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Old Campus District
University of South Carolina
(The Horseshoe)
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(U.S. Registered Historic District) |
The Horseshoe at the heart of USC's historic campus as it looks today with Maxcy Monument on the right.
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Location: |
Bounded by Pendleton, Sumter, Pickens, and Greene streets
Columbia, South Carolina
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Architect: |
Robert Mills, et al. |
Architectural style(s): |
Early Republic |
Added to NRHP: |
June 05, 1970 |
NRHP Reference#: |
70000596 [1] |
Governing body: |
State of South Carolina |
The Old Campus District, University of South Carolina, is an historic district centered around The Horseshoe on the main campus of the University of South Carolina in Columbia, South Carolina, in the United States. On June 05, 1970, it was listed in the National Register of Historic Places/
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- Old Campus District, University of South Carolina
- (added 1970 - District - #70000596)
- Bounded by Pendleton, Sumter, Pickens, and Green(e) Sts., Columbia
- Historic Significance: Event, Architecture/Engineering
- Architect, builder, or engineer: Mills, Robert, et al.
- Architectural Style: Early Republic
- Area of Significance: Architecture, Education
- Period of Significance: 1800-1824, 1825-1849, 1850-1874
- Owner: State (of South Carolina)
- Historic Function: Education, Recreation And Culture
- Historic Sub-function: College, Monument/Marker (Maxcy Monument)
- Current Function: Education, Recreation And Culture
- Current Sub-function: College, Monument/Marker (Maxcy Monument)
[edit] Historic pictorial map
View of the Horseshoe in 1850 from College Street, looking east
An 1872 illustration of the Horseshoe, USC's original campus.
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Coordinates: 33°59′54″N, 81°01′43″W