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Columbia Commercial Historic District (Columbia, South Carolina)

Coordinates: 34°00′27″N 81°02′02″W / 34.00750°N 81.03389°W / 34.00750; -81.03389
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Columbia Commercial Historic District
Sheraton Building (1913)
Columbia Commercial Historic District (Columbia, South Carolina) is located in South Carolina
Columbia Commercial Historic District (Columbia, South Carolina)
Columbia Commercial Historic District (Columbia, South Carolina) is located in the United States
Columbia Commercial Historic District (Columbia, South Carolina)
LocationPortions of Main, Blanding, Taylor & Sumter Sts., Columbia, South Carolina
Coordinates34°00′27″N 81°02′02″W / 34.00750°N 81.03389°W / 34.00750; -81.03389
Area18 acres (7.3 ha)
Built1866 (1866)
NRHP reference No.14000875[1] (original)
100000689 (increase 1)
100006058 (increase 2)
Significant dates
Added to NRHPOctober 20, 2014
Boundary increasesFebruary 28, 2017
January 25, 2021

The Columbia Commercial Historic District encompasses a historically significant portion of the central business district of Columbia, South Carolina. It includes portions of three blocks of Main Street between Laurel and Hampton Streets, as well as individual buildings on adjacent streets. It includes the full length of Main Streets east side on these blocks, but only the central block (between Blanding and Taylor Streets) on the west side, extending slightly south of Taylor. This area best illustrates the city's commercial and economic growth for a century, from the end of the American Civil War to about 1963, with a broad diversity of architectural styles found in a small area.[2]

The district was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2014,[1] and has twice been enlarged. Nine of the district's 36 buildings are also individually listed.

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References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "NRHP nomination for Columbia Commercial Historic District". South Carolina SHPO. Retrieved February 11, 2017.