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Entering the President's Hou
like stepping into the past.
Carolyn Holderman, wife ol
Holderman, said the house is on
"If this house could talk, iti
could tell us," Holderman said.
THE THREE-STORY buildin
be used as faculty housing. The
to accommodate two families.
The cost of the building at tha
The original structure was
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1811, had to be rebuilt in 1854, at
The house was rebuilt as a d
separate families which is the
doors on the front of the house
structure cost $11,000.
When the Civil War began, t]
completely taken over for Gonf<
. MANY OF the buildings in t
hospitals for both Union and
cording to Holderman, there
President's House was used as <
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through the years. Among thei
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: USC President James B.
e of the oldest in Columbia,
would be wonderful what it
g was first erected in 1811 to
original structure was built
t time was only $8,000.
made of clapboard which
Kjuake that hit Columbia in
:cording to several sources,
ouble building to house two
reason for he two entrance
, Holderman said. This new
lie USC campus was almost
jderate use.
he Horseshoe were used as .
Confederate soldiers. Ac;
is no evidence that the
>ne.
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Wauchope, former head of the
composer of USC's Alma Mate
years.
Wauchope at times shared
because of the ever-increasing
house was used as a sorority how
Beta Phi sororities.
The striichirp rfirtn't hoonm,
residence until 1952 when it wt
President Donald Russell.
THE HOUSE as it now stand
eastern one used as the main <
opens into a receiving room
fireplaces with pine mantels.
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of Thomas Cooper and Samuel ]
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entrance. The large foyer the house
with two Italian marble USCPres
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on loan from the South many pro
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the foot of the carpeted sta
repairing the clock, the pi
ring room repainted and i
eplaced the worn carpet v
e the beauty of the wood flc
re two large dining rooms
I of the house. These are
Holderman said.
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lso a long sunporch which <
the back of the house. He
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with chandeliers on the
generally used for en>oms
and living room,
extends along the whole
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game room where the
jghters can entertain
a large Chinese mural
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