Williams Street / Gist Street

Historical marker location:

Columbia, South Carolina

( Marker is on Gervais Street (U.S. 1) near Williams Street, on the right when traveling east.)

Marker installed: 1977

South Carolina was the first state to secede from the Union, but it was also the last state to rejoin the Union after the Civil War. Reconstruction in the state was marked by violence and political turmoil.