Florence C. Benson Elementary School

	Florence C. Benson Elementary School
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	226 Bull St.; Columbia, South Carolina
Coordinates	33°59′25″N 81°1′21″W / 33.99028°N 81.02250°WCoordinates: 33°59′25″N 81°1′21″W / 33.99028°N 81.02250°W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1953-1955
Architect	Urquhart, James B.
Architectural style	Modern Movement
MPS	Historic Resources of Segregation in Columbia, South Carolina, 1880-1960 and Equalization Schools in South Carolina, 1951-1960
NRHP reference No.	09000819
Added to NRHP	October 7, 2009

Florence C. Benson Elementary School, also known as Wheeler Hill School and the Benson Building, is a historic school building for African-American students located at Columbia, South Carolina. It was built in 1953–1955 in Wheeler Hill, a segregated African-American neighborhood, as an "equalization school." The one-story, three-finger plan school, is built of concrete block with a red brick veneer and reflects influences of the Modern and International styles. The school housed 18 classrooms. The school closed in 1975.^[2]^[3]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.^[1]

References[]

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ Rebekah Dobrasko and Louis Venters (August 2009). "Florence C. Benson Elementary School" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved 2014-01-07.
^ "Florence C. Benson Elementary School, Richland County (226 Bull St., Columbia )". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 2014-01-07.

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

[nrhpinv-2] Rebekah Dobrasko and Louis Venters (August 2009). "Florence C. Benson Elementary School" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved 2014-01-07.

[scdah-3] "Florence C. Benson Elementary School, Richland County (226 Bull St., Columbia )". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 2014-01-07.

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