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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMELM_the-south-caroliniana-library_Columbia-SC.html
The central portion of this structure is the oldest freestanding college library in the United States and has served continuously as a library since its completion in 1840. It is based upon design elements by South Carolina native and nineteenth-c…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEHQ_the-south-caroliniana-library_Columbia-SC.html
This was the first separate college library building erected in the United States.The architect of the exterior is not known, but the reading room is copied from Bulfinch's Library of Congress. The central portion was completed in May 1840, the fi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEHH_south-carolina-women-of-the-confederacy-monument_Columbia-SC.html
[North Face]:To TheSouth Carolina WomenOf The Confederacy1861-1865—RearedBy The Men Of Their State1909-11[West face]:In this monumentGenerations unborn shall hear the voiceOf a grateful peopleTestifying to the sublime devotionOf the women of…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEHF_gonzales-tribute_Columbia-SC.html
(West face)Erected By popular subscription A Tribute To the worth and service of N.G. Gonzales,Born August 5, 1858,Died January 19,1903.—-—"Faithful unto death."Gonzales(North face)A great editor An eminent citizen An honest man "Wit…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEHE_israelite-sunday-school-columbias-first-synagogue_Columbia-SC.html
Israelite Sunday School The Israelite Sunday School, the first Jewish religious school in Columbia and the seventh in the United States, met in a building on this site until 1865. Founded in 1843 to give the city's Jewish children "an intimate... …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEH7_university-of-south-carolina_Columbia-SC.html
Chartered in 1801 as the S.C. College, opened January 10, 1805. Entire student body volunteered for Confederate service, 1861. Soldiers' Hospital, 1862 - 65. Rechartered as U. of S.C. in 1865. Radical Control 1873-77. Closed 1877- 80. College of A…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEGR_the-big-apple_Columbia-SC.html
Originally built 1907-1910 as the House of Peace Synagogue and located 100 yards south, this building was sold in1936 and shortly thereafter became a black nightclub known as the Big Apple. A dance by this name originated here and soon swept the c…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEGM_jefferson-hotel_Columbia-SC.html
[Front]:The Jefferson Hotel, designed and built by Columbia entrepreneur and contractor John Jefferson Cain (1869-1929), stood here at the corner of Main and Laurel Streets from 1913 until 1968. The hotel (also sometimes called the Hotel Jefferson…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEG1_senate-street_Columbia-SC.html
The South Carolina General Assembly created Columbia as the state's capital city in 1786, and Senate Street was named for the upper house of that legislative body. In 1790, the General Assembly, which designated that the town be located on the Con…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEFK_elmwood-avenue_Columbia-SC.html
This street , originally named Upper Street, was the northernmost street in the original Columbia plan. The plan of the city depicted an area two miles square divided into lots of one-half acre; eight acres were reserved for erecting public buildi…