On St. Andrews Road at Palace Drive, on the right when traveling east on St. Andrews Road.
These four acres were conveyed to St. Andrew's Lutheran Church in 1835, and by November of that year the congregation had built and dedicated a building. It is believed that the community of St. Andrews derived its name from this church. In 1949, . . . — — Map (db m21532) HM
On East Main Street (U.S. 1) at South Lake Drive (South Carolina Highway 6), on the right when traveling south on East Main Street.
On this site or close by have stood five courthouses of Lexington District or County. In 1820 Barbara Corley deeded land in the present town for a centrally located courthouse. A later ante-bellum building was burned Feb. 17, 1865 by Sherman. Two . . . — — Map (db m22053) HM
On Sunset Boulevard (U.S. 378) at North Lucan Street, on the left when traveling east on Sunset Boulevard.
Prior to the capture of Columbia by Gen. William T. Sherman, Federal artillery shelled the city on February 16, 1865, from the batteries on this hill and in the road at this end of the Congaree River bridge. Shots were fired at the Arsenal (site of . . . — — Map (db m21652) HM
On Augusta Road (U.S. 1), on the right when traveling north.
Before the Revolution, two major trading routes came together near here. Branching to the west was the road to New Windsor Township on the Savannah. The Cherokee Path extended north to Ninety Six and south through Saxe Gotha Township on the . . . — — Map (db m43791) HM
This kitchen, built c. 1825 in Batesburg-Leesville by planter Joel Ridgell (1798-1870) whose second wife was a sister of John Fox, is almost identical to the kitchen that originally stood here from 1832 until demolished c. 1920. Each kitchen . . . — — Map (db m22034) HM
Near Gervais Street (U.S. 1/378) near Gist Street.
The first bridge at Gervais Street was a covered wooden structure built in 1827 by the Columbia Bridge Company. It remained until 1865 when Confederate soldiers burned it and other bridges to delay the
advance of Sherman's troops. Rebuilt in . . . — — Map (db m7365) HM
Built c. 1820 by the Gross family and bought by
the Lutheran Synod in 1834, this house
served as home to the Lutheran Seminary's
headmaster, Dr. Ernest Hazelius, during that
school's location here 1834-1858. Theologian,
historian, . . . — — Map (db m21954) HM
Built on this site c. 1832, this vernacular farm house was home to the family of John Fox (1805-1884), whose plantation, The Point, was located 3 miles northwest of here. Fox served as Sheriff, Clerk of Court, Representative, and Senator for . . . — — Map (db m22026) HM
Near Fox Street, on the right when traveling south.
Built on this site c. 1832, this vernacular farm house was home to the family of John Fox (1805-1884), whose plantation, The Point, was located 3 miles northwest of here. Fox served as Sheriff, Clerk of Court, Representative, and Senator for . . . — — Map (db m22032) HM
On Cromer Road at English Drive, on the right when traveling west on Cromer Road.
This is the former site of Oak Grove Colored School, est. 1900 as a public school for African Americans. It was built on a lot previously owned by John Sewell (1831-1915), a Black farmer who lived nearby. He conveyed the land to school trustees . . . — — Map (db m292445) 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
Asbury Francis Lever served in Congress, 1901–1919. On May 8, 1914, the Smith-Lever Act, introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives by Lever, was signed into law, providing for cooperative agricultural extension services to be . . . — — Map (db m9568) HM
On South Lake Drive (State Highway 6) at East Main Street (U.S. 1), on the right when traveling south on South Lake Drive.
[Southeast]
Lexington's valiant
sons
who went forth to
battle for their
country's cause.
And gave their lives
in the service of the
Confederate States.
A.D. 1861-1865.
[Crossed Swords][List of Names]
To . . . — — Map (db m22182) 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
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
[Main marker]:
In Memory of
81st Wildcat Division
which trained at Camp Sevier,
Apr to July 1918
Maj. Gen. Chas. J. Bailey,
commanding.
[Plaque at foot of marker]:
Camp Sevier
Camp Sevier, a WWI National . . . — — Map (db m8151) HM
On Wade Hampton Boulevard (U.S. 29) at Artillery Road, on the left when traveling north on Wade Hampton Boulevard.
This camp, named in honor of John Sevier, Lieut. Col., N.C. militia, 1777, Col., 1781, Brig. Gen., U.S.P.A., 1796, was approved as cantonment site May 21, 1917. The 30th Division trained here from August 28, 1917 to May 1, 1918; the 81st, from May . . . — — Map (db m10475) 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 Butler Church Road, on the right when traveling east.
At Butler Church, about one mile west, is the burial plot of the Butler family. Among the graves are those of William Butler, Captain in the American Revolution, United States Congressman, and Major General of S.C. Militia; Andrew Pickens Butler, . . . — — Map (db m81696) HM
Frame church with gallery for slaves
built 1856-1857 on land given by family of
Major General William Butler and wife, Behethland,
who had lived on these grounds
and lie buried in cemetery.
First pastor, Rev. T. Sumter Daniel.
This . . . — — Map (db m12989) HM
On Norway Road (County Highway 332) 0.3 miles west of Trojan Street (County Highway 2218), on the right when traveling west.
(front)
This is the site of the Rocky Swamp Rosenwald School, a frame three-room school built here in 1920-21 for African-American students in Neeses and vicinity. An elementary school with two to three teachers in grades 1-9, it was one of . . . — — Map (db m103398) HM
Thin black lines indicate changes in relevance. Between each pair of lines entries are ordered geographically but all have the same relevance.
* Inflectional forms of words are their plurals, singulars, and possessives as well as gramatical tenses and similar variations.
