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Woodrow Memorial Presbyterian Church

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Woodrow (Bishop’s) Memorial AME Church
Woodrow (Bishop’s) Memorial AME Church

Woodrow Memorial Presbyterian Church (also known as Bishop's Memorial A.M.E. Church) is a historic church in Columbia, South Carolina.It was built in 1885 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. In addition to its National Register of Historic Places status, Woodrow Memorial falls within the boundaries of Waverly Protection Area, a Preservation District within the City of Columbia Urban Design and Historic Preservation District system, as well as in Waverly Historic District.

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Woodrow Memorial Presbyterian Church
Washington Street, Columbia Waverly

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Bishop's Memorial AME Church

Washington Street
29204 Columbia, Waverly
South Carolina, United States
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Waverly Historic District (Columbia, South Carolina)
Waverly Historic District (Columbia, South Carolina)

Waverly Historic District is a national historic district located at Columbia, South Carolina. The district encompasses 132 contributing buildings in the first suburban development at Columbia. They were built between about 1898 and 1925, and the district includes examples of Queen Anne, Colonial Revival, Neoclassical, shotgun, American Foursquare, and Craftsman/Bungalow style architecture. The community has evolved from a predominantly white neighborhood into a community of African-American artisans, professionals and social reformers.It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. It was added to the National Park Service African American Civil Rights Network in February 2021.Waverly Historic District is also recognized by the City of Columbia as a Preservation District known as Waverly Protection Area, bounded by Gervais Street, Harden Street, Taylor Street and Millwood Avenue. In addition to Waverly Historic District itself, the following sites within the Waverly Protection Area are listed individually on the National Register of Historic Places: Good Samaritan Waverly Hospital, Dr. Cyril O. Spann Medical Office, Allen University Historic District, Chappelle Administration Building, Ruth's Beauty Parlor (which was housed in a circa 1910 Sears house, model No. 118, ordered by Ruth's father, Nathanial H. Collins), and Woodrow Memorial Presbyterian Church . Historical markers in the Waverly Protection Area conferred by the South Carolina Department of Archives and History include: Allen University, Dr. Cyril O. Spann Medical Office, Visanska Starks House, Good Samaritan Waverly Hospital, First Calvary Baptist Church, Waverly, Matthew J. Perry House, Heidt-Russell House/Edwin R. Russell (one of the African-American scientists and technicians on the Manhattan Project) , James M. Hinton House, Waverly Five and Dime/George Elmore and Elmore v. Rice (a ruling by federal judge Julius Waties Waring).