South Carolina Memorial Garden

	South Carolina Memorial Garden
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	South Carolina Memorial Garden, July 2012
Location	1919 Lincoln St., Columbia, South Carolina
Coordinates	34°00′34″N 81°02′36″W / 34.00944°N 81.04333°W
Area	Less than one acre
Built	1945-1957
NRHP reference No.	09000464
Added to NRHP	April 2, 2012

South Carolina Memorial Garden is a historic memorial garden located at Columbia, South Carolina. It was established in 1944-1945 by the Garden Club of South Carolina. It was designed by noted landscape architect Loutrel W. Briggs (1893-1977). It includes a variety of ornamental plants and complementary design elements such as a gate house or tea room (1957), tool house or gardener's shed (1949-1951), walls (1948), gates (1948), walks, fountain terrace and fountain (1951-1952), sculpture (1952, 1954), and garden furniture. It was the first memorial garden sponsored by a state garden club in the United States that recognized veterans of World War II.^[2]^[3]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2012.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register of Historic Places Listings". Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 4/02/12 through 4/06/12. National Park Service. April 13, 2012.
^ John M. Sherrer, III, J. Tracy Power, and Andrew W. Chandler (March 2012). "South Carolina Memorial Garden" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved January 7, 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ "South Carolina Memorial Garden, Richland County (1919 Lincoln St., Columbia)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved January 7, 2014.

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[nps-1] "National Register of Historic Places Listings". Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 4/02/12 through 4/06/12. National Park Service. April 13, 2012.

[nrhpinv-2] John M. Sherrer, III, J. Tracy Power, and Andrew W. Chandler (March 2012). "South Carolina Memorial Garden" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved January 7, 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[scdah-3] "South Carolina Memorial Garden, Richland County (1919 Lincoln St., Columbia)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved January 7, 2014.

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