Old State Fair Grounds (40-10)
N 34° 00.704 W 081° 02.694
17S E 495854 N 3763457
This site was the location of the State Fair for many years.
Waymark Code: WM9F78
Location: South Carolina, United States
Date Posted: 08/12/2010
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This square is part of the tract where state fairs were held 1856-61, 1869-1903. The buildings, used 1861-65 for Confederate barracks and hospital, as well as nitre and mining bureau in charge of Joseph LeConte and James Woodrow, were burned by Union troops in 1865.
1938 by The Columbia Sesquicentennial Commission of 1936. (Marker Number 40-10.)
Marker Name: Old State Fair Grounds
Marker Location: City
Type of Marker: Historic Site
Marker number: 40-10
County: Richland
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