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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Richland County, South Carolina
Adjacent to Richland County, South Carolina
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| On Washington Street west of Marion Street, on the right when traveling west. |
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Described as "Collegiate Italian Renaissance" in style, this school was designed by J. Carroll Johnson, of Urquhart and Johnson, in Columbia. The cornerstone was laid in 1915 with Gov. Richard I. Manning as a featured speaker. Final classes were . . . — — Map (db m28043) HM |
| On Pickens Street near Laurel Street, on the left when traveling south. |
| | Trustees appointed by legislature 1792 were incorporated 1795 and served as trustees for male and female academies. School located here 1827 on land given by Gov. John Taylor. Though publicly endowed, the school was conducted as a private academy . . . — — Map (db m28684) HM |
| On Hampton Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | On this corner stood the home of Dr. Robert W. Gibbes (1809-66) distinguished physician, scientist, historian, editor, antiquarian; Surgeon General of South Carolina 1861-65. The house with his notable library, art treasures and scientific . . . — — Map (db m35612) HM |
| On Sumter Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | On this spot stood the original President's House completed
in 1807. The house served as the residence of every University president from Johnathan Maxcy to William S. Currell. It was the site of a variety of University . . . — — Map (db m62715) HM |
| On Richland Street at Lincoln Street, on the left when traveling west on Richland Street. |
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On the SW corner of this square was located the Palmetto Armory, later called Palmetto Iron Works, originally built for converting flint and steel muskets into percussion guns. Arms and munitions were manufactured here during the Confederate War, . . . — — Map (db m21802) HM |
| On Greene Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | During Federal military occupation of South Carolina 1865-1877, this square was part of the parade ground used by United States troops. The barracks were located on this and adjacent squares. — — Map (db m45348) HM |
| On River Drive at Beaufort Street, on the left when traveling west on River Drive. |
| | Erected Feb. 17, 1914 by Wade Hampton Chapter, U.D.C.
On the spot where Mayor T.J. Goodwyn surrendered the city of Columbia to Gen. W.T. Sherman Feb. 17, 1865
Councilmen O.Z. Bates • Samuel Leapheart John Stork • John McKenzie W.B. Stanley • . . . — — Map (db m46453) HM |
| On Gervais Street (U.S. 1), on the right when traveling east. |
| | Established March 10, 1862 by a group of Columbia women to care for sick and wounded Confederate soldiers. Supported by voluntary contributions. About 75,000 men were cared for before the hospital was closed February 15, 1865. "From this little . . . — — Map (db m29805) HM |
| | Friends of Libraries U.S.A.
Literary Landmarks Register
University of
South Carolina
Site where
James Dickey
Wrote Deliverance and other
major works from 1969-1997
is designated a Literary . . . — — Map (db m59166) HM |
| On Gervais Street (U.S. 1/378) at Main Street, on the right when traveling east on Gervais Street. |
| | ( West Face)
To South Carolina's Dead
Of The
Confederate Army
1861 1865
( North face)
This monument
perpetuates the memory ,
of those who
true to the instincts of their birth,
faithful to the teachings of . . . — — Map (db m17048) HM |
| On Two Notch Road (U.S. 1) at Ogden Street, on the right when traveling south on Two Notch Road. |
| | 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 . . . — — Map (db m43644) HM |
| On Lincoln Street at Calhoun Street, on the right when traveling south on Lincoln Street. |
| | (Front text) This garden was established in 1944 by the Garden Club of South Carolina. It was the first memorial garden in the U.S. created by a state garden club in honor and in memory of those who served in World War II. Sarah P. Boylston . . . — — Map (db m32784) HM |
| On Bull Street (U.S. 76) at Elmwood Avenue, in the median on Bull Street. |
| | Institution authorized 1821 by General Assembly, mainly through the work of two members, Samuel Farrow and William Crafts, Jr. The original building, on right, designed by Robert Mills, shows a pioneer grasp of the ideas of humanitarian treatment. — — Map (db m37004) HM |
| On Bull Street (U.S. 76) near Elmwood Avenue (U.S. 321,21). |
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(Upper Plaque) Original Building
South Carolina State Hospital
Designed by Robert Mills
150 Years
Healing With Concern
1822 - 1972
South Carolina Department
Of Mental Health
(Lower Left Medallion)
The National . . . — — Map (db m36118) HM |
| On Gadsden Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| | In memory of the sons and daughters of South Carolina who lost their lives in the service of their country in Vietnam. — — Map (db m13489) HM |
| On Assembly Street (State Highway 48), on the right when traveling south. |
| | [Flag Base]:
In Honor of
South Carolina Veterans
of the United States Armed Forces
[South Bench Inscription]
Dedicated - Veterans Day
November 11, 2005
United States Army
United States Marine Corps
United States Navy . . . — — Map (db m46625) HM |
| On Pendleton Street, on the right when traveling west. |
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[North Face]:
To The
South Carolina Women
Of The Confederacy
1861-1865
—
Reared
By The Men Of Their State
1909-11
[West face]:
In this monument
Generations unborn shall hear the voice
Of a grateful . . . — — Map (db m21928) HM |
| On Assembly Street (State Highway 48). |
| | The cannon that was mounted on this granite base of the Spanish-American War Monument was removed in 1942 and contributed as scrap-iron for use in World War II. — — Map (db m46597) HM |
| Near Gervais Street at Main Street, in the median. |
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[West Plaque]:
Spanish War Veterans Insignia
[South Plaque]:
South Carolina Troops
in the Spanish-American War
First South Carolina Volunteer Infantry
Second South Carolina Volunteer Infantry
Anderson's Battery . . . — — Map (db m50923) HM |
| On Assembly Street near Taylor Street (South Carolina Highway 12), on the right when traveling south. |
| | First church built 1824; present church 1906. In the churchyard is buried John R. Niernsee (1823-85), Major C. S. A.; architect of the State House. Ursuline convent located SE corner Main and Blanding streets 1858-65; Valle Crucis 1865-87; . . . — — Map (db m32749) HM |
| On Assembly Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| | (Upper Medallion)
American Revolution Bicentennial
* Richland County Committee *
Landmark 78
(Lower Medallion)
National Register of Historic Places
St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church
South Carolina . . . — — Map (db m32280) HM |
| On Calhoun Street at Lincoln Street, on the right when traveling east on Calhoun Street. |
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(Side 1)
St. Timothy’s Episcopal Church dates to 1892 and is the third oldest Episcopal parish in Columbia. It began as a mission to provide Sunday School for the children of Arsenal Hill. As the congregation grew the church moved, first . . . — — Map (db m138394) HM |
| On Geddes Street at Pulaski Street, on the right when traveling east on Geddes Street. |
| | (Front text) This building, built in 1863-64 and burned by Federal troops in 1865, was rebuilt in 1872 as a cotton batting factory and warehouse. It burned again in 1897, leaving only the outer walls. In 1898 the S.C. State Dispensary, . . . — — Map (db m29844) HM |
| Near Pendleton Street north of Main Street. |
| | [East Inscription]:
A Century of Service
Born December 5, 1902 in Edgefield, South Carolina, Strom Thurmond provided nearly a century of service to the Palmetto State and to this nation. Highlights of his extraordinary life include: . . . — — Map (db m46598) HM |
| On Gervais Street (U.S. 1/378) at Sumter Street, on the right when traveling east on Gervais Street. |
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[Front text]:
A Virginia native who came to South
Carolina ca. 1765, General Thomas
Sumter was a leader in civil as well
as military affairs. He served in the
First and Second Provincial
Congresses, in the S.C. General
Assembly, . . . — — Map (db m7651) HM |
| On Richland Street near Barnwell Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | In 1786 the State of South Carolina
purchased for a part of the site of
Columbia, the plantation of Col.
Thomas Taylor (1743-1833), Revolutionary
soldier. His house was situated near the
S-E corner of Richland and Barnwell
Streets, across . . . — — Map (db m29870) HM |
| On Main Street at Taylor Street (South Carolina Highway 12), on the right when traveling north on Main Street. |
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[Front Text]:
Named for the Taylor family, this street is one of the original streets in the 1786 Columbia plan. Thomas Taylor was a member of the first and second Provincial Congresses, the General Assembly, and was a trustee of S.C. . . . — — Map (db m21812) HM |
| Near National Guard Road. |
| | This 10 inch Columbiad Cannon defended Charleston Harbor from 1863 until the end of the War Between the States in 1865. It has a smooth, non-rifled, bore and fires a 10 inch round ball weighing 104 pounds. The markings on this cannon tell a . . . — — Map (db m51733) HM |
| On Hampton Street at Park Street, on the right when traveling east on Hampton Street. |
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Originally built 1907-1910 as the House of Peace Synagogue and located 100 yards south, this building was sold in1936 and shortly thereafter became a black nightclub known as the Big Apple. A dance by this name originated here and soon swept the . . . — — Map (db m21900) HM |
| On Saluda Avenue at Blossom Street, in the median on Saluda Avenue. |
| | In Memory of The Boys of Richland County who made the Supreme Sacrifice in World War II
Erected by the Civic Department of the Woman’s Club of Columbia
Dedicated April 20, 1947 — — Map (db m52272) HM |
| On Hampton Street near Wayne Street. |
| | זכרר
Remember
(Star of David)
In Sacred
Memory
Of The
6,000,000
(Map Included)
(Left Panel)
During the Holocaust, 1933 - 45, six million European Jews were murdered by Nazi Germany and its . . . — — Map (db m44184) HM |
| On Gervais Street (U.S. 1) at Main Street, on the left when traveling west on Gervais Street. |
| | The East-West Streets In The City Of Columbia
The streets of Columbia running from east to west (with a few exceptions) were named for products important in the State's economy, for the two Taylor plantations on which the new Capitol was . . . — — Map (db m7487) HM |
| | The symbolism of the number "8" in South Carolina's history and government is probably a coincidence; it began with Charles II's appointment of eight (8) Lords Proprietors for the Carolinas. They are named in the fountain placques.
Then there . . . — — Map (db m50936) HM |
| | The Fountain was Given
to the People of South Carolina
In Honor of
William Elliott Gonzales
1866 - 1937
A Founder and Editor of
The State — — Map (db m50955) HM |
| Near Sumter Street near College Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | The Euphradian Society Hall, established in 1806, moved into an elegant new hall on the third floor of Harper College in 1848. The hall resounded with orations and debates for over one hundred and thirty years, until the Society became inactive in . . . — — Map (db m22237) HM |
| On Harden Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| | (Front text)
The Lighthouse & Informer, long the leading black newspaper in S.C., was a weekly published here from 1941 to 1954 by journalist and civil rights advocate John Henry McCray (1910-1997). McCray, who founded and paper “so . . . — — Map (db m35824) HM |
| On Gervais Street (U.S. 1) at Main Street, on the right when traveling east on Gervais Street. |
| | The North-South Streets in The City Of Columbia
The north-south streets, laid out in the two mile square of the orininal city of Columbia in 1786, were named (except for Assembly) for generals and officers who fought in the American Revolution. . . . — — Map (db m7476) HM |
| Near Sumter Street near College St, on the right when traveling north. |
| | This was the first separate college library building erected in the United States.The architect of the exterior is not known, but the reading room is copied from Bulfinch's Library of Congress. The central portion was completed in May 1840, the fire . . . — — Map (db m21938) HM |
| Near Sumter Street near College Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | The central portion of this structure is the oldest freestanding college library in the United States and has served continuously as a library since its completion in 1840. It is based upon design elements by South Carolina native and . . . — — Map (db m22093) HM |
| Near Gervais Street (U.S. 1 & 378) near Main Street. |
| | (Front text):
Columbia was founded in 1786, replacing Charleston as the state capital. The first State House here, built in 1789, was a small wooden building just W. of this site. Construction on this State House, designed by John R. . . . — — Map (db m7381) HM |
| Near Gervais Street (U.S. 1) at Main Street. |
| | (Left Inscription)
Construction of this State House was begun in 1855 and continued uninterruptedly to February 17, 1865 when Sherman burned Columbia.
Work was resumed in 1867 and carried on irregularly to 1900.
(Right . . . — — Map (db m7372) HM |
| On Blossom Street near Barnwell Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | The 77th Infantry Division trained at Fort Jackson in 1942 and fought on Guam, Leyte, Kerama Retto, Ie Shima and Okinawa. Returning to Cebu, they took 6,500 Japanese prisoners. They then returned to occupy Hokkaido, Japan where the division was . . . — — Map (db m53923) HM |
| On Richland Street near Barnwell Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| |
Thomas Taylor
1743 - 1833
Member of Provincial Congresses 1775
and 1776; Colonel of Militia under General
Thomas Sumter in the American Revolution;
Senator in the Jacksonborough Assembly;
member of S.C. Convention which . . . — — Map (db m30011) HM |
| Near Henderson Street north of Hampton Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Drawn in 1872, Camille Drie's bird's eye map of Columbia tells a lot about the neighborhood in which the Wilson family settled. Details include their property with its main house, kitchen building and a small outbuilding. On neighboring plots to the . . . — — Map (db m134994) HM |
| On Sumter Street north of Pendelton Street, on the right when traveling north. |
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(Side 1)
The Town Theatre was founded in 1919 by public-spirited Columbians who yearned for a community theatre. Daniel A. Reed, the first director, was an actor and director stationed at Camp Jackson during WWI. The first home for the . . . — — Map (db m138393) HM |
| On Woodrow Street at Heyward Street, on the right when traveling north on Woodrow Street. |
| | In 1896 members of 18 Jewish families assembled to worship at the Independent Fire Company’s station overlooking Sidney Park. Organized as Etz Chayim (Tree of Life), this group’s members embraced Judaism’s Reform branch or liberal movement. In 1907, . . . — — Map (db m123491) HM |
| On Sumter Street, on the left when traveling south. |
| | Parish organized 1812. Original Church dedicated 1814; Present church 1846. In the churchyard lie buried three Wade Hamptons; Thomas Cooper, Educator; Henry Timrod, Poet; W.C. Preston, U.S. Senator; Five Governors of S.C.: Three Mannings, Hampton . . . — — Map (db m11246) HM |
| On Sumter Street near College Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Chartered in 1801 as the S.C. College, opened January 10, 1805. Entire student body volunteered for Confederate service, 1861. Soldiers' Hospital, 1862 - 65. Rechartered as U. of S.C. in 1865. Radical Control 1873-77. Closed 1877- 80. College of . . . — — Map (db m21918) HM |
| | (East):
Soldiers of the Confederate States
(South):
“The death of men is not the death of rights that urged them to the fray.”
(West):
A loving memory from the Richland Memorial Association
. . . — — Map (db m46628) HM |
| On Washington Street near Wayne Street, on the left when traveling east. |
| | U.S.S. Columbia CL-56
Commissioned 29 July 1942
Decommissioned 30 November 1946
Upper Plaque
The Secretary of the Navy takes pleasure in commending the
United States Ship Columbia
For service as follows:
" For . . . — — Map (db m44216) HM WM |
| Near Hampton Street at Henderson Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Woodrow Wilson's mother, Janet "Jessie" Wilson, is said to have planned their new home's landscape. Garden design during the 1870s sought to extend a home's interior beyond its windows by arranging plantings in a way that was visually appealing to . . . — — Map (db m134995) HM |
| On Washington Street west of Parks Street. |
| | Victory Savings Bank, founded in 1921, was the first, and for many years the only, black-owned bank in S.C. It was chartered by I.S. Joseph as president and I.S. Leevy and C.E. Stephenson as vice presidents, and opened at 1107 Washington St. in the . . . — — Map (db m123481) HM |
| On Main Street at Lady Street, on the right when traveling south on Main Street. |
| | The flags and flagpoles on this
building are dedicated to the
men who served in Viet Nam and
particularly to the gallant men
who were prisoners or gave their
lives in the defense of freedom.
We recognize their devotion to
their country . . . — — Map (db m50959) HM |
| On Hampton Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | (Front text)
This house, built after 1900, was originally a two-story frame residence with a projecting bay and wraparound porch; a fire in 1989 destroyed the second story. Barrett Visanska (1849-1932), a jeweler, bought the house in 1913. . . . — — Map (db m119157) HM |
| | [East Face]
Commander
of
The Hampton Legion
Lieutenant General
C.S.A.
[Lower Plaques]:
[Trevilian] [Seven Pines] [Burgess Mill] [First Manassas] [Gettysburg]
[North Face]
To
Wade Hampton
Born
March . . . — — Map (db m28797) HM |
| On Sumter Street at Gervais Street, on the right when traveling north on Sumter Street. |
| | B. ca. 1751 – D. 1835 Planter, Congressman, Soldier, served as: Col. Light Dragoons in Revolution Member S. C. General Assembly, 1779-84 Member Congress, 1795-97, 1803-05 U. S. Army, 1808-13, resigning as Maj. Gen. Erected, 1977 S. C. Society . . . — — Map (db m67481) HM |
| On Main Street at Washington Street, on the right when traveling north on Main Street. |
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This street is named for George Washington, commander of the Continental Army throughout the Revolution, first President of the United States, and president of the 1787 Constitutional Convention. Early in his presidency, Washington toured the . . . — — Map (db m21768) HM |
| On Marion Street near Washington Street, on the left when traveling south. |
| | Washington
Street Methodist Church
The Congregation
Ministers Here
Left Medallion
United Methodist
Historic Site
No. 139
Center Medallion
National Register of
Historic Places
Washington Street . . . — — Map (db m28570) HM |
| On Marion Street at Washington Street, on the right when traveling north on Marion Street. |
| | A church was built here between 1803 and 1805; another church, erected 1832, was burned by Union troops in 1865 and reconstructed in 1866 of salvaged brick and clay mortar. Present church dedicated 1875. Bishop Wm. Capers (1790-1855), founder of . . . — — Map (db m28794) HM |
| On Harden Street at Hampton Street, on the right when traveling north on Harden Street. |
| | (Front text) Waverly has been one of Columbia’s most significant black communities since the 1930s. The city’s first residential suburb, it grew out of a 60-acre parcel bought by Robert Latta in 1855. Latta’s widow and children sold the . . . — — Map (db m53953) HM |
| On Gervais Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Waverly Five and Dime) The Waverly Five & Dime, located here until about 1957, was managed 1945-48 by George A. Elmore (1905-1959), the African American plaintiff in a landmark voting rights case soon after World War II. Elmore ran this store . . . — — Map (db m58181) HM |
| On Gervais Street (US 1, US 76, US 378) at Barnwell Street, on the right when traveling west on Gervais Street (US 1, US 76, US 378). |
| | (Front text) Wesley Methodist Church is the oldest African American Methodist congregation in Columbia. It was founded in 1869 by Rev. J.C. Emerson and was a separate black congregation instead of forming from an established white church. . . . — — Map (db m29262) HM |
| On William Earle Berne Beltway (Interstate 77 at milepost 6) at Shop Road, on the right when traveling south on William Earle Berne Beltway. |
| | Named in 1980 by the South Carolina State Highways and Public Transportation Commission in recognition of Dr. Berne’s distinguished service during three terms as a member of the Highway Commission representing the Fifth Highway District (Richland . . . — — Map (db m52107) HM |
| On Gervais Street (U.S. 1) near Williams Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Williams Street
This street was named for Otho H. Williams, Brig. Gen. Of Continental Army during the American Revolution. Williams served as adjutant general under Southern Army commanders Gates and Greene and saw military action in the . . . — — Map (db m11247) HM |
| On Hampton Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | [ United States Emblem ]
Woodrow Wilson
World War President
Lived here in the home of
His parents
Dr. and Mrs. Jos. Ruggles Wilson
1871- 1874
Erected as a memorial by the
South Carolina Department
of the . . . — — Map (db m28100) HM |
| On Hampton Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Built by 1872, this house was the boyhood home of Woodrow Wilson (1856-1924), twenty-eighth President of the United States (1913-21). It was constructed by his parents, the Reverend Joseph Ruggles Wilson and Jessie Woodrow Wilson, when they lived in . . . — — Map (db m28019) HM |
| On Garners Ferry Road (U.S. 76/378), on the right when traveling west. |
| | 1 ½ mi. south was Woodlands, built before 1800 by Wade Hampton, I (1752-1835), Colonel in Revolution, Major General in War of 1812. ¼ mi. north was Millwood, built before 1820 by Wade Hampton II (1791-1858), aide to Gen. Jackson, War of 1812. . . . — — Map (db m52477) HM |
| Near Hampton Street at Henderson Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | President Woodrow Wilson signed the Federal Farm Loan Act of 1916 to aid farmers in need of credit. This legislation created the nationwide Farm Credit System which included the Federal Land Bank of Columbia, the forerunner of today's AgFirst Farm . . . — — Map (db m134985) HM |
| On Washington Street at Gadsden Street, on the left when traveling east on Washington Street. |
| | Zion Baptist Church first organized in 1865 and met in a humble dwelling on Gadsden St. The congregation moved to this site in 1871. The current sanctuary, the second on this spot, was built in 1916. Zion Baptist has long served as a center for . . . — — Map (db m123486) HM |
| On Walter Hills Road near Fairfield Road (U.S. 321), on the right when traveling west. |
| | This African-American church was
organized ca. 1865 when four men
left Sandy Level Baptist Church,
founded before the Revolution with
both white and black members, to
form their own congregation. They
elected Rev. Joe Taylor as . . . — — Map (db m63303) HM |
| | This Confederate camp of instruction was once located about 1 mi. NW at Lightwood Knot Springs, site of a popular resort prior to the War Between the States. — — Map (db m30192) HM |
| On Decker Boulevard 0.2 miles south of North Trenholm Road, on the right when traveling south. |
| | (side 1)
Dentsville Consolidated School opened at this site in 1926. The brick building was the first school in the newly created Richland Two school district and served students who had previously attended numerous, smaller schools in the . . . — — Map (db m123497) HM |
| On Main Street (State Highway 764) near Weston Street, on the left when traveling west. |
| | (Front text) Eastover, so named for being “east and over” from Columbia, was a small rural community of the mid-19th century that grew into a town after the Wilmington, Columbia, & Augusta RR completed its line through this area . . . — — Map (db m37364) HM |
| On Kensington Mansion Driveway at McCords Ferry Road (U.S. 601) on Kensington Mansion Driveway. |
| | (Front text)
This plantation on the Wateree River features a remarkable Italianate Revival house built in 1852-54. Designed by Charleston architects Edward C. Jones and Francis D. Lee, it was built for Matthew Richard Singleton (1817-1854) . . . — — Map (db m33260) HM |
| On McCords Ferry Road (U.S. 601), on the right when traveling north. |
| | This church, organized by 1835, met first in a brush arbor 1 ½ mi. N., then constructed a sanctuary on this site shortly thereafter. Its first pastor was Rev. Anderson Burns, and its original trustees were Joseph and Robert Collins, Barnes . . . — — Map (db m29316) HM |
| On Jackson Blvd. near Kelly Street, on the left when traveling south. |
| | Near this site on 15 March 1943 the 106th Infantry Division was officially activated and became known as the "Golden Lion Division." Although badly mauled in the "Battle of the Bulge," the division stubbornly continued to fight on. The 106th saw . . . — — Map (db m59236) HM |
| On Jackson Blvd. at Forney Road, on the left when traveling south on Jackson Blvd.. |
| | "It shall be done"
The "Dixie" Division, created in 1917, spent most of World War II as a training division, with some units training at Ft. Jackson, but later saw combat in the Philippines 1944-45. The postwar "Dixie" Division, composed . . . — — Map (db m59248) HM |
| On Jackson Blvd., on the right when traveling north. |
| | The "Statue of Liberty Division" was reviewed by England's Winston Churchill and President Franklin D. Roosevelt after it was reactivated here in 1942. The 77th fought in World War II Pacific campaigns of Guam, Leyte, Kerama Retto Islands, and . . . — — Map (db m59252) HM |
| On Jackson Blvd., on the right when traveling north. |
| | This stone was part of the piers supporting
the historic Ludendorff Bridge which
once spanned the Rhine River at
Remagen, Germany. A forward patrol of
the US 9th Armored Division captured
the bridge in a surprise attack on
March 7, 1945, . . . — — Map (db m59296) HM |
| On Jackson Blvd. near Dearing Loop, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Darby Field
Named in honor of
Brigadier General William O. Darby, U.S.Army
Killed in action
1945
Erected June 1979
By his West Point classmates, USMA 1933
And the William O. Darby Ranger Memorial Foundation
To honor his . . . — — Map (db m59297) HM |
| On Jackson Blvd., on the right when traveling south. |
| | At this site on 15 November 1942, Maj. Gen. W. A. Burress received the 100th Infantry Division colors, marking the official activation of the "Century Division." After a distinguished World War II record in southern France and Germany, the 100th was . . . — — Map (db m59240) HM |
| On Jackson Blvd., on the right when traveling north. |
| | Formed 1890 as the Essex Troop of Lt. Cavalry; mustered into the N.J. National Guard in 1893. After World War I service, became 102nd Cav. in 1921. Reorganized 1940 as 102nd Cav. (Horse- Mechanized); mobilized for active duty in World War II and . . . — — Map (db m59237) HM |
| On Jackson Blvd. near Davis Circle, on the left when traveling south. |
| | The “Golden Griffon” Division was created in 1946 as the 108th Airborne Division of the Army Reserve. It was reorganized as an infantry division in 1952, as a training division in 1956, and as an institutional training division in 1993. . . . — — Map (db m59234) HM |
| On Jackson Blvd. near Cleburne Street, on the left when traveling south. |
| | The "Yankee" Division, which saw extensive combat in World War I, was mobilized for active duty in World War II in January 1941. It trained here in 1942-43 and again in 1944, leaving 16 August 1944 for Europe. As part of 3rd Army the division was . . . — — Map (db m59251) HM |
| On Jackson Blvd., on the right when traveling south. |
| | (Front text) After a brilliant combat record in World War I and 14 years of dedicated National Guard service, the "Old Hickory" Division was mobilized at Fort Jackson, S. C. on 16 September 1940. During World War II, the 30th Division . . . — — Map (db m59247) HM |
| On Jackson Blvd. near Daniel Street, on the left when traveling south. |
| | Organized in 1917, the 4th Infantry Division was stationed in this area at Ft. Jackson during World War II and received its final training here for the June 6, 1944 D-Day invasion of Normandy. The division was one of the first on the beaches. The . . . — — Map (db m59246) HM |
| On Jackson Blvd. near Forest Drive, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Activated at Camp McCain, Miss. in 1942, the "Golden Acorn" Division trained at this site in 1944. The division distinguished itself in the Ardennes, the Rhineland, and Central Europe during the Battle of the Bulge, the assault of the Sauer, . . . — — Map (db m59253) HM |
| On Jackson Blvd. near Johnson Street, on the left when traveling south. |
| | Activated in 1918 and inspected by Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower and Lt. Gen. George S. Patton during World War II, the 8th landed in France 28 days after D-Day (the invasion of Normandy) and participated in three other campaigns during the war. The . . . — — Map (db m59249) HM |
| On Lee Street near Hood Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Fort Jackson Elementary School
Fort Jackson Elementary School was one of the first public schools in S.C. to desegregate when classes began on
September 3, 1963. The first school on post and one of the first permanent buildings at Fort . . . — — Map (db m59230) HM |
| On Bluff Road (State Highway 48) near State Highway 40-2529, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Named in honor of James Gadsden President of the Louisville, Cincinnati and Charleston Railroad. Station built here 1840 was the first railroad station in Richland County. A stage line ran to Columbia until 1842 and to Camden until 1848. — — Map (db m29943) HM |
| On Congaree Road (State Highway 769), on the right when traveling west. |
| | Gov. of S.C. 1854-56, lived near here in his home named Live Oak, which burned ca. 1910. Adams is buried nearby at St. John's Church. — — Map (db m30928) HM |
| On Congaree Road / Air Base Road / Robert H. Morrell (State Highway 769), on the right when traveling west. |
| | Air Base Road
between Old Hopkins Road
and Bluff Road
Named in 1990 by action
of the General Assembly
in honor of
General
Robert Hanly Morrell
lifetime resident of
Horrell Hill
whose military career
spanned 40 years . . . — — Map (db m31981) HM |
| On Fork Church Road (State Highway 40-1314), on the right when traveling west. |
| | (Front text)
This church building was dedicated in May 1884 by Dr. John L. Girardeau. The congregation of 11 members, including 2 elders and 1 deacon, was organized on the Sabbath Day, November 16, 1883 by the Charleston Presbytery. In . . . — — Map (db m43707) HM |
| On Lower Richland Blvd. near Barberville Loop Road, on the right when traveling north. |
| |
(Front text)
In 1872 Samuel Barber (d. 1891) and his wife Harriet (d. 1899), both former slaves, bought 42 1/2 acres here from the S.C. Land Commission, established in 1869 to give freedmen and freedwomen the opportunity to own land. . . . — — Map (db m38083) HM |
| On Barberville Loop Road, on the left when traveling south. |
| | The Harriet Barber House, the home of
Reverend Samuel Barber and his wife
Harriet McPherson Barber, is significant
for its association with the South Carolina
Land Commission during the late nineteenth
century. Samuel Barber purchased a . . . — — Map (db m38823) HM |
| On Lower Richland Blvd. at Hopkins Road-Back Swamp Road, on the right when traveling north on Lower Richland Blvd.. |
| | (Front text) This rural community grew up around the plantation of John Hopkins (1739-1775). Hopkins, a native of Virginia, settled here in 1764. A surveyor and planter, he was later a delegate to the First Provincial Congress of 1775. . . . — — Map (db m37547) HM |
| | New Light Beulah Baptist Church was organized in 1867 when 565 African American members withdrew from Beulah Baptist Church. Before the Civil War enslaved people composed the majority of the Beulah congregation. After emancipation they left to form . . . — — Map (db m123496) HM |
| On Garners Ferry Road (U.S. 76, 378) near Horrell Hill Road (South Carolina Highway 86), on the right when traveling east. |
| | 300 yards north is the site of the Richland County Court House built about 1794; abandoned when county courts were abolished 1798. Corn was ground in 1781 for Sumter's army at John Marshall's Mill, on Cedar Creek, ¾ mi. east. There has been a mill . . . — — Map (db m30163) HM |
| On Broad River Road (U.S. 176) near Sease Road, on the right when traveling north. |
| | The organization date of this Lutheran church is unknown. In 1788, however, Bethlehem and fourteen other churches signed the articles of the "Corpus Evangelicum," an early church supervising body. By 1815, Bethlehem's first known building had been . . . — — Map (db m42197) HM |
| On Broad River Road (U.S. 176), on the right when traveling north. |
| | Julius Rosenwald, Chicago philanthropist and president of Sears, Roebuck & Co., (1910-1925), helped fund this black school, built 1918. The original two-room structure was named in Rosenwald's honor and the school's curriculum eventually included . . . — — Map (db m42157) HM |
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