Timeline of Columbia, South Carolina explained

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Columbia, South Carolina, USA.

18th-19th centuries

• 1786 - Columbia established as state capital (previously located in Charleston).
• 1788 - Columbia becomes part of the new US state of South Carolina.
• 1795 - First Presbyterian Church congregation founded.^[1]
• 1797 - Commission of Streets and Markets established.
• 1801 - University of South Carolina was founded
• 1803 - Washington Street Methodist builds the first church building in Columbia
• 1804 - Columbia Library Society founded.
• 1805
  • Town chartered.^[2]
  • John Taylor elected intendant (town leader).
  • South Carolina College opens.
• 1809 - First Baptist Church founded.
• 1813 - Trinity Episcopal Church founded.
• 1814 - State Legislative Library established.^[3]
• 1824 - St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church built.
• 1825 - March: Lafayette visits town.
• 1830
  • Columbia Theological Seminary active.
  • Population: 3,310.
• 1838 - Southern Chronicle newspaper begins publication.^[4]
• 1840 - Population: 4,340.
• 1842
  • Railroad (Branchville-Columbia) begins operating.
  • Arsenal Military Academy (the Citadel) established.
• 1846 - J.T. Zealy daguerreotypist in business.^[5]
• 1847 - Southern Presbyterian Review begins publication.
• 1850
  • Carolina Times newspaper begins publication.
  • Population: 6,060.
• 1852 - Charlotte-Columbia railway begins operating.
• 1853
  • Greenville-Columbia railway begins operating.
  • First Presbyterian Church building constructed.
• 1854 - Office of mayor established.
• 1856
  • Town police force and Athenaeum established.
  • South Carolina State Fair begins.
• 1857
  • Trinity Episcopal Cathedral building consecrated.
  • Southern Guardian newspaper begins publication.
• 1865
  • February 17–18: Union forces in power; city burned.
  • The Phoenix newspaper begins publication.^[6]
• 1869 - South Carolina State House built.
• 1870
  • Benedict College founded.
  • Area of city expands.
• 1871 - October: "Southern States Convention of Colored Men" held in Columbia.^[7]
• 1874 - State normal school opens.^[8]
• 1875 - US Court House built.
• 1880 - Population: 10,036.
• 1891 - The State newspaper begins publication.
• 1892 - Columbia Hospital established.
• 1893 - Sidney Park Colored Methodist Episcopal Church built.
• 1895 - Columbia Duck Mill begins operating.
• 1896 - South Carolina Confederate Relic Room and Museum established.
• 1897 - Columbia Record newspaper begins publication.
• 1899 - Olympia Mill built.

20th century

• 1908 - Main Street paved.
• 1913
  • National Corn Show held in city.
  • Palmetto Building constructed.
• 1917 - Military Camp Jackson established.
• 1920 - Population: 37,524.
• 1921 - Bethel A.M.E. Church built.
• 1922 - February: Trolley strike.
• 1924 - Town Theatre built.
• 1925 - Part of North Columbia annexed to city.
• 1926-7 - Capital Heights, Hollywood, Kilbourne Park, Rose Hill, and Rosewood annexed to city.
• 1930
  • Dreher Shoals Dam begins operating.
  • WIS radio begins broadcasting.
  • Belk's department store in business.
• 1931 - Carolina Theatre opens.^[9]
• 1932 - Thomas Woodrow Wilson Boyhood Home (museum) opens.
• 1934 - Richland County Public Library established.
• 1937
  • US Courthouse becomes Columbia City Hall.
  • Palmetto Theater opens.
  • University South Caroliniana Society founded.http://library.sc.edu/socar/about.html^[10]
• 1939
  • WCOS radio begins broadcasting.
  • Municipal Association of South Carolina headquartered in Columbia.http://www.masc.sc/about/Pages/default.aspx
• 1940
  • Lexington County Airport built.
  • US military Fort Jackson active.
  • Population: 62,396.
• 1941 - Carver Theatre built.
• 1950
  • Columbia Museum of Art and Twilite Drive-In cinema open.
  • Population: 86,914.
• 1953 - WIS-TV and WNOK-TV (television) begin broadcasting.
• 1958 - Lester Bates becomes mayor.
• 1960 - South Carolina Department of Corrections headquartered in city.
• 1961
  • Richland Mall in business.
  • Historic Columbia Foundation established.^[11]
• 1963 - Columbia Festival Orchestra founded.
• 1966 - Hammond School founded.^[12]
• 1968 - University of South Carolina's Carolina Coliseum opens.
• 1970
  • Dutch Square shopping mall in business.
  • John Tucker Campbell becomes mayor.
  • Population: 112,542.
• 1974
  • Riverbanks Zoo opens.^[13]
  • Shambhala Center founded.
• 1976 - WLTR radio begins broadcasting.
• 1977 - Palmetto Alliance (antinuclear group) founded.
• 1978 - Kirkman Finlay becomes mayor.
• 1979
  • Masjid as-Salaam (Muslim center) built.
  • Nickelodeon Theater opens.
  • Columbia becomes part of Tree City USA.
• 1980 - South Carolina Military Museum established.
• 1981 - Harvest Hope Food Bank established.http://www.harvesthope.org/about^[14]
• 1983 - Chicora Foundation (historic preservation group) established.^[15]
• 1984 - Hindu Temple built.
• 1986 - T. Patton Adams becomes mayor.
• 1987 - AT&T Building constructed.
• 1988
  • South Carolina State Museum opens in the former location of the vacant Columbia Mills Building.
  • University of South Carolina's Koger Center for the Arts built.
• 1990
  • Bob Coble becomes mayor.
  • Population: 98,052.
• 1991 - Sidney Park opens.
• 1992 - Masjid Al-Muslimiin (mosque) built.
• 1993
  • Richland County Public Library new main branch building opens.
  • Jim Clyburn becomes U.S. representative for South Carolina's 6th congressional district.^{[16] [17]}
• 1994 - Sikh Religious Society founded.
• 1996 - City website online.^[18]
• 2000 - January 17: Confederate flag protest.^[19]

21st century

• 2001 - Columbia Zen Buddhist Priory founded.^[20]
• 2002
  • Colonial Center (arena) opens.
  • Central Midlands Regional Transit Authority and Ganden Mahayana Buddhist established.
• 2005 - Columbia City Paper begins publication.
• 2007 - Columbia Quadsquad (rollerderby league) formed.
• 2009 - Fort Jackson National Cemetery established.
• 2010
  • Stephen K. Benjamin becomes first African-American in city elected mayor.
  • Population: 129,272 city;^[21] 767,598 metro.

See also

• Columbia history
• List of mayors of Columbia, South Carolina
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Columbia, South Carolina
• List of museums in Columbia, South Carolina
• Timeline of South Carolina
• Timeline of Charleston, South Carolina

Bibliography

• Book: Columbia City Directory . J.T. Hershman . University of South Carolina . 1859 . .
  • Book: Walsh's Columbia South Carolina City Directory . 1907 .
• . + Chronology
• Profile of Columbia in 1850 . Mary Fulton Green . South Carolina Historical Magazine . 70 . 1969 . 2 . 104–121 . 27566933 . .
• Book: John Hammond Moore. Columbia and Richland County: A South Carolina Community, 1740-1990. 1993. University of South Carolina Press. 978-0-87249-827-3. .
• Book: Columbia, South Carolina . Vennie Deas-Moore . Arcadia . Black America . 2000.
• Web site: Comprehensive Plan for Columbia, South Carolina: 2008-2018 . Columbia Planning Department . City of Columbia, South Carolina . 2008 . .

External links

• Encyclopedia: Columbia . John H. Moore . South Carolina Encyclopedia . University of South Carolina .
• Web site: Columbia, South Carolina: Historical Digital Collections . University of South Carolina . . Includes maps, photos, city records, city directories, etc.
• Web site: City of Columbia . Summary Guide to Municipal Records . . State of South Carolina .
• Web site: Local History Digital Collections . Richland Library . Columbia, SC .
• Web site: City of Columbia . Historic Resources .
• Items related to Columbia, S.C., various dates (via Digital Public Library of America).

Notes and References

1. Web site: Selected List of Finding Aids to Collections . Columbia, SC . South Caroliniana Library . University of South Carolina . June 20, 2015 .
2. Web site: History of Columbia . City of Columbia, South Carolina . June 20, 2015 .
3. Web site: American Libraries before 1876 . Davies Project . Princeton University . June 20, 2015 .
4. Book: Handbook of South Carolina. 1908 . 2nd . Columbia, SC . State Department of Agriculture, Commerce and Immigration .
5. Book: Harvey S. Teal. Partners with the Sun: South Carolina Photographers, 1840-1940. 2001. University of South Carolina Press. 978-1-57003-384-1.
6. Web site: US Newspaper Directory . Washington, D.C. . Chronicling America . Library of Congress . June 20, 2015 .
7. Web site: Conventions by Year . Colored Conventions . University of Delaware, Library . P. Gabrielle Foreman, director . June 20, 2015 .
8. Book: . Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History . Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History . http://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015059753007?urlappend=%3Bseq=541 . 1905 . Harper & Bros. . 9 . United States: South Carolina (chronology) . 2027/mdp.39015059753007?urlappend=%3Bseq=541 . Hathi Trust . + via Google Books
9. Web site: Movie Theaters in Columbia, SC . CinemaTreasures.org . Cinema Treasures LLC . Los Angeles . June 20, 2015 .
10. Book: Alice Eichholz. Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources. 2004. 3rd. Ancestry Publishing. 978-1-59331-166-7. South Carolina. https://books.google.com/books?id=chC81in93GUC&pg=PA593. 593+. registration.
11. Book: Directory of Historical Organizations in the United States and Canada . 2002 . 15th . 0759100020 . American Association for State and Local History . https://books.google.com/books?id=LY0Q5Rv4O3YC&pg=PA735 . South Carolina . Rowman Altamira .
12. Web site: Columbia, South Carolina . . New York . Nonprofit Explorer . 9 May 2013 . Mike Tigas and Sisi Wei . June 20, 2015 .
13. Book: Vernon N. Kisling, Jr. . Zoo and Aquarium History. 2001. . USA . 978-1-4200-3924-5 . Zoological Gardens of the United States (chronological list) . https://books.google.com/books?id=ulbMBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA375 .
14. Web site: South Carolina Food Banks . Food Bank Locator . . Chicago . June 20, 2015 .
15. Web site: Clubs & Organizations (directory) . . June 20, 2015 . Columbia, SC .
16. Web site: Members of Congress . . Civic Impulse, LLC . Washington, D.C. . June 20, 2015 .
17. Book: 1993-1994 Official Congressional Directory: 103rd Congress . Washington DC . Government Printing Office . South Carolina . 2027/uc1.l0072691827?urlappend=%3Bseq=310 . http://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.l0072691827?urlappend=%3Bseq=310 . Hathi Trust .
18. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/19961218215755/http://www.columbiasc.net/ . Columbia, South Carolina Home Page . 1996-12-18 . .
19. Book: . To Make Our World Anew: a History of African Americans . 2005. Oxford University Press. 978-0-19-983893-6 . Chronology . https://books.google.com/books?id=iB5wAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA343 .
20. Web site: Columbia, South Carolina . Directory of Religious Centers . Pluralism Project . Harvard University . June 20, 2015 .
21. Web site: Columbia (city), South Carolina . State & County QuickFacts . U.S. Census Bureau . June 20, 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140710075300/http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/45/4516000.html . July 10, 2014 .