South Carolina State House
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The South Carolina State House is the building housing the government of the
U.S. state of
South Carolina , which includes the
South Carolina General Assembly and the offices of the
Governor and
Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina . Located in the capital city of
Columbia near the corner of Gervais and Assembly Streets, the building also housed the
Supreme Court until 1971.
The State House is in the Classical Revival style; it is approximately 180 feet (55 m) tall, 300 feet (91 m) long, 100 feet (30 m) wide. It weighs more than 70,000 short tons (64,000 t ) and has 130,673 square feet (12,140 m²) of space.
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The old State House was constructed between 1786 and 1790.
James Hoban , a young
Irishman who emigrated to Charleston shortly after the Revolution, was the
architect . Upon the recommendation of
Henry Laurens , President Washington engaged him to design the
executive mansion in
Washington . Old pictures of the two buildings show architectural similarities.
The Old State House
was destroyed during the burning of Columbia in 1865 .
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