Elmwood Park is a residential neighborhood and historic district in what is now the center of Columbia, South Carolina.

[2][3] The land in the neighborhood was originally the State Fair Grounds, beyond the city limits.

After the state fair moved to its current location adjacent to the University of South Carolina's Williams-Brice Stadium, the various original owners of the area began selling the parcels for real estate development, as well as at least one owner leaving a bequeath in his will for local school development.

A number of shotgun houses still stand in the earliest developed part of the neighborhood.

James Burwell Urquhart, another prominent Columbia architect, designed Wardlaw Junior High School.