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View of Pickens Street Bridge with pedestrian traffic in daylight

Maxcy Monument with fall foliage in the background

The Maxcy Monument was erected in the center of the Horseshoe in honor of South Carolina College's first president, Jonathan Maxcy.

McKissick Museum with red and purple flowers in the foreground

McKissick Museum, open to the public, is the only 20th-century building on the Horseshoe and is home to more than 140,000 objects.

Students gather on the steps of Rutledge Chapel, one of the oldest buildings on the Horseshoe.

Students walking on the Horseshoe in front of the President's House

The Horseshoe has seen more than two centuries of history and is on the National Register of Historic Places.

Iron gates open to the brick path of the Horseshoe

The Horseshoe Wall was constructed in 1835-1836 and helped save the campus during the burning of Columbia during the Civil War in 1865 by keeping flames off the college grounds.

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