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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJWP_state-dispensary-warehouse_Columbia-SC.html
(Front text) This building, built in 1863-64 and burned by Federal troops in 1865, was rebuilt in 1872 as a cotton batting factory and warehouse. It burned again in 1897, leaving only the outer walls. In 1898 the S.C. State Dispensary, created by …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJVN_site-of-wayside-hospital_Columbia-SC.html
Established March 10, 1862 by a group of Columbia women to care for sick and wounded Confederate soldiers. Supported by voluntary contributions. About 75,000 men were cared for before the hospital was closed February 15, 1865. "From this little nu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJU9_r-l-bryan-co-warehouse_Columbia-SC.html
(Front) This warehouse was built in 1913 as the schoolbook depository for the R.L. Bryan Company. The company, founded in 1844 by R.L. Bryan (1823-1900) and his brother-in-law James J. McCarter (d. 1872), was originally a bookstore and stationery …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJPI_last-home-of-wade-hampton_Columbia-SC.html
Wade Hampton, III, born March 28, 1818, was commander of Hampton Legion, 1861, with rank of Colonel; Lieutenant General, C. S. A., 1865; Governor of S. C. 1876-79; U. S. Senator 1879-91. He died April 11, 1902 in this house, given to him in 1899 b…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJP0_horry-guignard-house_Columbia-SC.html
One of the oldest houses in Columbia; built before 1813, probably by Peter Horry (1747-1815), Colonel in Revolution, Brigadier General of S.C. militia. Later home of John Gabriel Guignard (1751-1822), Surveyor General of S.C., 1798-1802.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJL2_ladson-presbyterian-church_Columbia-SC.html
Congregation originated in the Sabbath School for colored people organized by the First Presbyterian Church 1838, later conducted by the Rev. G. W. Ladson. A chapel for the Negro members of that church was built here 1868. Rebuilt 1896. The title …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJJ7_randolph-cemetery_Columbia-SC.html
[Front]:Randolph Cemetery, founded in 1871, was one of the first black cemeteries in Columbia. It was named for Benjamin Franklin Randolph (1837-1868), a black state senator assassinated in 1868 near Hodges, in Abbeville County. Randolph, a native…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJHT_wesley-methodist-church_Columbia-SC.html
(Front text) Wesley Methodist Church is the oldest African American Methodist congregation in Columbia. It was founded in 1869 by Rev. J.C. Emerson and was a separate black congregation instead of forming from an established white church. First ca…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJGO_lincoln-street_Columbia-SC.html
Gen. Benjamin Lincoln, for whom this street is named, was a division commander in the Saratoga Campaign. In 1778, he became commander of the Southern Department of the American Army and was in command at Charleston when the city surrendered to the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJGL_huger-street_Columbia-SC.html
This street was named for Brig. Gen. Isaac Huger, who fought in the Cherokee War of 1760 and during the American Revolution at Stono, Savannah, Siege of Charlestown, Guilford Court House, Hobkirk Hill. Born 1743 at Limerick Plantation in the paris…