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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4JG_the-state-house_Columbia-SC.html
(Front text):Columbia was founded in 1786, replacing Charleston as the state capital. The first State House here, built in 1789, was a small wooden building just W. of this site. Construction on this State House, designed by John R. Niernsee, bega…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4J8_the-state-house-of-south-carolina_Columbia-SC.html
(Left Inscription)Construction of this State House was begun in 1855 and continued uninterruptedly to February 17, 1865 when Sherman burned Columbia.Work was resumed in 1867 and carried on irregularly to 1900.(Right Inscription):The architect of t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4J7_doolittle-raiders_Columbia-SC.html
Symbolizing the strength and endurance of South Carolinians, these Palmetto trees commemorate the Columbia trained Doolittle Raiders whose courage and patriotism in the early hours of World War II rallied a beleagured nation to save Western civiza…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4J2_congaree-river-bridges_Columbia-SC.html
This river took its name from the Congaree Indians, a Siouan tribe which occupied the valley until the Yamassee War in 1715. The first wooden bridge here was completed in 1827. It was burned to delay the advance of Sherman's Army in 1865, rebuilt …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4J1_gervais-street-bridge_Columbia-SC.html
The first bridge at Gervais Street was a covered wooden structure built in 1827 by the Columbia Bridge Company. It remained until 1865 when Confederate soldiers burned it and other bridges to delay the advance of Sherman's troops. Rebuilt in 1870,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4J0_harnessing-water-power_Columbia-SC.html
Downstream from where the current Gervais StreetBridge now stands, Dr. Frederick W. Green owned and operated a lumberyard, and ran a grist mill to grind flour and corn. A native of New England, Green came South in the 1830s. Water from the canal r…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4IR_1896-power-plant_Columbia-SC.html
To meet growing demands for electricity, theColumbia Water and Power Companyconstructed this power plant, the ColumbiaHydro Plant, in 1896. It replaced the 1894power facility upstream. This Hydro Plant providedpower for city lights, trolleys and m…