Harper College - Columbia, South Carolina
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BruceS
N 33° 59.909 W 081° 01.748
17S E 497309 N 3761988
Historic residence hall on the campus of the University of South Carolina in Columbia.
Waymark Code: WMGPFE
Location: South Carolina, United States
Date Posted: 03/28/2013
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Harper College, centering the north quadrangle line, has on its third floor the Euphradian Literary Society Hall, containing valuable portraits of distinguished members. The Euphradian and Clariosophic Societies were organized in 1806. Harper College, named for Chancellor William Harper, the university's first matriculate, was built in 1848 and occupies the original site of Commons Hall, the scene of many historic riots. Four rooms in the central portion were used by a Federal garrison as a military prison.. - South Carolina: A Guide to the Palmetto State, Columbia section , pg. 227.
This section of the Guide is discussing various buildings on the campus of the University of South Carolina. The building continues to serve as residence hall for the University. It is also home for the University Honors program.
William Harper, the namesake for the building, also served as a noted South Carolina judge and a United States senator.