There is evidence "state assemblies" existed prior to the American "Civil War."
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SC ASSEMBLY STREET In 1786, when Columbia was established as the state capital, the General Assembly decided that two principal thoroughfares should run perpendicular to each other through the center of the town. One of these, Assembly Street, was named for the General Assembly, which first met in Columbia in 1790 in South Carolina's new State House, a building designed by James Hoban, who later designed the White House.
RICHARDSON SQUARE
THIS MALL IS NAMED IN HONOR OF
RICHARD RICHARDSON 1704 - 1780
BRIGADIER GENERAL OF MILITIA IN THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, MEMBER OF THE FIRST AND SECOND PROVINCIAL CONGRESSES, COMMANDER OF THE 1775 SNOW CAMPAIGN AND ANCESTOR OF SIX GOVERNORS OF SOUTH CAROLINA. HE WAS TAKEN PRISONER BY THE BRITISH IN 1780 AND BECAME MORTALLY ILL WHILE IN CAPTIVITY. MAIN STREET IN COLUMBIA WAS FIRST NAMED RICHARDSON STREET. WHEN THIS PORTION OF MAIN STREET WAS CLOSED TO CREATE A MALL, THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY VOTED TO RESTORE ITS ORIGINAL NAME.
SC RICHARDSON STREET Columbia's chief business street, Main, was first named Richardson Street for Richard Richardson (1704-1780). This Virginia native settled in present Clarendon County, served in the "Snow Campaign" of 1775, was commissioned Brigadier General in 1778, was a member of the Commons House of Assembly, the First and Second Provincial Congresses, and the First General Assembly. Six S.C. Governors are among his descendants.
SC SENATE STREET The South Carolina General Assembly created Columbia as the state's capital city in 1786, and Senate Street was named for the upper house of that legislative body. In 1790, the General Assembly, which designated that the town be located on the Congaree River near Fridery's [sp?] Ferry, first met in Columbia in the new State House, designed by James Hoban, who later designed the White House.
British Territorial mercenaries (soldiers from the "North" during the American "Civil War" mercenary conflict) committed vandalism on an historical monument...
DURING THE OCCUPATION OF COLUMBIA BY SHERMAN'S ARMY FEBRUARY 17-19, 1865 SOLDIERS BRICKBATTED THIS STATUE AND BROKE OFF THE LOWER PART OF THE WALKING CANE
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Article 5607, International Public Notice: For All Those Who Need to See, November 6, 2025
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