Shandon Baptist Church (Bethel A.M.E. Church) 819 Woodrow St.	Maple Street Southern Methodist Church 831 Maple St.	2702 Cypress St.	2714-2716 Cypress St.	2734 Cypress St.
929-931 Maple St.	928 Maple St.	926 Maple St.	925-927 Maple St.	922 Maple St.
921 Maple St.	920 Maple St.	917 Maple St.	902 Maple St.	819 Maple St.
810 Maple St.	805 Maple St.	802 Maple St.	2719 Lee St.	2715 Lee St.

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The Old Shandon Historic District is historically significant as the first planned suburban community of Columbia. The houses, institutions, and businesses built in Shandon between the 1890s and the 1950s reflected the growing suburban landscape of the white middle class as it responded to changes in transportation, social issues, and increasing population and commercial development encroachment. Robert W. Shand, a prominent local attorney, formed the Columbia Land and Investment Company in 1889. The following year the company bought 305 acres east of Columbia for $24,000. Formerly rural farmland and woods owned earlier in the 1800s by Robert Start, a Revolutionary War soldier and early nineteenth century mayor of Columbia, this land was to be the first phase of the new town of Shandon, envisioned as an enclave from the busy life of the city as well as a resort and amusement center. The wide streets and generous lots of the area created a park-like setting that was intended to attract professional workers and their families from the urban center. Access to the offices and businesses of the city was provided by the extension of the city’s trolley line into the district. The district is a collection of fifty-one primarily residential properties, forty-two of which are contributing properties. Three buildings in the district are utilized for religious purposes. Representative architectural styles include Queen Anne, Bungalow, Craftsman, Colonial Revival, and Neo-Classical. Listed in the National Register September 2, 2003.

View a map showing the boundaries of the Old Shandon Historic District.