Assembly Street
Inscription
In 1786, when Columbia was established as the state capital, the General Assembly decided that two principal thoroughfares should run perpendicular to each other through the center of the town. One of these, Assembly Street, was named for the General Assembly, which first met in Columbia in 1790 in South Carolina's new State House, a building designed by James Hoban, who later designed the White House.
Erected by the Richland County Bicentennial Commission; Sponsored by Cromer's P-Nuts, 1977
Location
Sources
More markers in Richland
Trinity Episcopal Church
Columbia, SC
Parish organized 1812.
Site of Parade Ground
Columbia, SC
During Federal military occupation of South Carolina 1865-1877, this square was part of the parade ground used by United States troops.
“commissioners’ Oak”
Columbia, SC
In April 1786, Alexander Gillon, Henry Pendleton, Richard Winn, Richard Hampton, and Thomas Taylor, Commissioners appointed to lay out...
“chestnut Cottage”
Columbia, SC
* Replaced a marker erected in 1938 by the Columbia Sesquicentenial Commission of 1936.
Original Site of Winthrop College
Columbia, SC
In 1886, chiefly through the efforts of D. B. Johnson, first superintendent of Columbia public schools, Winthrop Training School, later...