Howard School Site

Howard School Site is a South Carolina historical marker in Columbia, Richland County, dedicated 1988.

Richland County · dedicated 1988 · Laurel St., just W of its intersection with Huger St., Columbia, Columbia

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Established after the Civil War, this public school for blacks was located at the NW corner of Hampton & Lincoln streets by 1869 and was partially supported by the Freedmen's Bureau. It is said the school was named for Oliver O. Howard, commissioner of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands during Reconstruction. Moved here in 1924, Howard School was for many years the only public school for blacks in Columbia.

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Marker data: South Carolina Historical Marker Program, SC Department of Archives and History
Sponsored by Howard School Community Club and the Arsenal Hill Concerned Citizens Club

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