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

Richland County South Carolina (Vacant / Not In Use) has 21 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 1 place of National significance and 14 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Confederate Printing Plant, Babcock Building, South Carolina State Hospital, Columbia Mills Building, Curtiss--Wright Hangar and First National Bank.

Several famous people are associated with these Richland County historic places including Modjeska Monteith Simkins, John S. Preston, Col. Richard Singleton and Bill Simons.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Richland County places including Lockwood,Greene, & Co., Sloan,Samuel, et al., Frank P. Milburn, W.B. Smith & Co. Whaley, Todd & Benson, W. B. Smith Whaley, Robert Yates, Summerville M. Perrin, William Agustus Edwards and Frank C. Walter. Prominent architectural styles found in Richland Country are Early Commercial, Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals and Renaissance.

Babcock Building, South Carolina State Hospital (added 1981 - - #81000570)

Also known as New Asylum;South Carolina Lunatic Asylum

Bull St. , Columbia

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Sloan,Samuel, et al., Walker,George E.

Architectural Style:

Other, Renaissance

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Social History

Period of Significance:

1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

State

Historic Function:

Health Care

Historic Sub-function:

Hospital

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Columbia Mills Building (added 1982 - - #82003902)

Also known as Mount Vernon Mill

On the Congaree River , Columbia

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Industry

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

State

Historic Function:

Industry/Processing/Extraction

Historic Sub-function:

Manufacturing Facility

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use, Work In Progress

Confederate Printing Plant (added 1979 - - #79002393)

Also known as Evans and Cogswell Company

501 Gervais St. , Columbia

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Greek Revival

Area of Significance:

Politics/Government, Industry, Architecture, Commerce

Period of Significance:

1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Industry/Processing/Extraction

Historic Sub-function:

Communications Facility, Manufacturing Facility

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Curtiss--Wright Hangar (added 1998 - - #98000418)

Also known as Owens Field Municipal Airport Hangar

1400 Jim Hamilton Blvd. , Columbia

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Curtiss Flying Services

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Transportation, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Air-Related

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

First National Bank (added 1980 - - #80003695)

Also known as National Loan and Exchange Bank Addition

1208 Washington St. , Columbia

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Classical Revival

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Commerce

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade

Historic Sub-function:

Financial Institution

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Good Samaritan--Waverly Hospital (added 2008 - - #08000738)

Also known as Good Sam Hospital, Waverly Hospital

2204 Hampton St. , Columbia

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Health/Medicine, Black, Social History, Community Planning And Development

Period of Significance:

1975-2000, 1950-1974

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Education, Health Care

Historic Sub-function:

Hospital, School

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Hampton-Preston House (added 1969 - - #69000172)

1615 Blanding St. , Columbia

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering, Person

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Yates,Robert, Philips,Zachariah

Architectural Style:

Other

Historic Person:

Preston, John S.

Significant Year:

1818

Area of Significance:

Education, Politics/Government, Landscape Architecture, Religion

Period of Significance:

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

Owner:

State

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use, Work In Progress

Kensington Plantation House (added 1971 - - #71000806)

E of Eastover off Rte. 764 , Eastover

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Historic Significance:

Person, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Second Empire

Historic Person:

Singleton, Col. Richard

Significant Year:

1853, 1851

Area of Significance:

Agriculture, Architecture, Landscape Architecture

Period of Significance:

1850-1874

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Lever Building (added 1979 - - #79003372)

1613 Main St. , Columbia

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Lide,C.M., Jr.

Architectural Style:

Early Commercial

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade

Historic Sub-function:

Business

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Mann-Simons Cottage (added 1973 - - #73001726)

Also known as Simons Cottage;The Mann-Simons Cottage

1403 Richland St. , Columbia

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Historic Significance:

Person, Event

Historic Person:

Simons, Bill

Significant Year:

1875, 1850

Area of Significance:

Black, Social History, Performing Arts

Period of Significance:

1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

North Carolina Mutual Building (added 1995 - - #94001570)

Also known as Blue Palace Tea Shop and Barber Shop

1001, 1001 1/2 and 1003 Washington St. , Columbia

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Social History, Commerce, Black, Law

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Social

Historic Sub-function:

Business, Meeting Hall, Professional, Restaurant, Specialty Store

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Olympia Mill (added 2005 - - #04001590)

Also known as Pacific Mill

500 Heyward St. , Columbia

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Whaley, W.B. Smith & Co.

Architectural Style:

Romanesque

Area of Significance:

Industry, Architecture

Period of Significance:

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

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Industry/Processing/Extraction

Historic Sub-function:

Manufacturing Facility

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Pacific Community Association Building (added 2007 - - #07001110)

Also known as The 'Y', Pacific Community YMCA

701 Whaley St., 214 Wayne St. , Columbia

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Whaley, W.B. Smith

Architectural Style:

Early Commercial

Area of Significance:

Social History, Entertainment/Recreation, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Recreation And Culture

Historic Sub-function:

Department Store, Sport Facility

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Richland Cotton Mill (added 1983 - - #83003933)

Also known as Pacific Mills;Lowenstein Mill;Whaley's Mill

211-221 Main St. , Columbia

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Whaley,W. B. Smith

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Industry, Engineering

Period of Significance:

1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Industry/Processing/Extraction

Historic Sub-function:

Manufacturing Facility

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Simkins, Modjeska Monteith, House (added 1994 - - #94000263)

2025 Marion St. , Columbia

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Historic Significance:

Event, Person

Historic Person:

Simkins, Modjeska Monteith

Area of Significance:

Black

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

South Carolina Dispensary Office Building (added 1989 - - #79003369)

1205 Pulaski St. , Columbia

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Milburn,Frank P.

Architectural Style:

Other, Renaissance

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Social History

Period of Significance:

1900-1750 AD

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Government

Historic Sub-function:

Government Office

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

South Carolina Penitentiary (added 2005 - - #95001489)

Also known as Central Correctional Institution (CCI)

1511 Williams St. , Columbia

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Todd & Benson, Urquhart, J.B.

Area of Significance:

Health/Medicine, Law, Social History, Architecture, Industry

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

State

Historic Function:

Domestic, Government, Health Care, Industry/Processing/Extraction

Historic Sub-function:

Correctional Facility, Hospital, Institutional Housing, Manufacturing Facility

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

South Carolina State Armory (added 1999 - - #99000099)

1219 Assembly St. , Columbia

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Edwards, William Agustus, Walter, Frank C.

Architectural Style:

Early Commercial

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Military

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Defense

Historic Sub-function:

Arms Storage

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Southern Cotton Oil Company (added 1996 - - #94001552)

Also known as Columbia Mill

737 Gadsden St. , Columbia

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Industry

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence

Historic Sub-function:

Processing, Storage

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

St. Phillip School (added 1996 - - #96000383)

4350 McCords Ferry Rd. , Eastover

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Education

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Education

Historic Sub-function:

School

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Woman's Club of Columbia, The (added 2009 - - #08001399)

1703 Blossom St. , Columbia

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Moore, T.E., Lafaye and Fair

Architectural Style:

Colonial Revival

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Social History

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Owner:

State

Historic Function:

Social

Historic Sub-function:

Clubhouse

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use