Columbia Township Auditorium

  • Also Known As: Township Auditorium

  • Address: 1703 Taylor St
  • Travel Genus: Sight
  • Sight Category: Building

Georgian Revival architecture and a 40 year History of Segregation

From the time it was built until the 1960s, the white and black audiences at the Columbia Township Auditorium were segregated. If the performers were white, white spectators used the front doors and the seats on the first floor, black spectators would use the side door and sit in the balcony. If the performers were black, the logistics were reversed and white patrons use the side door and sat in the balcony, while black patrons walked through the front and sat in the first floor seats. The auditorium also had separate coatrooms, restrooms and ticket booths. - AsNotedIn


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Timeline

Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1930/00/00 Lafaye and Lafaye Architect Built
1930/00/00 John C Heslep Contractor Built

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Particulars for Columbia Township Auditorium:
Architectural Style American Colonial Revival
Area of Significance Architecture
Criteria Architecture-Engineering
Historic Use Auditorium
Cultural Affiliation Black American
Sight Category Building
Area of Significance Entertainment - Recreation
Criteria Historic Event
Area of Significance Social History



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration: 28th September 2005

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name: Columbia Township Auditorium
Registry Address: 1703 Taylor St.
Registry Number: 05001104
Resource Type: Building
Theme Group: Segregation in Columbia, South Carolina MPS
Owner: Local
Architect: Lafaye and Lafaye; Heslep, John C.
Architectural Style: Colonial revival
Contributing Buildings: 1
Other Certification: Date received-pending nomination
Certification: Listed in the National Register
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: Local
Area of Significance: Social history, Black, Architecture, Entertainment-recreation
Applicable Criteria: Event, Architecture-Engineering
Significant Year: 1930
Historic Function: Recreation and Culture
Historic Sub-Function: Auditorium
Current Function: Recreation and Culture
Current Sub-Function: Auditorium

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