Florence C. Benson Elementary School
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| Location | 226 Bull St. Columbia, South Carolina |
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| Coordinates | 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[1] |
| 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]
