Columbia City Hall (South Carolina)
Columbia City Hall | |
City Hall building in 2016 | |
| Location | Main and Laurel Sts., Columbia, South Carolina |
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| Coordinates | 34°0′32″N 81°2′15″W / 34.00889°N 81.03750°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1870 |
| Architect | Alfred B. Mullett; James Knox Taylor |
| Architectural style | Renaissance revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 73001725[1] |
| Added to NRHP | June 19, 1973 |
The Columbia City Hall, in Columbia, South Carolina, also known as Old United States Court House and Post Office, was built in 1870 at a cost of $400,000 (approximately $13,200,000 in 2025).[2][3] It served as a federal courthouse from 1874 to 1936 when it was re-purposed to serve as the city hall.[4]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. It includes Renaissance architecture. It served historically as a courthouse and as a post office.[1]
It was designed by Alfred B. Mullett.
History
Construction
The Grant Administration appropriated funds for the building and construction began in 1870. The Supervising Architect of the Treasury, Alfred B. Mullett, designed the building.[5]
Courthouse and post office
Once opened, the building hosted both a United States federal court and a post office. The post office relocated in 1921.
City hall
In 1935, the city government engaged in a land-swap deal with the federal government to take ownership of the building.[4] It has used it as the city hall since.
Gallery
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City Hall building (c.1900)
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Drawing of the New City Hall building (c. 1940)
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Drawing of the City Hall building (c. 1912)
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ Myers, Florence Bacher (May 5, 1973). "Columbia City Hall" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved August 18, 2012.
- ^ "Columbia City Hall, Richland County (Main & Laurel Sts., Columbia)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved August 18, 2012.
- ^ a b "1737 Main Street | Historic Columbia". www.historiccolumbia.org. Retrieved October 16, 2025.
- ^ "City Hall History" (PDF). One Columbia. Retrieved October 16, 2025.
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