Elmwood Avenue

Elmwood Avenue is a South Carolina historical marker in Columbia, Richland County, dedicated 1978.

Richland County · dedicated 1978 · Corner of Elmwood & Main Sts., Columbia, Columbia

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This street, originally named Upper Street, was the northernmost street in the original 1786 Columbia plan. The plan of the city depicted an area two miles square divided into lots of one-half acre, eight acres were reserved for erecting public buildings. Upper Street was renamed Elmwood Avenue shortly after 1872 for adjacent Elmwood Cemetery, which was incorporated in 1854.

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Marker data: South Carolina Historical Marker Program, SC Department of Archives and History
Sponsored by Richland County Bicentennial Commission; Sponsored by the Keenan Company, Realtors

Elmwood Avenue

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