40-10 State Fairgrounds - Columbia, SC
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N 34° 00.699 W 081° 02.710
17S E 495829 N 3763448
Located at Gadsden Street and US 21, Columbia
Waymark Code: WM19ZYQ
Location: South Carolina, United States
Date Posted: 05/22/2024
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This block was part of the fairgrounds where the S.C. State Fair was held 1856-1861 and 1869-1903. The fair, sponsored by the State Agricultural Society, featured agricultural, mechanical, household, and art exhibits. During the Civil War a Confederate "camp of instruction" and hospital were here 1861-63, then a lab for making medicines and a branch of the Nitre & Mining Bureau, 1863-65. All the buildings were burned by Federal troops in February 1865.
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In 1869 the State Fair was revived by the State Agricultural & Mechanical Society, which hoped to "beautify Carolina homes and enliven Carolina hearths.” The new fair added carnival attractions and rides as it grew in size and attendance over the next 34 years. The 1903 State Fair was the last here, as the site was too small and the buildings too old to accommodate it. The State Fair moved to its present location south of downtown Columbia in 1904.
Elmwood Avenue Neighborhood Association, 2013
Note: This is a replacement marker with updated text for one that used to be here.
Marker Name: State Fairgrounds
Marker Location: City
Type of Marker: Historic Site
Marker number: 40-10
County: Richland County
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