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Wade Hampton State Office Building

Coordinates: 34°0′5″N 81°1′56″W / 34.00139°N 81.03222°W / 34.00139; -81.03222
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Wade Hampton State Office Building
Wade Hampton State Office Building is located in South Carolina
Wade Hampton State Office Building
Wade Hampton State Office Building is located in the United States
Wade Hampton State Office Building
Location1015 Sumter St., Columbia, South Carolina
Coordinates34°0′5″N 81°1′56″W / 34.00139°N 81.03222°W / 34.00139; -81.03222
Arealess than one acre
Built1938 (1938)-1940
ArchitectLafaye, Lafaye and Fair; Hopkins & Baker
Architectural styleClassical Revival
MPSSegregation in Columbia, South Carolina MPS
NRHP reference No.07000126[1]
Added to NRHPMarch 7, 2007

Wade Hampton State Office Building is a historic state office building located at Columbia, South Carolina. It was built between 1938 and 1940, and is a large six-story building in a restrained Neoclassical style, with Art Deco inspired details. It held the offices of the Attorney General and the Department of Education, who embodied the state's policy of racial segregation. The building was also designed with segregated spaces for African American patrons conducting business there.[2][3]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Christopher T. Ziegler (October 2005). "Wade Hampton State Office Building" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved 2014-01-07.
  3. ^ "Wade Hampton State Office Building, Richland County (1015 Sumter St., Columbia)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 2014-01-07.