Harriet M. Cornwell Tourist House | |
Harriet M. Cornwell Tourist Home, July 2012 | |
Location | 1713 Wayne St., Columbia, South Carolina |
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Coordinates | 34°0′27″N81°2′43″W / 34.00750°N 81.04528°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1895 |
Architectural style | American Four-Square |
MPS | Segregation in Columbia, South Carolina MPS |
NRHP reference No. | 07001083 [1] |
Added to NRHP | October 5, 2007 |
Harriet M. Cornwell Tourist House is a historic tourist home for African-American patrons located at Columbia, South Carolina. It was built about 1895, and is a two-story, frame American Foursquare style dwelling. It has a hipped roof and features a one-story wraparound porch. Mrs. Cornwell began operating her house as a tourist home during the 1940s. [2] [3]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2007. [1] A historical marker was erected in 2014. [4]