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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKOK_james-h-adams_Eastover-SC.html
Gov. of S.C. 1854-56, lived near here in his home named Live Oak, which burned ca. 1910. Adams is buried nearby at St. John's Church.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKM0_courthouse-square_Columbia-SC.html
Richland County's second court house was built in 1803-04 on the northeast corner of Richardson (Main) and Washington Streets. In the 1850s, it was razed and a new court house erected on the same site. On the southeast corner was located the Athen…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKJN_camp-jackson_Columbia-SC.html
Named in honor of Gen. Andrew Jackson. This cantonment site 1 ½ mi. north was approved by the War Dept. June 2, 1917. Maximum strength was recorded in June 1918: 3,302 officers; 45,402 men. 81st Division was trained here Aug. 29, 1917-May 18,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKCF_fishers-mill-on-gill-creek_Columbia-SC.html
About 1800, Col. Thomas Taylor erected the small building, 1/4 mile upstream, where cotton goods were woven for his plantation needs. Here John and Edward Fisher later established one of the earliest spinning mills in Richland County, using slave …
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…