Wade Hampton State Office Building
Appearance
Wade Hampton State Office Building | |
Location | 1015 Sumter St., Columbia, South Carolina |
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Coordinates | 34°0′5″N 81°1′56″W / 34.00139°N 81.03222°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1938 | -1940
Architect | Lafaye, Lafaye and Fair; Hopkins & Baker |
Architectural style | Classical Revival |
MPS | Segregation in Columbia, South Carolina MPS |
NRHP reference No. | 07000126[1] |
Added to NRHP | March 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
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Christopher T. Ziegler (October 2005). "Wade Hampton State Office Building" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved 2014-01-07.
- ^ "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.
Categories:
- African-American history of South Carolina
- Government buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in South Carolina
- Neoclassical architecture in South Carolina
- Government buildings completed in 1940
- Buildings and structures in Columbia, South Carolina
- National Register of Historic Places in Columbia, South Carolina
- 1940 establishments in South Carolina
- Columbia, South Carolina Registered Historic Place stubs
- Columbia, South Carolina building and structure stubs