Pacific Community Association Building

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Pacific Community Association Building
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Location 701 Whaley St., 214 Wayne St., Columbia, South Carolina
Coordinates 33°59′08″N81°2′7″W / 33.98556°N 81.03528°W / 33.98556; -81.03528 Coordinates: 33°59′08″N81°2′7″W / 33.98556°N 81.03528°W / 33.98556; -81.03528
Area 1.2 acres (0.49 ha)
Built 1903 (1903), 1918, 1923
Architect Whaley, W.B. Smith
Architectural style Early Commercial
MPS Textile Mills designed by W.B. Smith Whaley MPS
NRHP reference # 07001110 [1]
Added to NRHP October 24, 2007

Pacific Community Association Building, also known as Pacific Community YMCA and The 'Y', is a historic community center located at Columbia, South Carolina. The original section was built in 1903, and is a large two-story, irregularly-shaped brick building. It was enlarged around 1918 with the addition of the pool building, and a large gymnasium in 1923. It provided recreational opportunities for residents of mill villages associated with the Olympia and Granby Mill complex. [2] [3]

Columbia, South Carolina Capital of South Carolina

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Gym locality for both physical and intellectual education

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Olympia Mill

Olympia Mill, also known as Pacific Mill, is a historic textile mill complex located at Columbia, South Carolina. It was built in 1899, and consists of a four-story, red brick, rectangular shaped, main mill building connected to a one and two-story red brick power plant. The main building is in the Romanesque Revival style and features terra cotta detailing, large segmental arched window openings, and twin pyramidal roofed towers. The complex also includes: a one-story brick power plant auxiliary building, a one-story storage building, and two small brick one-story gatehouses.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2007. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service.
  2. Steven Wells (February 2007). "Pacific Community Association Building" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved 2014-01-07.
  3. "Pacific Community Association Building, Richland County (701 Whaley St., Columbia)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 2014-01-07.