The Palmetto Building, built during 1912–1913, is an
early skyscraper
The earliest stage of skyscraper design encompasses buildings built between 1884 and 1945, predominantly in the American cities of New York and Chicago. Cities in the United States were traditionally made up of low-rise buildings, but significa ...
in
Columbia, South Carolina
Columbia is the List of capitals in the United States, capital city of the U.S. state of South Carolina. With a population of 136,632 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, it is List of municipalities in South Carolina, the second-mo ...
.
It was designed by architect
Julius Harder, and
Wilson and Sompayrac served as supervising architects. Upon completion it was the tallest building in South Carolina at and with 15 floors.
[
The Palmetto Building was listed on the ]National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government's official United States National Register of Historic Places listings, list of sites, buildings, structures, Hist ...
in 1980.[ Since the mid-2000s, it has housed the Sheraton Columbia Downtown Hotel.]
See also
* List of tallest buildings in Columbia, South Carolina
References
External links
*
Historic American Buildings Survey in South Carolina
Office buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in South Carolina
Buildings and structures in Richland County, South Carolina
National Register of Historic Places in Columbia, South Carolina
1913 establishments in South Carolina
Skyscrapers in South Carolina
Skyscraper office buildings in South Carolina
Office buildings completed in 1913
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