| Florence C. Benson Elementary School | |
| Coordinates: | 33.9903°N -81.0225°W |
| Built: | -1955 |
| Architect: | Urquhart, James B. |
| Architecture: | Modern Movement |
| Added: | October 7, 2009 |
| Area: | less than one acre |
| Mpsub: | Historic Resources of Segregation in Columbia, South Carolina, 1880-1960 and Equalization Schools in South Carolina, 1951-1960 |
| Refnum: | 09000819 |
Florence C. Benson Elementary School, also known as Wheeler Hill School and the Benson Building, is a historic school building for African-American students located at Columbia, South Carolina. It was built in 1953–1955 in Wheeler Hill, a segregated African-American neighborhood, as an "equalization school." The one-story, three-finger plan school, is built of concrete block with a red brick veneer and reflects influences of the Modern and International styles. The school housed 18 classrooms. The school closed in 1975.[1] [2]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.