Elmwood Park, Columbia, South Carolina

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Elmwood Park is a historic, family-friendly neighborhood in central Columbia, South Carolina. It was developed in the early 1900s and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1991 as Elmwood Park Historic District. The land used to be the State Fair Grounds, with fairgrounds and a race track located between Park Street and Wayne Street. After the state fair moved, the area was sold for homes, and a public auction in 1905 is often seen as the birth moment of Elmwood Park. Columbia annexed the neighborhood in 1907, making it the city’s first suburb outside its original boundaries.

Key facts:
- Homes: The district includes about 279 houses, with 219 considered contributing to its historic character. Styles include Queen Anne, American Foursquare, gable-front, Colonial Revival, and smaller one-story Craftsman-influenced homes, plus brick bungalows from the 1920s–30s and some early shotgun houses.
- Schools: Logan Elementary (still in use) and Wardlaw Junior High (now Wardlaw Apartments).
- Logan Elementary: designed by J. Carroll Johnson, built in 1913, listed on the National Register in 1979.
- Wardlaw Junior High: designed by James Burwell Urquhart, built in 1927, listed on the National Register in 1984.