Maxcy Monument
South Carolinian Robert Mills, the nation’s first federal architect, designed the granite and marble monument that stands in the center of the Horseshoe. It was erected by the Clariosophic Literary Society in honor of South Carolina College’s first president, Jonathan Maxcy (1768-1820). Maxcy Monument is Mills’ first known use of an obelisk; his most famous one is the Washington Monument.
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⭐ Jonathan Maxcy Monument
South Carolinian Robert Mills, the nation’s first federal architect, designed the granite and marble monument that stands in the center of the Horseshoe. It was erected by the Clariosophic Literary Society in honor of South Carolina College’s first president, Jonathan Maxcy (1768-1820). Maxcy Monument is Mills’ first known use of an obelisk; his most famous one is the Washington Monument.
