Palmetto Building, 1400 Main Street at Washington Street, Columbia, Richland County, SC. Surveyed as HABS SC,40-COLUM,17-, with a 218-word written history.
“At 215 feet tall, the Palmetto Building was the tallest building in Columbia, South Carolina, at the time of construction.”
Written record, HABS SC,40-COLUM,17- survey. Machine-read text.
Surveyed by the federal HABS program as HABS SC,40-COLUM,17- · the record runs 218 words · one of 36 surveyed structures published for this county.
The headings the report itself prints. Each one jumps to where it begins.
Source document Quoted word for word from HABS SC,40-COLUM,17-. Not written, edited or summarised by this site.
At 215 feet tall, the Palmetto Building was the tallest building in Columbia, South Carolina, at the time of construction. It is an excellent example of an earth century skyscraper sheathed in Gothic Revival detail. Constructed of limestone and terra cotta, this U-shaped, 15 story high structures has a palmetto tree motif, copper cornice, foliated pilasters and entablatures, decorated Tudor arches with points terminating in palmetto trees, and a stone parapet. The Palmetto Building was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on November 25, Sources of Information: National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form Compilers: Nancy Pittenger and J. Tracy Power South Carolina Department of Archives and History May 2, ADDENDUM TO HABS No.
Palmetto Building
Main Street at Washington Street Columbia Richland County l South Carolina kVC\.-Ui- XEROGRAPHIC COPIES OF COLOR TRANSPARENCIES HISTORIC AMERICAN BUILDINGS SURVEY National Park Service Department of the Interior Washington, DC
| Columbia, South Carolina | The place record: every map, photograph and survey of this town. |
| Richland County, South Carolina | 110 topographic sheets across the county. |
| Library of Congress record | The original filed report as the survey filed it. |
The federal surveyors worked through Columbia building by building. These are the other structures they measured and filed a report on, longest report first.
| Sheet | Structure | Survey | Report |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ainsley Hall Mansion | HABS SC,40-COLUM,3- | 6,575 words | |
| South Carolina State House | HABS SC,40-COLUM,9- | 6,142 words | |
| Lunatic Asylum | HABS SC,40-COLUM,7- | 3,500 words | |
| South Carolina Memorial Garden | HALS SC-9 | 2,379 words | |
| Fort Jackson | HABS SC,40-COLUM.V,2A- | 1,689 words | |
| Crawford-Clarkson House | HABS SC,40-COLUM,4- | 1,611 words | |
| DeBruhl-Marshall House | HABS SC,40-COLUM,1- | 1,064 words | |
| Central National Bank | HABS SC,40-COLUM,8- | 1,058 words | |
| First Baptist Church | HABS SC,40-COLUM,5- | 1,054 words | |
| Fort Jackson | HABS SC,40-COLUM.V,2B- | 906 words | |
| Fort Jackson | HABS SC,40-COLUM.V,2C- | 866 words | |
| Governor's Mansion | HALS SC-10 | 815 words | |
| Millwood (Ruins) | HABS SC,40-COLUM.V,1- | 582 words | |
| Richard O'Neal | HABS SC,40-COLUM,6- | 491 words | |
| Ensor-Keenan Barn & Carriage House | HABS SC,40-COLUM,11A- | 388 words | |
| University of South Carolina | HABS SC,40-COLUM,2A- | 373 words | |
| Allen University | HABS SC,40-COLUM,10A- | 334 words | |
| Columbia Canal & Power Plant | HAER SC,40-COLUM,18- | 299 words | |
| Consolidated Building | HABS SC,40-COLUM,15- | 261 words | |
| First Presbyterian Church | HABS SC,40-COLUM,12- | 258 words | |
| Fisher-Bachman House | HABS SC,40-COLUM,13- | 251 words | |
| Greyhound Bus Station | HABS SC,40-COLUM,16- | 249 words | |
| Trinity Episcopal Church | HABS SC,40-COLUM,14- | 220 words | |
| Gervais Street Bridge | HAER SC,40-COLUM,19- | 181 words |
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