Bellevue-Newman's Field-Gracelynn Terrace Historic District
National Register Listing
Street Address:
Roughly bounded by Bull Street, Elmwood Avenue, Sumter Street, Marion Street, and Grace Street, Columbia, SC (Richland County)
Alternate Name:
Bellevue, Cottontown
NRHP Nomination
Additional Documentation and Boundary Increase
Record Number:
S10817740124
Description and Narrative:
The Bellevue-Newman’s Field-Gracelynn Terrace Historic District (formerly the Bellevue Historic District) is significant for its high concentration of intact examples of early- and mid-twentieth century residential architecture and its development as an early downtown suburb. It is composed of several distinct but interrelated developments, which include E.B. Wallace’s c.1906-1910 section; the Bellevue area that was platted in 1912; Newman’s Field, platted in 1919; and the Gracelynn Terrace section that was platted in 1938. The district is an intact example of one of the earliest planned suburban residential neighborhoods in Columbia whose appearance has been largely unaltered by the passage of time. The district includes Folk Victorian, Craftsman, Colonial Revival, Tudor Revival, Minimal Traditional, and Ranch style homes built for a middle and upper-middle class White demographic, as well as garages, garage apartments, duplexes, and quadplexes. The district represents part of the city’s first suburban expansion and annexation of the early twentieth century, the downtown suburban boom period of the 1920s, the introduction of duplexes, quadplexes, and garage apartments to meet changing housing needs in the 1930s and early 1940s, and the final phase of downtown residential development after World War II. Listed in the National Register September 30, 1997. Additional Documentation approved and Boundary Increase listed January 3, 2025.
Period of Significance:
1906 – 1956
Level of Significance:
Local
Area of Significance:
Architecture;Community Planning and Development
National Register Determination:
listed
Date of Certification:
September 30 1997
Date of Boundary Increase:
January 3 2025
