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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4MP_robert-e-lee-memorial-highway_Columbia-SC.html
Erected 1938
CommitteeMrs. Louis LeVander Walden, Chairman
Mrs. D. McK. Winter · Mrs. Eugene R. BuckinghamMrs. J. Robt. Martin · Mrs. D. L. HusbandsThis marker donated by the City of Columbia
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4ML_assembly-street_Columbia-SC.html
In 1786, when Columbia was established as theState Capital, the General Assembly decidedthat two principal thoroughfares should runperpendicular to each other through thecenter of town. One of these, Assembly Street,was named for the General Assem…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4MA_the-east-west-streets-in-the-city-of-columbia-gervais-street_Columbia-SC.html
The East-West Streets In The City Of ColumbiaThe 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 located an…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4M2_the-north-south-streets-in-the-city-of-columbia-richardson-street_Columbia-SC.html
The North-South Streets in The City Of ColumbiaThe 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. Mos…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4JL_here-stood-the-state-house_Columbia-SC.html
Built 1786-1790James Hoban ArchitectBurned By Sherman's TroopsFebruary 17, 1865
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4JG_the-state-house_Columbia-SC.html
(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. Niernsee, bega…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4J8_the-state-house-of-south-carolina_Columbia-SC.html
(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 Inscription):The architect of t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4J7_doolittle-raiders_Columbia-SC.html
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 civiza…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4J2_congaree-river-bridges_Columbia-SC.html
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 …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4J1_gervais-street-bridge_Columbia-SC.html
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 1870,…