Jefferson Hotel (40-130)
N 34° 00.578 W 081° 02.241
17S E 496551 N 3763224
An old hotel in the heart of downtown Columbia.
Waymark Code: WM9F7D
Location: South Carolina, United States
Date Posted: 08/12/2010
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The Jefferson Hotel, designed and built by Columbia entrepreneur and contractor John Jefferson Cain (1869-1929), stood here at the corner of Main and Laurel Streets from 1913 until 1968. The hotel (also sometimes called the Hotel Jefferson) was built in 1912-13 at a cost of $250,000. Notable features included Indiana limestone on the 1st and 6th story exteriors and mahogany, marble, and terra cotta tile throughout the lobby, dining room and ballroom.
For 55 years the Jefferson was Columbia's premier hotel, hosting conventions as well as more informal meetings among legislators. It was demolished in 1968. In 1938, during the 48th reunion of the United Confederate Veterans, former officers and their descendants met here to organize the Order of the Stars and Bars. Now the Military Order of the Stars and Bars, this genealogical society is for descendants of Confederate officers and civil officials.
2005 by Military Order of the Stars and Bars. (Marker Number 40-130.)
Marker Name: Jefferson Hotel
Marker Location: City
Type of Marker: Historic Site
Marker number: 40-130
County: Richland
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