Sumter Street

Historical marker location:

Columbia, South Carolina

( Marker is at the intersection of Gervais Street (U.S. 1/378) and Sumter Street, on the right when traveling east on Gervais Street.)

Marker installed: 1978

South Carolina was one of the original thirteen colonies that declared independence from Great Britain in 1776. However, it was also the first state to secede from the United States in 1860, which ultimately led to the Civil War.