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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM146L_site-where-james-dickey-wrote-deliverance_Columbia-SC.html
Friends of Libraries U.S.A.Literary Landmarks Register University ofSouth Carolina Site where James Dickey Wrote Deliverance and other major works from 1969-1997is designated a Literary Landmarkby Friends of Libraries U.S.A.
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1422_booker-t-washington-high-school_Columbia-SC.html
Booker T. Washington High School1916 - 1974??From the day it opened its doors in 1916 Booker T. Washington High School played a major roll in the life of Columbia's black community. Originally a school with all grades, eventually it evolved into …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM13WS_fair-rutherford-house-rutherford-house_Columbia-SC.html
(Front text) The Fair-Rutherford House, a Greek Revival cottage, stood here from ca. 1850 until it was demolished in 2004. Built for Dr. Samuel Fair, it passed through several owners before 1905, when William H. Rutherford (1852-1910) bought and e…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM13H6_george-elmore_Columbia-SC.html
Sacred to the Memory ofGeorge Elmorewho through unmatchedcourage, perseverance, andpersonal sacrifice broughtthe legal action by whichblack people may participatein South Carolina democraticparty primary elections —"Elmore vs. Rice," 1947
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM129G_nathaniel-j-frederick-house_Columbia-SC.html
(Front text)Nathaniel J. Frederick (1877-1938), educator, lawyer, newspaper editor, and civil rights activist, lived here from 1904 until his death. This house was built in 1903 by Cap J. Carroll, a prominent businessman and city official whose da…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM129F_north-carolina-mutual-building_Columbia-SC.html
(Front text)The North Carolina Mutual Building was built in 1909 by the N.C. Mutual and Provident Association, a black-owned life insurance company with an office here until the mid-1930s. Built as a two-story commercial building, with a third sto…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM116U_sidney-park-c-m-e-church_Columbia-SC.html
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Sidney Park C.M.E. Church was founded in 1886 and has been at this site since 1889. It grew out of a dispute among members of Bethel A.M.E. Church, who left that congregation and applied to join the Colored Methodist Episcopal (now Chr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM116S_maxcy-gregg-park_Columbia-SC.html
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This city park, established in 1911, was named for Confederate General Maxcy Gregg (1814-1862). It was one of several parks in Columbia proposed by landscape architect Harlan P. Kelsey of Boston, whose 1905 plan was commissioned by the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10HT_memorial-youth-center_Columbia-SC.html
This Memorial Youth Center stands in memory of and in gratitude to the men of Richland County who gave their lives in World War II that the ideals of democratic living might be preserved. May the generous spirit of those youthful heroes commemorat…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10GY_the-statue-of-liberty-division_Columbia-SC.html
The 77th Infantry Division trained at Fort Jackson in 1942 and fought on Guam, Leyte, Kerama Retto, Ie Shima and Okinawa. Returning to Cebu, they took 6,500 Japanese prisoners. They then returned to occupy Hokkaido, Japan where the division was de…