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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKBG_seibels-house_Columbia-SC.html
(Front text) This house, listed in the National Register of Historic Places and probably built during the last decade of the 18th century, is one of the few remaining houses from this era in Columbia. It was purchased prior to 1860 by the Seibels …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKAQ_shandon_Columbia-SC.html
(Front text) In 1890 the Columbia Land and Investment Co. purchased farm land in this area for development, laying out streets and sidewalks in 1893. In 1894 the Columbia Electric Street Railway provided streetcars to the vicinity and built a publ…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMK8J_gladden-home-site_Columbia-SC.html
States-rights advocate Adley Hogan Gladden, who lived here before the Civil War, served Columbia as postmaster 1841-45 and was later bursar of S. C. College, captain of the Governor's Guard, and intendant of Columbia 1851-52. In 1847 he assumed co…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMK7E_early-howard-school-site_Columbia-SC.html
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 …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMK77_early-country-homes_Columbia-SC.html
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); Cooper's Hill (Thos. Cooper);…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMK6C_early-columbia-racetrack_Columbia-SC.html
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 loca…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMK5S_camp-johnson_Columbia-SC.html
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.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMK2O_blossom-street-school-celia-dial-saxon-school_Columbia-SC.html
Blossom Street SchoolBlossom 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 white…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMK13_thomas-taylor-taylor-cemetery_Columbia-SC.html
Thomas Taylor1743 - 1833 Member of Provincial Congresses 1775 and 1776; Colonel of Militia under GeneralThomas Sumter in the American Revolution;Senator in the Jacksonborough Assembly;member of S.C. Convention which ratifiedthe United States Const…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJXD_taylor-burying-ground_Columbia-SC.html
In 1786 the State of South Carolinapurchased for a part of the site of Columbia, the plantation of Col. Thomas Taylor (1743-1833), Revolutionarysoldier. His house was situated near the S-E corner of Richland and BarnwellStreets, across from this w…