Original Site of Columbia College

Original Site of Columbia College is a South Carolina historical marker in Columbia, Richland County, dedicated 1979.

Richland County · dedicated 1979 · Hampton St., between Pickens and Henderson Sts., Columbia, Columbia

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This land was purchased in 1854 by the South Carolina Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church as the site of Columbia Female College, Chartered by S. C. General Assembly Dec. 21, 1854. Classes were held from 1859 to 1865. The college survived the burning of Columbia and was reopened in 1873. In 1905, the school was moved to its present site as the Columbia College.

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Marker data: South Carolina Historical Marker Program, SC Department of Archives and History
Sponsored by Columbia College Alumnae Association

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