Old Campus District, University of South Carolina

{{short description|Historic district in South Carolina, United States}}

{{Use American English|date=January 2025}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}

{{Infobox NRHP

| name = Old Campus District, University of South Carolina

| nrhp_type = hd

| nocat = yes

| image = Usc horseshoe.jpg

| caption = The Horseshoe at the heart of USC's historic campus as it looks today.

| location = Bounded by Pendleton, Sumter, Pickens, and Greene streets

Columbia, South Carolina

| locmapin = South Carolina#USA

| built = 1848

| architect = Robert Mills, et al.

| architecture = Early Republic

| added = June 5, 1970

| area = {{convert|47|acre}}

| refnum = 70000596{{NRISref|version=2010a}}

}}

The Old Campus District, University of South Carolina, is a historic district centered on The Horseshoe on the main campus of the University of South Carolina in Columbia, South Carolina.{{Cite web | last = McCorkle | first = Norman | title = University of South Carolina Old Campus District| work = National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory | date = August 26, 1970 | url = http://www.nationalregister.sc.gov/richland/S10817740005/S10817740005.pdf | format = pdf | access-date = 19 August 2012}}{{Cite web | title = University of South Carolina Old Campus District, Richland County (Columbia) | work = National Register Properties in South Carolina | publisher = South Carolina Department of Archives and History | url = http://www.nationalregister.sc.gov/richland/S10817740005/index.htm | access-date = 19 August 2012}} On June 5, 1970, it was listed in the National Register of Historic Places. On April 19, 1996 MTV Unplugged filmed Hootie & the Blowfish's concert on The Horseshoe before the release of their second album Fairweather Johnson.