Harriet M. Cornwell Tourist House

Harriet M. Cornwell Tourist House

Harriet M. Cornwell Tourist Home, July 2012
Location 1713 Wayne St., Columbia, South Carolina
Coordinates 34°0′27″N 81°2′43″W / 34.00750°N 81.04528°W / 34.00750; -81.04528Coordinates: 34°0′27″N 81°2′43″W / 34.00750°N 81.04528°W / 34.00750; -81.04528
Area less than one acre
Built 1895 (1895)
Architectural style American Four-Square
MPS Segregation in Columbia, South Carolina MPS
NRHP Reference # 07001083[1]
Added to NRHP October 5, 2007

Harriet M. Cornwell Tourist House is a historic tourist home for African-American patrons located at Columbia, South Carolina. It was built about 1895, and is a two-story, frame American Foursquare style dwelling. It has a hipped roof and features a one-story wraparound porch. Mrs. Cornwell began operating her house as a tourist home during the 1940s.[2][3]

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

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. Lindsay Crawford (July 2007). "Harriet M. Cornwell Tourist House" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved 2014-01-07.
  3. "Harriet M. Cornwell Tourist Home, Richland County (1713 Wayne St., Columbia)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 2014-01-07.


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