![]() ![]() In the early years of the building the facility was a major tour stop in the Southeast USA with everyone performing there including Duke Ellington, The Ink Spots r&b group in '40, Louis Armstrong in '40 (for $1.20 a ticket) and '44, Count Basie & His Orchestra in '47, Elvis Presley in '56, Bill Haley & His Comets with Bo Diddley in '56, Florida's Ray Charles in '60, The Isley Brothers in '60, Johnny Cash in '63, Peter, Paul, & Mary in '63, Augusta's James Brown in '65, Macon's Otis Redding (d.1967) with Atlanta's Gladys Knight in '65, Beach Boys in '65, Greenwood's frat rock Swingin' Medallions in '66, Paul Revere & The Raiders in '67, Joan Baez in '68, and Loretta Lynn, just to name a few. The auditorium has a seating capacity of 3,072 for standard concert seating and 3,383 with general admission floor seating. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2005, and in 2009 it underwent a complete renovation/modernization that saw the architects/facility win national awards for historic preservation /renovation. It was built in 1930 (92 years ago), and is a three-story, brick building with a Doric order columned portico in the Georgian Revival style. Segregation in Columbia, South Carolina MPSĬolumbia Township Auditorium, also known as Township Auditorium, is a historic auditorium located in Columbia, South Carolina. ![]()
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