Maxcy Monument
University of South Carolina Horseshoe
In 1827, the Clariosophic Literary Society, one of two debating societies at South Carolina College, commissioned a monument to be built in honor of Jonathan Maxcy, the first president of the college. Designed by Robert Mills, the renowned architect of the Washington Monument, the monument is one of the nation's earliest examples of the Egyptian Revival style.
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A view of the Maxcy Monument with the original President's House, located at the east end of the Horseshoe, in the background. "Artwork of Columbia, S.C., published by Gravure Illustration Company, 1905." Historic Columbia collection, HCF 2008.4.1E
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Maxcy Monument, circa 1940s. Image courtesy South Caroliniana Library, University of South Carolina, Columbia
