Melrose Heights–Oak Lawn–Fairview Historic District
The Melrose Heights–Oak Lawn–Fairview Historic District is a predominantly residential historic district in eastern Columbia, South Carolina.
It encompasses much of the neighborhood of Melrose Heights, and is formed out of three separate subdivisions that were developed as a streetcar suburb originally outside the city boundary in the first half of the 20th century. The district is about 155 acres (63 ha) in size, and has 607 contributing buildings, in many architectural styles popular in the first half of the 20th century. It is bounded on the east by Woodrow Street, the north by Gervais Street and Trenholm Road, the south by Millwood Avenue and Michigan Street, and the east by Butler and Princeton Streets and Maiden Lane. The area was originally farmland owned by members of the locally prominent Powell family. Although it features modest houses in a wide variety of styles, it has a particular concentration of "airplane" bungalow cottages.
Getting around Melrose Heights–Oak Lawn–Fairview Historic District the local way
- Go nextCongaree National Park, South Carolina's only national park, is even closer, about 20 miles (32 km) to the south, and makes for a good day trip.
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