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Building Richland County

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Introducing Interactive Database

Building Richland County

Explore Richland County like never before! New sites are added weekly, so check back often for updated waypoints and information about Richland County’s historic places and districts.

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About Building Richland County

 

Building Richland County (BRC) is an interactive, geographic database of Richland County’s historic places and districts. Free to the public and regularly updated, BRC allows researchers, historic preservationists, property owners, community groups, and tourists to better understand the built environment and architectural history of Richland County.

Building Richland County is designed to be intuitive, so we invite you to explore its various features. For comments or questions about Building Richland County, please fill out this form.

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Building Richland County on Computer

 

  • First National Bank, 1979. Russell Maxey Photograph Collection, Richland Library, Columbia, S.C.

  • Babcock Building, 1905. Russell Maxey Photograph Collection, Richland Library, Columbia, S.C.

  • Chappelle Memorial A.M.E. Church, c.1950. John Henry McCray Papers, South Caroliniana Library, University of South Carolina.

  • Sutphen House, c.1975. Historic Columbia collection.

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