Wade Hampton State Office Building


Wade Hampton State Office Building
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

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Location	1015 Sumter St., Columbia, South Carolina
Coordinates	34°0′5″N 81°1′56″W / 34.00139°N 81.03222°W / 34.00139; -81.03222Coordinates: 34°0′5″N 81°1′56″W / 34.00139°N 81.03222°W / 34.00139; -81.03222
Area	less than one acre
Built	1938 (1938)-1940
Architect	Lafaye, Lafaye and Fair; Hopkins & Baker
Architectural style	Classical Revival
MPS	Segregation in Columbia, South Carolina MPS
NRHP Reference #	07000126^[1]
Added to NRHP	March 7, 2007

Wade Hampton State Office Building is a historic state office building located at Columbia, South Carolina. It was built between 1938 and 1940, and is a large six-story building in a restrained Neoclassical style, with Art Deco inspired details. It held the offices of the Attorney General and the Department of Education, who embodied the state's policy of racial segregation. The building was also designed with segregated spaces for African American patrons conducting business there.^[2]^[3]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.^[1]

References

1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ Christopher T. Ziegler (October 2005). "Wade Hampton State Office Building" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved 2014-01-07.
↑ "Wade Hampton State Office Building, Richland County (1015 Sumter St., Columbia)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 2014-01-07.

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