Columbia Electric Street Railway, Light & Power Substation

Columbia Electric Street Railway, Light & Power Substation
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	Main and Laurel Sts., Columbia, South Carolina
Coordinates	34°00′09″N 81°02′10″W / 34.00250°N 81.03611°WCoordinates: 34°00′09″N 81°02′10″W / 34.00250°N 81.03611°W
Area	Less than one acre
Built	1900
Architectural style	Renaissance Revival
NRHP Reference #	10001220[1]
Added to NRHP	February 4, 2011

Columbia Electric Street Railway, Light & Power Substation is a historic power substation located at Columbia, South Carolina. It was built in 1900 with later additions and alterations, and is a two-story, Italian Renaissance Revival style red brick building. It features an arcade of rounded compound arches or archivolts. From 1900 until 1936, the building served as a power substation for the Columbia Electric Street Railway, Light & Power Company and its successors.^[2][3]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2011.^[1]

References

1. "National Register of Historic Places Listings". Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 1/31/11 through 2/04/11. National Park Service. 2011-02-11.
2. Lee Durbetaki (December 2010). "Columbia Electric Street Railway, Light & Power Substation" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved 2014-01-07.
3. "Columbia Electric Street Railway, Light and Power Substation Richland County (1337 Assembly St., Columbia)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 2014-01-07.