SC-40-132 Cain-Matthews-Tompkins House A

Marker text: CAIN-MATTHEWS-TOMPKINS HOUSE

This house, built ca. 1910 for Columbia businessman John Jefferson Cain (1869-1929), was designed by William Augustus Edwards (1866-1939), a prominent regional architect. Cain, who moved to Columbia in 1899, became one of the stateÕs leading contractors and built such Columbia landmarks as the Arcade (1912) and the Palmetto Building (1913). He also financed, built, and owned the Jefferson Hotel (1913).

Erected by The Historic Columbia Foundation, 2006