National Register of Historic Places - South Carolina (SC), Richland County

Richland County South Carolina (Historic Districts) has 20 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 4 places of National significance and 6 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Columbia Canal, Columbia Historic District I, Columbia Historic District II, Veterans Hospital and Allen University.

Several famous people are associated with these Richland County historic places including Johnstone, Col. James, et al. and Joseph Walker.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Richland County places including J.E. Miller, Byron Holley, Robert Mills, Mills,Robert, et al., James B. Urquhart, Whaley, W.B. Smith, & Co., John Anderson Lankford, J.Carroll Johnson, Charles Coker Wilson and Avery Carter. Prominent architectural styles found in Richland Country are Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Late 19th And Early 20th Century American Movements and Classical Revival.

Allen University (added 1975 - - #75001705)

1530 Harden St. , Columbia

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Black, Education

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Education

Historic Sub-function:

College, Educational Related Housing

Current Function:

Education

Current Sub-function:

College

Alta Vista--Camp Fornance--Newman Park Historic District (added 2015 - - #15000808)

Columbia, Columbia

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Colonial Revival, Tudor Revival

Area of Significance:

Community Planning And Development, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1900-1974 AD

Bellevue Historic District (added 1997 - - #97001206)

Also known as Cottontown

Roughly bounded by Sumter St., Anthony Ave., Bull St., and Elmwood Ave. , Columbia

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Late 19th And Early 20th Century American Movements

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Community Planning And Development

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Multiple Dwelling, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Multiple Dwelling, Single Dwelling

Benedict College Historic District (added 1987 - - #87000809)

Roughly bounded by Laurel, Oak, Taylor and Harden Sts. on Benedict College campus , Columbia

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Urquhart,James B.

Architectural Style:

Classical Revival

Area of Significance:

Black, Education, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic, Education

Historic Sub-function:

College, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Education

Current Sub-function:

College

Columbia Canal (added 1979 - - #79002392)

E bank of the Broad and Congaree Rivers from the Diversion dam to the Southern RR Bridge , Columbia

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Historic Significance:

Information Potential, Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Holley,Byron

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Historic - Non-Aboriginal, Transportation, Industry, Invention, Commerce, Engineering

Cultural Affiliation:

Nineteenth Century American

Period of Significance:

1875-1899, 1825-1849

Owner:

State, Private, Local

Historic Function:

Industry/Processing/Extraction, Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Manufacturing Facility, Water-Related

Current Function:

Industry/Processing/Extraction, Landscape

Current Sub-function:

Energy Facility, Park

Columbia Historic District I (added 1971 - - #71000798)

Also known as Arsenal Hill; See Also:Arsenal Hill;Caldwell-Hampton-Boylest

Roughly bounded by Elmwood, Assembly, Laurel, and Wayne Sts. , Columbia

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Early Republic, Other, Greek Revival

Area of Significance:

Politics/Government, Industry, Architecture, Military, Landscape Architecture

Period of Significance:

1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799

Owner:

Private, Local

Historic Function:

Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction

Historic Sub-function:

Manufacturing Facility, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Government, Social

Current Sub-function:

Civic, Government Office

Columbia Historic District II (added 1971 - - #71000799)

Also known as See Also:Picriccorn House; De Bruhl-Marshall House

Roughly bounded by Taylor, Richland, Pickens, and Barnwell Sts. , Columbia

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Historic Significance:

Person, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Mills,Robert,et al.

Architectural Style:

Early Republic, Other, Greek Revival

Historic Person:

Johnstone, Col. James, et al.

Significant Year:

1820, 1865, 1790

Area of Significance:

Education, Politics/Government, Architecture, Military, Social History, Religion

Period of Significance:

1850-1874, 1800-1824, 1750-1799

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Columbia Historic District II (Boundary Increase) (added 1982 - - #82003901)

Also known as See Also:Hall, Ainsley, House

Blanding, Laurel, Richland, Calhoun, Marion, Bull, Pickens, Henderson, and Barnwell Sts. , Columbia

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Mills,Robert, et al.

Architectural Style:

Classical Revival, Queen Anne, Bungalow/Craftsman

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Social History

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1750-1799

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Elmwood Park Historic District (added 1991 - - #91000529)

Also known as See Also:Logan School;Wardlaw Junior High School

Roughly bounded by Elmwood Ave., Main St. and the SAL RR tracks , Columbia

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Johnson,J.Carroll, Urquhart,James Burwell

Architectural Style:

Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Late 19th And Early 20th Century American Movements

Area of Significance:

Social History, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Local, Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Education

Historic Sub-function:

Multiple Dwelling, School, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Education

Current Sub-function:

Multiple Dwelling, School, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store

Elmwood Park Historic District (Boundary Increase) (added 2002 - - #02000477)

Also known as Fuller House

2113 Park St. , Columbia

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Queen Anne, Classical Revival

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Forest Hills Historic District (added 2007 - - #07001024)

Bounded by Gervais St., Manning St., Forest Dr., and Glenwood Rd. , Columbia

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Person, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Kelsey, Harlan P., et.al.

Architectural Style:

Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Late 19th And Early 20th Century American Movements

Historic Person:

Walker, Joseph

Area of Significance:

Landscape Architecture, Architecture, Community Planning And Development

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic, Landscape

Historic Sub-function:

Multiple Dwelling, Park, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic, Landscape

Current Sub-function:

Multiple Dwelling, Park, Single Dwelling

Goodwill Plantation (added 1986 - - #86000528)

Off US 378 , Eastover

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Black, Agriculture, Architecture, Industry, Social History

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction

Historic Sub-function:

Manufacturing Facility, Processing, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling, Storage

Current Function:

Domestic, Landscape

Current Sub-function:

Conservation Area, Hotel

Granby Mill Village Historic District (added 1993 - - #93000905)

Roughly bounded by Catawba, Gist, Heyward, and Church Sts. , Columbia

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Whaley, W.B. Smith, & Co.

Architectural Style:

Romanesque, Late 19th And Early 20th Century American Movements

Area of Significance:

Industry, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Business, Church Related Residence, Manufacturing Facility, Multiple Dwelling, Religious Structure, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Religion

Current Sub-function:

Business, Church Related Residence, Manufacturing Facility, Multiple Dwelling, Religious Structure, Single Dwelling

Melrose Heights--Oak Lawn--Fairview Historic District (added 2016 - - #16000756)

Columbia, Columbia

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Late 19th And Early 20th Century American Movements

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Community Planning And Development, Other

Period of Significance:

1900-1965 AD

Old Campus District, University of South Carolina (added 1970 - - #70000596)

Bounded by Pendleton, Sumter, Pickens, and Green Sts. , Columbia

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Mills,Robert, et al.

Architectural Style:

Early Republic

Area of Significance:

Education, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824

Owner:

State

Historic Function:

Education, Recreation And Culture

Historic Sub-function:

College, Monument/Marker

Current Function:

Education, Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

College, Monument/Marker

Old Shandon Historic District (added 2003 - - #03000887)

Roughly bounded by Cypress, Lee, Maple, Preston and Woodrow St. , Columbia

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architectural Style:

Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Community Planning And Development

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic, Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Multiple Dwelling, Religious Structure, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic, Religion

Current Sub-function:

Multiple Dwelling, Religious Structure, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

University Neighborhood Historic District (added 2004 - - #04001150)

Roughly bounded by Gervais St., the Sourther Railroad Cut, Greene St. and Pickens St. , Columbia

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

et.al., Carter, Avery

Architectural Style:

Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Late Victorian

Area of Significance:

Community Planning And Development, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

State, Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Multiple Dwelling, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic, Religion

Current Sub-function:

Hotel, Multiple Dwelling, Religious Structure, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

Veterans Hospital (added 2009 - - #09000062)

Also known as William Jennings Bryan Dorn Veterans Affairs Medical Center, University of South Carolina School of Medicine

William Jennings Bryan Dorn Veterans Affairs Medical Center, University of South Carolina School of Medicine , Columbia

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Miller, J.E.

Architectural Style:

Colonial Revival

Area of Significance:

Social History, Health/Medicine, Architecture, Economics

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Owner:

State, Federal

Historic Function:

Health Care

Historic Sub-function:

Hospital

Current Function:

Education, Health Care

Current Sub-function:

College, Hospital

Waverly Historic District (added 1989 - - #89002154)

Also known as See Also:Allen University

Roughly bounded by Hampton St., Heidt St., Gervais St., and Harden St. , Columbia

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Lankford,John Anderson, Wilson,Charles Coker

Architectural Style:

Late 19th And Early 20th Century American Movements, Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals

Area of Significance:

Education, Architecture, Black, Social History

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Education, Health Care

Historic Sub-function:

Clinic, College, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Education, Health Care

Current Sub-function:

Clinic, College, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store

West Gervais Street Historic District (added 1983 - - #83002206)

Roughly bounded by Gadsen, Senate, Park, and Lady Sts. , Columbia

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Politics/Government, Education, Architecture, Transportation, Industry, Commerce

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade

Historic Sub-function:

Business, Warehouse

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade

Current Sub-function:

Business, Warehouse