McCord House - Columbia, South Carolina - U.S. National Register of Historic Places on Waymarking.com

"This Greek Revival residence was constructed in 1849 by David James and Louisa Cheves McCord. David McCord (1797-1855) was a planter, lawyer and editor. A leading political activist during the Nullification crisis, McCord was editor of the Telescope, a leading Nullification newspaper. During his varied career, McCord served as Intendent of Columbia, state legislator and president of the Bank of South Carolina. Louisa McCord (1810-1879) was a noted author of political and economic essays, poetry and drama. During the Civil War she served as nursing director of the Confederate Hospital located adjacent to her home in the South Carolina College. Her home on Pendleton Street became the central depot, where people from all over Columbia brought food to feed the patients of the hospital. Each day the ambulatory patients came to the McCord House to be fed. In 1865, when General William T. Sherman’s troops entered Columbia, the McCord House became the headquarters of General O. O. Howard, who was Sherman’s second in command. Although looted and twice set on fire, the house was saved by the presence of General Howard. Built by slave labor, the core of this Greek Revival residence is a one-and-one-half story clapboard cottage built over a stuccoed raised basement. Set on four stuccoed piers, a one-story portico features sawn balusters, a central entrance with sidelights and transom, and four paneled piers which support a flushboard pediment with oculus. Additions were built in the 1850s by the McCords." - South Carolina Department of Archives and History

The house continues to serve as a private residence and is well maintained.

Street address: 1431 Pendleton St Columbia, South Carolina County / Borough / Parish: Richland Year listed: 1979 Historic (Areas of) Significance: Person, Architecture/Engineering Periods of significance: 1825-1849, 1850-1874 Historic function: Domestic Current function: Domestic Privately owned?: yes Primary Web Site: [Web Link] Secondary Website 1: [Web Link] Season start / Season finish: Not listed Hours of operation: Not listed Secondary Website 2: Not listed National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed

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