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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10HS_allen-university_Columbia-SC.html
(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. Chu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10HR_waverly_Columbia-SC.html
(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 first lots…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10HQ_carver-theatre_Columbia-SC.html
Carver Theatre, built about 1941, was one of Columbia's 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 it…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10GY_the-statue-of-liberty-division_Columbia-SC.html
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 de…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM103K_richard-samuel-roberts-house_Columbia-SC.html
(Front text) Richard Samuel Roberts (1880-1936), a photographer who documented individuals, families, and institutions in Columbia's black community and across S.C., lived here from 1920 until his death. Roberts, a self-taught photographer, moved …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZNR_benedict-college_Columbia-SC.html
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, whose beq…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZFM_woodlands-and-millwood_Columbia-SC.html
1 ½ mi. south was Woodlands, built before 1800 by Wade Hampton, I (1752-1835), Colonel in Revolution, Major General in War of 1812. ? mi. north was Millwood, built before 1820 by Wade Hampton II (1791-1858), aide to Gen. Jackson, War of 1812.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZCS_in-memory-of-the-john-h-rose-family_Columbia-SC.html
In memory of the John H. Rose Family Property located to the north of this marker is part of a farm once belonging to John H. Rose an area pioneer from Fayetteville, N.C. A grist mill and saw mill on property was burned by Gen. Sherman's army. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZAA_the-boys-of-richland-county_Columbia-SC.html
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 ColumbiaDedicated April 20, 1947
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZ62_william-earle-berne-beltway_Columbia-SC.html
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 …
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