Original Site of Columbia College - Columbia, South Carolina
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BruceS
N 34° 00.440 W 081° 01.709
17S E 497369 N 3762969
Marker for original location of college in Columbia, South Carolina.
Waymark Code: WMGV6X
Location: South Carolina, United States
Date Posted: 04/10/2013
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Text of marker:
Original Site of Columbia College
This land was purchased in 1854 by the South Carolina Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church as the site of Columbia Female College. Chartered by S.C. General Assembly Dec. 21, 1854. Classes were held from 1859 to 1865. The college survived the Burning of Columbia and was reopened in 1873. In 1905, the school was moved to its present site as the Columbia College.