Site of Columbia Female Academy (40-20)
N 34° 00.299 W 081° 01.914
17S E 497054 N 3762708
This was the location of a school from 1820 to 1915.
Waymark Code: WM936Q
Location: South Carolina, United States
Date Posted: 06/21/2010
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Authorized by legislature 1792, the Columbia Female Academy was located here from about 1820 to 1883, when this property was leased to Columbia Public School Commissioners, two of whom still represent the Academy Board. The remodeled academy became the first Columbia High School, in use until 1915.
1938 by The Columbia Sesquicentennial Commission of 1936. (Marker Number 40-20.)
Marker Name: Site of Columbia Female Academy
Marker Location: City
Type of Marker: Historic Site
Marker number: 40-20
County: Richland
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