Assembly Street
In 1786, when Columbia was established as the
State Capital, the General Assembly decided
that two principal thoroughfares should run
perpendicular to each other through the
center of town. One of these, Assembly Street,
was named for the General Assembly, which
first met in Columbia in 1790 in South Carolina's
new State House, a building designed by James
Hoban, who later designed the White House.
Marker is at the intersection of Gervais Street (U.S. 1 - 378) and Assembly Street (U.S. 76), on the right when traveling east on Gervais Street.
Courtesy hmdb.org
