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Old Campus District, University of South Carolina
LocationBounded by Pendleton, Sumter, Pickens, and Greene streets
Columbia, South Carolina
ArchitectRobert Mills, et al.
Architectural styleEarly Republic
NRHP reference No.70000596 [1]
Added to NRHPJune 5, 1970

The Old Campus District, University of South Carolina, is an historic district centered around The Horseshoe on the main campus of the University of South Carolina in Columbia, South Carolina, in the United States. On June 5, 1970, it was listed in the National Register of Historic Places.

National Registry listing

  • Old Campus District, University of South Carolina
  • (added 1970 - District - #70000596)
  • Bounded by Pendleton, Sumter, Pickens, and Green(e) Sts., Columbia
  • Historic Significance: Event, Architecture/Engineering
  • Architect, builder, or engineer: Mills, Robert, et al.
  • Architectural Style: Early Republic
  • Area of Significance: Architecture, Education
  • Period of Significance: 1800-1824, 1825-1849, 1850-1874
  • Owner: State (of South Carolina)
  • Historic Function: Education, Recreation And Culture
  • Historic Sub-function: College, Monument/Marker (Maxcy Monument)
  • Current Function: Education, Recreation And Culture
  • Current Sub-function: College, Monument/Marker (Maxcy Monument)

Historic pictorial map

View of the Horseshoe in 1850 from College Street, looking east
An 1872 illustration of the Horseshoe, USC's original campus.

See also

References

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2007-01-23.

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