The Columbia Commercial Historic District encompasses a historically significant portion of the central business district of

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. It includes portions of three blocks of Main Street between Laurel and Hampton Streets, as well as individual buildings on adjacent streets. It includes the full length of Main Streets east side on these blocks, but only the central block (between Blanding and Taylor Streets) on the west side, extending slightly south of Taylor. This area best illustrates the city's commercial and economic growth for a century, from the end of the

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to about 1963, with a broad diversity of architectural styles found in a small area. The district was added to the

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in 2014, and has twice been enlarged. Nine of the district's 36 buildings are also individually listed.

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Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in South Carolina Buildings and structures in Columbia, South Carolina National Register of Historic Places in Columbia, South Carolina {{ColumbiaSC-NRHP-stub

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