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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSO0_palmetto-arsenal-iron-works_Columbia-SC.html
This sundried brick structure on a stone foundation was a arsenal which produced many guns and edged weapons for the state before and during the Civil War. Destroyed by General Sherman's army in 1865 it was soon rebuilt to manufacture iron works s…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSKV_george-p-hoffman-house_Blythewood-SC.html
(Front text) This house was built ca. 1855 for George P. Hoffman (1829-1902), a native of N.C. Hoffman ran a nearby sawmill and became the first postmaster of Doko (as Blythewood was first known) in 1856. This area was part of Fairfield County unt…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSKG_skirmish-at-killians-mill_Columbia-SC.html
On February 18, 1865, the day after Federals under Gen. W.T. Sherman occupied Columbia, Gen. Frank Blair ordered units of his XVII Corps to destroy railroad tracks north of the city. Portions of Gen. M.C. Butler's Confederate cavalry division, inc…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSFD_spring-hill_Chapin-SC.html
This community, named by 1791 for the springs at the foot of the Stone Hill, included Eleazer's Tavern, a post office, schools, grist mills, and Spring Hill Baptist Church before the Civil War. In February 1865, as the war ended in S.C., Federal t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSAU_bethlehem-church_Irmo-SC.html
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…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMS9R_richlex-school-site_Irmo-SC.html
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 …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMS7E_the-spirit-of-the-american-doughboy_Columbia-SC.html
Dedicated toThe Memory Of Our Comrades Who Gave Their Lives InThe World War ————————- Presented by The people of the Pacific CommunityNovember 11, 1930(Followed by list of 11 names)(Reverse side)Pac…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMS1M_arsenal-hill_Columbia-SC.html
Situated within the two-mile square grid that defined Columbia's original city limits in 1786, Arsenal Hill enjoys the distinction of being one of the second state capital's oldest neighborhoods. Established by the 1820's as a fashionable resident…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMRWR_arsenal-hill_Columbia-SC.html
Occupying the highest point in downtown Columbia,Arsenal Hill is named for the military academy establishedhere in 1842 as a companion to The Citadel in Charleston.Since the late 1700s, this 30 block neighborhood has beenhome to black and white, e…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMR73_richardson-square_Columbia-SC.html
This mall is named in honor ofRichard Richardson 1704 - 1780 Brigadier General of militia in the American Revolution, Member of the First and SecondProvincial Congresses, Commander of the1775 Snow Campaign, and ancestor of sixGovernors of South C…