City Directories and History: ca. 1910
Elmwood Park Historic District is a turn-of-the-twentieth century suburb of Columbia, South Carolina. It developed at a time of major suburban growth in the Columbia area. In 1900 Columbia’s population numbered 21,108. By 1910 the population in the city had grown to 26,318, but the Chamber of Commerce estimated the population of the suburbs to be 11,000, predominantly white. (1) Elmwood Park was one of many suburbs. A 1908 publication listed Columbia as having twenty-one “sub-divisions.” Elmwood was described as having “a nice settlement.. .and much improvement is taking place. “(2) The Elmwood Park neighborhood is significance in Social History, and as a significant collection of architectural types. As a nearly intact suburb, it illustrates the turn-of-the-twentieth century shift in Columbia, and nationwide, to the suburbs. Architecturally, Elmwood Park is representative of the range of, but similarity in, house types in early suburbs. Elmwood Park illustrates the movement away from the elaborate Victorian era styles to the “comfortable house.” Courtesy of the National Register – SCDAH
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