived in this house from the late 1950s until his death in 1970. Mack was a graduate of Booker T. Washington H.S. and S.C. State Univ. He taught at Lower Richland H.S. in the 1940s where he . . . — — Map (db m124523) HM |
| On Gervais Street near Main Street. |
| |
[North]:
Born August 11, 1847 - Died July 3, 1918
Married Sallie Starke January 8, 1868
Patriot Statesman
Governor of South Carolina 1890-1894
United States Senate 1895-1918
In the World War, Chairman Senate
Committee on . . . — — Map (db m50899) HM |
| On Whaley Street at Marion Street on Whaley Street. |
| | In 1883 members of Columbias Jewish community founded the Hebrew Cemetery Society of Columbia as an alternative to the Hebrew Benevolent Societys cemetery, which had been established in 1822. The organization purchased a 4-acre tract bounded by . . . — — Map (db m123490) HM |
| On Marion Street at Blanding Street on Marion Street. |
| | Side 1 In 1905 disagreements over religious practices divided members of Columbias Tree of Life Synagogue. Jews embracing Orthodoxy formed a new synagogue, which they named Beth Shalom (House of Peace). Meetings were held in a private home . . . — — Map (db m123492) HM |
| On Sumter Street at Taylor Street, on the right when traveling north on Sumter Street. Reported missing. |
| | (Front text)
This church, founded in 1866, was one of the first separate African-American congregations established in Columbia after the Civil War. It met in buildings on Wayne St., at Lincoln & Hampton Sts., and at Sumter & Hampton Sts. . . . — — Map (db m28074) HM |
| On Daniel Street near Willingham Drive, on the right when traveling west. |
| | This church was organized in 1835 in what was then rural Richland District. The first sanctuary here, built soon afterwards, burned in a forest fire in 1867; the cemetery dates from as early as 1862. The second sanctuary, built in 1868, was . . . — — Map (db m43709) HM |
| On Senate Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Maxcy Gregg, Confederate General and leader
in Southern Rights Movement, was born Aug. 1,
1815 in a house on this site. Member of committee
which framed the ordinance of secession, Dec. 1860;
Colonel 1st Regiment South Carolina Volunteers; . . . — — Map (db m21775) HM |
| On Main Street at Blanding Street, on the right when traveling north on Main Street. |
| | Originally named Walnut Street, Blanding Street was by 1869 renamed for Abram Blanding, a Massachusetts native who came to Columbia in 1797 to take charge of Columbia Male Academy. Blanding was admitted to the bar in 1802 and served two terms in the . . . — — Map (db m21823) HM |
| On Main Street at Blossom Street (U.S. 76), on the right when traveling north on Main Street. |
| | This street is thought to take its name from the cotton blossom. Cotton became an important commercial crop in South Carolina after the cotton gin was patented by Eli Whitney in 1794. A variety of cotton, known as Sea Island cotton and grown along . . . — — Map (db m21777) HM |
| On Blossom Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Blossom Street School Blossom Street School, at the corner of what was then Blossom & Gates (now Park) Streets, was built in 1898 as the first public school in Columbia south of Senate Street. A frame building, it was originally a school for . . . — — Map (db m30075) HM |
| |
Booker T. Washington High School
1916 - 1974
From the day it opened its doors in 1916 Booker T. Washington High School played a major roll in the life of
Columbia's black community. Originally a school with all grades, . . . — — Map (db m58983) HM |
| On Wheat Street east of Sumter Street, on the left when traveling east. |
| | BOOKER T. WASHINGTON SCHOOL
The two-story main building at Booker T. Washington School, built in 1916, stood here until 1975. At first an elementary school with grades 1-10, it became Booker T. Washington High School with grades 9-10 in 1918, . . . — — Map (db m123474) HM |
| Near 829 Richland Street at Lincoln Street. |
| | The National Register
of Historic Places
South Carolina
Department of Archives
and History:
Boylston House
& Boxwood Gardens — — Map (db m50930) HM |
| On River Drive, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Early boundary between Cherokee and Catawba Indians. Name first applied about 1745. Faust's Ford, 2 mi. above, used in Revolution. First bridge opened 1829, burned 1865 to delay Sherman's army which crossed on pontoon bridges downstream. Bridge . . . — — Map (db m123508) HM |
| On Gervais Street (U.S. 1) at Bull Street, on the right when traveling east on Gervais Street. |
| | This street was named for Brigadier General Stephen Bull (c. 1733-1800). Grandson of Lt. Gov. William Bull I, Stephen was a member of the Commons House of Assembly, the First Provincial Congress, the First General Assembly. He saw military action in . . . — — Map (db m21719) HM |
| On Main Street at Gervais Street, on the right when traveling north on Main Street. |
| |
(side 1)
Due to Columbia's strategic value, capture of the city was an objective of the Union Army during the Carolina's Campaign of 1865. By Feb. 15 Union forces had moved to within 4 miles of the city and met opposition from . . . — — Map (db m114025) HM |
| On Pendelton Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | (Front text) This house, built ca. 1910 for Columbia businessman John Jefferson Cain (1869-1929), was designed by William Augustus Edwards (1866-1939), a prominent regional architect. Cain, who moved to Columbia in 1899, became one of the . . . — — Map (db m29087) HM |
| On Devine Street (U.S. 76/378) at Wildcat Road, on the right when traveling west on Devine Street. |
| | Named in honor of Gen. Andrew Jackson. This cantonment site 1 ½ mi. north was approved by the War Dept. June 2, 1917. Maximum strength was recorded in June 1918: 3,302 officers; 45,402 men. 81st Division was trained here Aug. 29, 1917-May 18, . . . — — Map (db m30740) HM |
| On Main Street south of Taylor Street, on the left when traveling south. |
| | CANAL DIME SAVINGS BANK
This three-story building was designed by the noted Columbia architectural firm of W.B. Smith Whaley and Co. Completed in 1895 and featuring a granite facade and red barrel tile roof, the building is a rare example of . . . — — Map (db m123494) HM |
| On Assembly Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Cap. Swanson Lunsford a native of Va. and for many years a resident of Columbia, Died August 7th, 1799. Aged about forty years. He was a member of Lees Legion in the eventful period of 76. This humble tribute to his memory has been placed by . . . — — Map (db m67778) HM |
| | [North]:
Capitol Complex
Dedicated to
Robert Evander McNair
Governor
Of South Carolina
1965-1971
This Complex was Conceived
and Planned During His
Administration
"South Carolinians have a special
feeling for this . . . — — Map (db m50901) HM |
| On Harden Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Carver Theatre, built about 1941, was one of Columbias two exclusively African-American theatres during the segregation era of the mid-20th century. It was run by black operators but owned by the white-owned Dixie Amusement Company for most of its . . . — — Map (db m53952) HM |
| Near Marion Street north of Lady Street. |
| | Son of
Annie Black and Edward H. Lang
Born
Temple, Texas March 18, 1891
Died
Columbia, SC July 9, 1974
Minister in the Presbyterian Church U.S over
fifty years.
Chaplain in World War I and II.
First Chaplain in the . . . — — Map (db m46395) HM |
| On Gadsden Street at Richland Street, on the left when traveling north on Gadsden Street. |
| |
In this cemetery, 2½ blocks south, on Gadsden Street, are buried many distinguished Jewish citizens, including two mayors of Columbia: Mordecai Hendricks DeLeon (1791-1849) and Henry Lyons (1805-1858). The Benevolent Society was organized in . . . — — Map (db m28126) HM |
| Near Wayne Street at Washington Street. |
| | . . . — — Map (db m50934) HM |
| On Blanding Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Beginning in 1883 with services held in nearby private homes by Trinity Church, this Episcopal church then constructed a building on Barnwell Street, was organized into a mission, and became a separate parish in 1886. Rt. Rev. Albert S. Thomas, 9th . . . — — Map (db m28306) HM |
| On Main Street. at College Street, on the right when traveling north on Main Street.. |
| | This street, originally named Medium Street and part of the original 1786 Columbia Plan, bisected the area which was to be the campus of South Carolina College. The college, established in 1801 by an act of the General Assembly, later became the . . . — — Map (db m21848) HM |
| On Richland Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | This marker honors Colonel Thomas Taylor, Patriot of the American Revolution. It is erected during this bicentennial year of 1976 to commemorate his contribution to the educational, cultural, civic, and religious life of the people of Richland . . . — — Map (db m51187) HM |
| On Hampton Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Columbia Bible School classes began in 1923 in the towered building which once stood on this site (originally as Columbia Female College, later as the Colonia Hotel). Under the leadership of its first president, Robert C. McQuilkin, the school grew . . . — — Map (db m28303) HM |
| On Blanding Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | (Front Text): Columbia Bible College 1937-1960
In 1937 Columbia Bible College (now Columbia International University) acquired the Ainsley Hall House, designed by Robert Mills. The students housed here were trained for Christian service . . . — — Map (db m27963) HM |
| On Gervais Street (U.S. 1) near Gist Street, on the left when traveling east. |
| |
Completed 1824. Important link in the
system of waterways transporting
freight between the up country and
Charleston. Supplanted by railroads for
transportation after 1850. Leased to
Confederate Government to run powder
works. Enlarged . . . — — Map (db m11319) HM |
| On Main Street near Laurel Street. |
| | The National Register
of Historic Places
South Carolina
Department of Archives
and History:
Columbia City Hall — — Map (db m50960) HM |
| | COLUMBIA CIVIL RIGHTS SIT-INS (FRONT)
On March 15, 1960 five African American students from Benedict College – Charles Barr, David Carter, Richard Counts, Milton Greene, and Johnny Clark – were arrested after refusing to leave the . . . — — Map (db m123495) HM |
| On Harden Street at Hampton Street, on the right when traveling south on Harden Street. |
| |
Columbia Hospital "Negro Unit"
Columbia Hospital, est. 1892, opened a segregated wing for African Americans in 1934 at its Hampton St. location. In 1943, it built an expanded "Negro Unit" at the NW corner of Harden and Lady Sts. This 4-story . . . — — Map (db m158928) HM |
| On Gervais Street (U.S. 1), on the right when traveling west. |
| | (Front text)
From April 1864 to February 1865 Confederate bonds and currency were printed and processed in this building, constructed in 1863-64 for the printing and stationery firm of Evans & Cogswell. That firm, founded in Charleston, . . . — — Map (db m28531) HM |
| | (Front):
Confederate
1861 - Soldiers - 1865
Erected by The Confederate Home
Albertson, Maberry; Bethea, W. F.; Brooks, Robert; Brown, G. W.; Bozman, William; Bush, J. E.; Carter, F. M.; Cameron, W. C.; Chambers, H. A.; Connell, W. E; . . . — — Map (db m46844) HM |
| On Confederate Avenue at Bull Street, on the right when traveling west on Confederate Avenue. |
| | 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 . . . — — Map (db m46504) HM |
| On Gervais Street (U.S. 1/378), on the right when traveling west. |
| | This river took its name from the Congaree Indians, a Siouan tribe which occupied the valley until the Yamassee War in 1715. The first wooden bridge here was completed in 1827. It was burned to delay the advance of Sherman's Army in 1865, rebuilt . . . — — Map (db m7366) HM |
| On Senate Street at Lincoln Street, in the median on Senate Street. |
| |
Historically a residential, light industrial, mercantile and transportation district, the Congaree Vista is bounded by the Congaree River to the west and Assembly Street to the east. To its north lies Arsenal Hill, while the Olympia Mill . . . — — Map (db m114017) HM |
| On Washington Street near Main Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Richland County's second court house was built in 1803-04 on the northeast corner of Richardson (Main) and Washington Streets. In the 1850s, it was razed and a new court house erected on the same site. On the southeast corner was located the . . . — — Map (db m30829) HM |
| On Jim Hamilton Blvd near Airport Blvd, on the right when traveling east. |
| | (Front text)
This hangar, built in 1929 by the Curtiss-Wright Flying Service, was the first building at Owens Field, a municipal airport then 3 mi. S of the city limits. Curtiss-Wright built and operated numerous airports across America for . . . — — Map (db m55106) HM |
| On Hampton Street west of Oak Street, on the left when traveling west. |
| | From 1963 to 1979, this was the office of Dr. Cyril O. Spann (1916-1979), one of the first fully trained African American surgeons in S.C. Born in Chester, Spann fought in World War II and attended nearby Benedict College. After graduating from . . . — — Map (db m142920) HM |
| On Laurel Street near Marion Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | A fine example of the classic style in Southern domestic architecture. Built in 1820, probably after a design of Robert Mills. For almost one hundred years the home of the DeBruhl and Marshall families. — — Map (db m28629) HM |
| On Westminster Drive at Stratford Road, in the median on Westminster Drive. |
| | Known as "Diamond Hill," which was burned by Union Troops during their invasion of Columbia, February 17, 1865, was located 125 feet due south of this spot.
The stones in this monument formed part of the foundation of that home. — — Map (db m46448) HM |
| Near Hampton Street at Henderson Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Similar to the interior of their house, the Wilsons' yard was separated into public and private areas. The front garden featured a formal and ornamental landscape style intended for visitors and passersby. Private, utilitarian needs were met behind . . . — — Map (db m134996) HM |
| On Gervais Street (Highway 1/378) at Gist Street, on the right when traveling west on Gervais Street. |
| |
Symbolizing the strength and endurance of South Carolinians, these Palmetto trees commemorate the Columbia trained Doolittle Raiders whose courage and patriotism in the early hours of World War II rallied
a beleagured nation to save Western . . . — — Map (db m113534) HM |
| | General George Monck
Helped restore Charles II
Commander of Royal Forces
Colonel of Coldstream Guards — — Map (db m50958) HM |
| | Born Edward Hyde
Lord High Chancellor for Charles II
Persecuted the Dissenters
Exiled for Private Life
Daughter Married James II — — Map (db m50956) HM |
| On Devine Street near Sims Avenue, on the right when traveling west. |
| | From early days horse racing was a favorite sport in Columbia and many famous horses were bred on neighboring plantations. Columbia Jockey Club was organized by Col. Wade Hampton II and Col. Richard Singleton in 1828. Congaree Race Course was . . . — — Map (db m30213) HM |
| On Forest Drive (State Highway 12) at North Beltline Blvd (State Highway 16), on the right when traveling west on Forest Drive. |
| | In this malaria-free sandhill section were the antebellum summer homes of many Columbians: Quinine Hill (Dr. J. M. Taylor, Dr. James Davis); Hilltop (W. J. Taylor); Edgehill (B. F. Taylor); Laurel Hill (D. J. McCord); . . . — — Map (db m30246) HM |
| On Hampton Street (State Highway 12) near Lincoln Street, on the left when traveling east. |
| | On this site stood Howard School, a public school for blacks established after the Civil War. By 1869 there was a two-story frame building large enough for 800 pupils. Partially funded by the Freedmen's Bureau, the school reportedly was named for . . . — — Map (db m30254) HM |
| On Richland Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | First Lutheran congregation in Columbia. Church dedicated in this square in 1830 was burned by Union troops in 1865. It was rebuilt 1870, partly through aid of northern Lutherans, and used for Sunday School after present church was completed in 1931. — — Map (db m28073) HM |
| Near Sumter Street near College Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Named for Stephen Elliott, first president of the Bank of the State of South Carolina and noted botanist. Elliot College, a residence hall, was one of the first historic Horseshoe buildings to undergo extensive remodeling under the Horseshoe . . . — — Map (db m22241) HM |
| On Main Street at Elmwood Avenue (U.S. 76), on the right when traveling north on Main Street. |
| | This street , originally named Upper Street, was the northernmost street in the original Columbia plan. The plan of the city depicted an area two miles square divided into lots of one-half acre; eight acres were reserved for erecting public . . . — — Map (db m21850) HM |
| | J Baker Samuel Hill J C Schroeder
William Barefoot W D Hutto Sindal
Joseph Burns R Johnson A Smith
F Butler P P Killebrew J Smith
R Campbell D F McFarland Scott Nimrod Smith
A C Catlett McMaster Suber
J Darrell . . . — — Map (db m46632) HM |
| On Gadsden Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| |
The society has been in continuous existence since its organization in 1822. It was chartered 1834. Its charities are administered to the needs of the community without regard to creed or race. — — Map (db m27965) HM |
| On Washington Street near Gregg Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | (Front text) The Fair-Rutherford House, a Greek Revival cottage, stood here from ca. 1850 until it was demolished in 2004.
Built for Dr. Samuel Fair, it passed through several owners before 1905, when William H. Rutherford (1852-1910) . . . — — Map (db m58789) HM |
| On Hampton Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| |
Congregation organized 1809. Original church, built 1811 on Sumter Street corner, was burned Feb. 17, 1865 by Union troops who mistook it for the present church, built 1859, where the Secession Convention had met Dec. 17, 1860. Because of . . . — — Map (db m29209) HM |
| On Pine Street at Washington Street, on the left when traveling south on Pine Street. |
| | First Calvary Baptist Church descended from African American congregants who left First Baptist Church following the Civil War. These founding members, like many African Americans at the time, sought greater autonomy by breaking from . . . — — Map (db m123489) HM |
| On Marion Street north of Lady Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| |
First congregation organized in Columbia (1795). The churchyard, allotted as a public burying ground in 1798, was granted to this church 1813. Here are buried: D.E. Dunlap, first pastor; Chancellor H.W. DeSaussure; Jonathan Maxcy, first President . . . — — Map (db m29042) HM |
| On Marion Street near Lady Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | (Upper Medallion)
National Register of Historic Places
First Presbyterian Church
South Carolina
Department of Archives
and History
(Lower Medallion)
American Revolution Bicentennial
* Richland County Committee * . . . — — Map (db m32312) HM |
| | Men who served in the
Confederate States Army
from the congregation of
The First Presbyterian Church
Columbia, South Carolina
1861-1865
Dedicated to those who died
in gratitude to those who served
[List of 64 names] . . . — — Map (db m46440) HM |
| On Forest Drive (State Highway 12), on the right when traveling east. |
| | About 1800, Col. Thomas Taylor erected the small building, 1/4 mile upstream, where cotton goods were woven for his plantation needs. Here John and Edward Fisher later established one of the earliest spinning mills in Richland County, using slave . . . — — Map (db m30454) HM |
| | Dedicated to the Fleishman Family, whose family members have served as officers of the Columbia Hebrew Benevolent Society over four generations covering three centuries. Their untiring and devoted service to the Society has been a mitsvah benefiting . . . — — Map (db m61562) HM |
| On Blanding Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Founded 1828 by Presbyterian Synod of South Carolina and Georgia. Located here 1831. Moved to Decatur, Georgia 1925. Woodrow Wilson's father and uncle were among faculty members. Central building, erected 1823, was designed by Robert Mills as home . . . — — Map (db m28842) HM |
| On Gervais Street at Gadsden Street, on the right when traveling east on Gervais Street. |
| | This street was named for Charlestonian Christopher Gadsden, member of the 1759 Cherokee expedition, the
Commons House of Assembly, and the two Continental and Provincial congresses. He also served in several General Assemblies. During the . . . — — Map (db m28983) HM |
| On Geiger Avenue at Cardinal Street, on the right when traveling west on Geiger Avenue. |
| | In loving memory this cemetery contains Confederate Veterans and their families in the central area and State Hospital patients in surrounding locations. — — Map (db m51180) HM |
| | Sacred to the Memory of
George Elmore
who through unmatched
courage, perseverance, and
personal sacrifice brought
the legal action by which
black people may participate
in South Carolina democratic
party primary elections -- . . . — — Map (db m58187) HM |
| On Gervais Street (U.S. 1 / 378) near Main Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | During the occupation of Columbia by Sherman's army February 17-19, 1865, soldiers brickbatted this statue and broke off the lower part of the walking cane. — — Map (db m46635) HM |
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