On March 24 Bill Blake showed where Corley Construction Company uncovered the foundation of one of the buildings of Chicora College on the 2300 block of Duncan. The foundation (shown above) had to be broken up by a wrecking ball (below) in order to lay the new pipe. Photos by Mimi M. Maddock Chicora College began as the Presbyterian Institute for Women in 1890 and was located in the Hampton- Preston Mansion. Thirty years later, the college's enrollment increased significantly and plans were made to move it to a larger site in Shandon.

The 55 acre campus located between King, Harden, Heyward, and Wheat Streets was purchased from- Dr. William B. Burney, chemistry professor at USC, in 1921 for $169,200. The $2 million plan called for 29 buildings including fireproof dormitories, three two story houses for professors, and three bungalows for professors.

In 1925, the cornerstone for the main structure, Columbia Hall, was laid. Four faculty residences were completed and occupied and a fifth was under construction.

In 1927 Chicora's enrollment decreased to 244 because opportunities provided for women at USC were more plentiful and less expensive. With the stock market crash of 1929, the project was abandoned. Within a year, the college closed, teachers were released, and all assets liquidated. The faculty homes that were built were sold.

The college merged with Queens College and relocated to Charlotte in 1930.

The completed homes were located at 207, 325, and 411 King Street and 2431 Heyward Street (then called Lower Avenue). They are still standing and occupied.