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Arsenal Academy, converted from a state arsenal, occupied this square from 1842 to 1865 when Union troops burned all the Academy buildings except Officers' Quarters, erected 1855. Since 1868 this building has been the Governor's Mansion.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIPY_cemetery-of-the-columbia-hebrew-benevolent-society_Columbia-SC.html
In this cemetery, 2½ blocks south, on Gadsden Street, are buried many distinguished Jewish citizens, including two mayors of Columbia: Mordecai Hendricks DeLeon (1791-1849) and Henry Lyons (1805-1858). The Benevolent Society was organized in …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIPA_wilson-boyhood-house_Columbia-SC.html
[ United States Emblem ]Woodrow Wilson World War President Lived here in the home of His parents Dr. and Mrs. Jos. Ruggles Wilson 1871- 1874 Erected as a memorial by the South Carolina Department of the American Legion Auxiliary December 28, 192…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIOO_bethel-a-m-e-church_Columbia-SC.html
(Front text) This church, founded in 1866, was one of the first separate African-American congregations established in Columbia after the Civil War. It met in buildings on Wayne St., at Lincoln & Hampton Sts., and at Sumter & Hampton Sts. before a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMION_ebenezer-lutheran-church_Columbia-SC.html
First Lutheran congregation in Columbia. Church dedicated in this square in 1830 was burned by Union troops in 1865. It was rebuilt 1870, partly through aid of northern Lutherans, and used for Sunday School after present church was completed in 1931.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMINV_famine-museum-and-granuaile-centre-louisburgh_Columbia-Mayo.html
Cluain Cearbh?n - Meadow of the Buttercups
The Famine Museum in Louisburgh recounts local memories of the famine, presents coverage of the famine in the media, nationally and locally, and shows how links have been established between Louisburgh…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMINU_site-of-columbia-high-school_Columbia-SC.html
Described as "Collegiate Italian Renaissance" in style, this school was designed by J. Carroll Johnson, of Urquhart and Johnson, in Columbia. The cornerstone was laid in 1915 with Gov. Richard I. Manning as a featured speaker. Final classes were h…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMINT_site-of-columbia-female-academy_Columbia-SC.html
Authorized by legislature 1792, the Columbia Female Academy was located here from about 1820 to 1883, when this property was leased to Columbia Public School Commissioners, two of whom still represent the Academy Board. The remodeled academy becam…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMINB_old-state-fair-grounds_Columbia-SC.html
This square is part of the tract where state fairs were held 1856-61, 1869-1903. The buildings, used 1861-65 for Confederate barracks and hospital, as well as nitre and mining bureau in charge of Joseph LeConte and James Woodrow, were burned by Un…
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In 1886, chiefly through the efforts of D. B. Johnson, first superintendent of Columbia public schools, Winthrop Training School, later Winthrop College, was started here in a small brick building which had been the chapel of Columbia Theological …