John C. Calhoun State Office Building Explained

John C. Calhoun State Office Building
Coordinates:	33.9992°N -81.0308°W
Architect:	Medary, Milton; Tatum, Harold
Architecture:	Renaissance Revival
Added:	September 23, 2011
Area:	Less than one acre
Refnum:	11000703^[1]

John C. Calhoun State Office Building is a historic office building located at Columbia, South Carolina. It was built in 1926, and is a five-story, I-shaped limestone clad building over a raised basement in the Italian Renaissance Revival style. It housed the South Carolina State Highway Department until 1952. The National Guard seized and occupied the Calhoun Building from October to December 1935 under the orders of Governor Olin D. Johnston.^{[2] [3]}

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2011.^[1]

Notes and References

1. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Listings. 2011-09-30. Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 9/19/11 through 9/23/11. National Park Service.
2. Web site: Anjuli Grantham. John C. Calhoun State Office Building. National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory . July 2011 . pdf . 2014-01-07.
3. Web site: John C. Calhoun State Office Building, Richland County (1015 Sumter St., Columbia). National Register Properties in South Carolina . South Carolina Department of Archives and History . 2014-01-07.