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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM78K_williams-street-gist-street_Columbia-SC.html
Williams StreetThis street was named for Otho H. Williams, Brig. Gen. Of Continental Army during the American Revolution. Williams served as adjutant general under Southern Army commanders Gates and Greene and saw military action in the battles of…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM78J_trinity-episcopal-church_Columbia-SC.html
Parish organized 1812. Original Church dedicated 1814; Present church 1846. In the churchyard lie buried three Wade Hamptons; Thomas Cooper, Educator; Henry Timrod, Poet; W.C. Preston, U.S. Senator; Five Governors of S.C.: Three Mannings, Hampton …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4QS_sumter-street_Columbia-SC.html
[Front text]:A Virginia native who came to SouthCarolina ca. 1765, General ThomasSumter was a leader in civil as wellas military affairs. He served in theFirst and Second Provincial Congresses, in the S.C. General Assembly, as U.S. Congressman and…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4QI_seaboard-air-line-passenger-station_Columbia-SC.html
[Front of Marker]:This depot, built by the Seaboard Air Line Railwayin 1904, was the third passenger depot built inColumbia, following the South Carolina RailroadDepot on Gervais St., built about 1850, and theUnion Station on Main St., built in 19…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4MR_battleship-maine-memorial_Columbia-SC.html
This gun came off the Battleship MaineThe Sinking of the Maine resulted in the Spanish American War1898
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