Wade Hampton State Office Building | |
Location: | 1015 Sumter St., Columbia, South Carolina |
Coordinates: | 34.0014°N -81.0322°W |
Built: | -1940 |
Architect: | Lafaye, Lafaye and Fair; Hopkins & Baker |
Architecture: | Classical Revival |
Added: | March 7, 2007 |
Area: | less than one acre |
Mpsub: | Segregation in Columbia, South Carolina MPS |
Refnum: | 07000126 |
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.[1] [2]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.