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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEO9_mccutchen-house_Columbia-SC.html
McCutchen House, named for Prefessor George McCutchen, was the second faculty residence built on the South Carolina College campus. It continued in that capacity until 1945 when the University stopped providing faculty housing and the Registrar's …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEN4_legare-college_Columbia-SC.html
Originally designed as a residence hall, Legare College replaced a library and science building erected on this site in 1817. Legare College was named for Hugh Swinton Legare, a South Carolina College graduate who served as Attorney General of the…
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Pinckney College, constructed in 1837, honors a prominent South Carolina family.Notables members include Charles Pinckney (1757-1824), who served as South Carolina governor and U.S. senator. He authored the "Pinckney Draft" at the Federal Constitu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEMD_lieber-college_Columbia-SC.html
Named for Francis Lieber (1800-1872), one of the most distinguished scholars in the history of the University. A native of Prussia, Lieber migrated to America in 1827 and was elected chair of history and political economy at South Carolina College…
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…
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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…
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(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... …
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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…