Assembly Street

Assembly Street is a South Carolina historical marker in Columbia, Richland County, dedicated 1977.

Richland County · dedicated 1977 · Corner of Assembly & Gervais Sts., Columbia, Columbia

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In 1786, when Columbia was established as the state capital, the General Assembly decided that two principal thoroughfares should run perpendicular to each other through the center of the town. One of these, Assembly Street, was named for the General Assembly, which first met in Columbia in 1790 in South Carolina's new State House, a building designed by James Hoban, who later designed the White House.

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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 Cromer's P-Nuts

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