Harriet M. Cornwell Tourist House

Harriet M. Cornwell Tourist House is a historic tourist home for African-American patrons located at Columbia, South Carolina. It was built about 1895, and is a two-story, frame American Foursquare style dwelling. It has a hipped roof and features a one-story wraparound porch. Mrs. Cornwell began operating her house as a tourist home during the 1940s.[2][3]

Harriet M. Cornwell Tourist House
Harriet M. Cornwell Tourist Home, July 2012
Location1713 Wayne St., Columbia, South Carolina
Coordinates34°0′27″N 81°2′43″W
Arealess than one acre
Built1895 (1895)
Architectural styleAmerican Four-Square
MPSSegregation in Columbia, South Carolina MPS
NRHP reference No.07001083[1]
Added to NRHPOctober 5, 2007

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.[1]

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Lindsay Crawford (July 2007). "Harriet M. Cornwell Tourist House" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved 2014-01-07.
  3. "Harriet M. Cornwell Tourist Home, Richland County (1713 Wayne St., Columbia)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 2014-01-07.


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