Consolidated Building

National Register Listing

Street Address:

1326 - 1330 Main St., Columbia, SC (Richland County)

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NRHP Nomination

Record Number:

S10817740036

Description and Narrative:

Designed by J. Carroll Johnson for the Consolidated Holding Company, the Consolidated Building was erected about 1912. It is believed that a portion of the building dates back to at least 1900. The architect was a principal in the Columbia firm of Urquhart and Johnson, who also designed other notable buildings in Columbia, including Columbia High School, the Seibels-Wilson House and both Sloan College and the Administration Building on the University of South Carolina campus. The building’s intricately detailed glazed and colored terra cotta façade is unique in Columbia. The first floor has been altered. A central entrance between storefronts is flanked by decorative panels and is surmounted by a bull’s eye window. The second floor has seven bays, the central bay is a tripartite round-headed window that previously afforded access to the original balcony, since removed. On either side are three closely spaced round-headed windows with elaborate trim. On the far sides of the building are colonettes with a geometric design. An elaborate decorative frieze features fleur-de-lis motif with an overhanging section with trefoils. The parapet contains the word “Consolidated” and pierced quatrefoils. Listed in the National Register March 2, 1979. It has since been significantly altered.

Period of Significance:

circa 1912

Level of Significance:

State

Area of Significance:

Architecture

National Register Determination:

listed

Date of Certification:

March 2 1979

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