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1786 - Columbia established as state capital (previously located in Charleston). [1]1788 - Columbia becomes part of the new US state of South Carolina. [2]1795 - First Presbyterian Church congregation founded.
Location of Columbia in South Carolina. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Columbia, South Carolina. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Columbia, South Carolina, United States. The locations of National Register properties and ...
The house was designed by Mills and built in 1823 for Ainsley Hall, who died before it was finished. It was for many years part of the campus of the Columbia Theological Seminary, [3] which moved out of Columbia in 1960. With the property threatened with development, it was acquired by Historic Columbia and restored, opening as a museum in 1967.
South Carolina counties (clickable map) This is a list of the properties and historic districts in each of the 46 counties of South Carolina that are designated National Register of Historic Places. This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted January 3, 2025. [1]
Waites said Tuesday that she has worked with Historic Columbia’s staff and community members in the last two decades to develop the nonprofit into a champion of the area’s history, including ...
The South Carolina State Museum is a museum dedicated to the history of South Carolina. It has four floors of permanent and changing exhibits, a digital dome planetarium, 4D interactive theater, and an observatory (all opened in 2014). The State Museum is located along the banks of the Congaree River in downtown Columbia, South Carolina.
South Carolina has forgotten history of its own. For the first time, there will be an event to commemorate the 1876 Hamburg Massacre, a violent attack on the Reconstruction era rights of Black ...
The South Carolina Historical Magazine, first published in 1900, is the only scholarly periodical entirely devoted to South Carolina history. In 1985 the Society began publication of the Carologue, a quarterly general-interest magazine of articles, illustrations, and photographs on state history, genealogy, preservation, and Society news.