Richland County · Marker 40-27
University of South Carolina
Marker #1: Sumter St. Entrance to the Horseshoe, University of South Carolina Campus, Columbia. Marker #2: Bull St. Entrance to the Horseshoe, University of South Carolina Campus, Columbia.
Front inscription
Chartered 1801 as the S. C. College, opened January 10, 1805. Entire student body volunteered for Confederate service 1861. Soldiers' hospital 1862-65. Rechartered as U. of S. C. 1865. Radical control 1873-77. Closed 1877-80. College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts 1880-82. S. C. College 1882-87. U. of S. C. 1887-90. S. C. College 1890-1905. U. of S. C. 1906. Faithful index to the ambitions and fortunes of the state.