John C. Calhoun State Office Building is a historic office building located at Columbia, South Carolina. It was built in 1926, and is a five-story, I-shaped limestone clad building over a raised basement in the Italian Renaissance Revival style. It housed the South Carolina State Highway Department until 1952. The National Guard seized and occupied the Calhoun Building from October to December 1935 under the orders of Governor

Olin D. Johnston Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston (November 18, 1896April 18, 1965) was an American politician from the US state of South Carolina. He served as the 98th governor of South Carolina, 1935–1939 and 1943–1945, and represented the state in the Unite ...

. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2011.

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Office buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in South Carolina Renaissance Revival architecture in South Carolina Office buildings completed in 1926 Buildings and structures in Columbia, South Carolina National Register of Historic Places in Columbia, South Carolina {{ColumbiaSC-struct-stub