Columbia South Carolina Information - Page 16
Columbia had no paved streets until 1908, when 17 blocks of Main Street were surfaced. There were, however, 115 publicly maintained street crossings at intersections to keep pedestrians from having to wade through a sea of mud between wooden sidewalks. As an experiment, Washington Street was once paved with wooden blocks. This proved to be the source of much local amusement when they buckled and floated away during heavy rains. The blocks were replaced with asphalt paving in 1925.
The first paid firemen were hired in 1903. A car was purchased for the chief that same year, evidently the first vehicle owned by the city. In 1934, the federal courthouse at Main and Laurel was purchased by the city for use as City Hall. Built of granite from nearby Winnsboro, Columbia City Hall is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Designed by Alfred Bult Millet, President Ulysses S. Grant's federal architect, the building was completed in 1876. Mullet, best known for his design of the Executive Office Building in Washington, D.C., had originally designed the building with a clock tower. Large cost overruns probably caused it to be left out.
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113 Rosebank Drive
Columbia, SC 29209-1911
Hampton Trace
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4825 Portobello
Columbia, SC 29206-4619
Lake Katherine
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33 Arundel Lane
Columbia, SC 29209
St Marks Wood
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124 Running Fox Road
Columbia, SC 29223
Wildewood
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258 Knight Valley Circle
Columbia, SC 29209
Kingston Ridge
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818 Harborside Lane
Columbia, SC 29229
Lake Carolina - Harborside
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2525 Putnam Street
Columbia, SC 29204
Midland Terrace
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2 Hunters Pond Drive
Columbia, SC 29229
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2223 Lincoln Street
Columbia, SC 29201
Elmwood Park
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513 Turkey Pointe Circle
Columbia, SC 29223-8144
Wildewood
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353 Grandview Circle
Columbia, SC 29229-9565
Palmetto Place
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9 Avenel Court
Columbia, SC 29229
Woodlands Glen
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7 Valkyrie Circle
Columbia, SC 29229-3390
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411 Lost Creek Drive
Columbia, SC 29212
Lost Creek
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104 W Selwood Lane
Columbia, SC 29212
Cedar Hills
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206 Bosworth Field Court
Columbia, SC 29212
Coatesworth
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6905 Cleaton Road
Columbia, SC 29205
Point Arcadia
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797 Gardendale Drive
Columbia, SC 29210
Gardendale
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1854 St Michaels Road
Columbia, SC 29210
Kingswood
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4938 Brickyard Road
Columbia, SC 29203
Barony
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2789 Prince Charles Court
Columbia, SC 29209
KINGS PARISH
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