Schools and colleges
Academies, colleges, universities and schoolhouses, and the teachers who founded them. 322 places on the trail.
Colonial (pre-contact to 1763)
Era of American Revolution (1764-1783)
South Carolina in the Early Republic (1784-1815)
- 40-03"Commissioners' Oak"In April 1786, Alexander Gillon, Henry Pendleton, Richard Winn, Richard Hampton, and Thomas Taylor, Commissioners appoin...
- 40-67College StreetThis street, originally named Medium Street and part of the original 1786 Columbia plan, bisected the area which was to ...
- 43-14General Sumter Memorial Academy 1905-1911This forerunner of the modern consolidated rural high school with Colonel John Julius Dargan, noted educator, as founder...
- 33-12John De La Howe (ca. 1710-1797)Dr. John De La Howe, a French physician, came to South Carolina in 1764 and settled in the New Bordeaux community by the...
- 36-11Mount Bethel AcademyLocated about one mile northeast on land conveyed by Edward Finch, this school, the first Methodist educational venture ...
- 20-12Mt. Zion SocietyA social and benevolent group dedicated to the promotion of education, the Mt. Zion Society was organized in January 177...
- 36-24NewberryNewberry County was one of six counties created from Ninety Six District in 1785. In 1789 John Coate donated two acres f...
- 40-20Site of Columbia Female AcademyAuthorized by legislature 1792, the Columbia Female Academy was located here from about 1820 to 1883, when this property...
- 16-09St. David's AcademyThe St. David's Society, organized in 1777 and chartered in 1778, built the first public academy in St. David's Parish ¾...
- 40-27University of South CarolinaChartered 1801 as the S. C. College, opened January 10, 1805. Entire student body volunteered for Confederate service 18...
Antebellum (1816-1860)
- 07-26Beaufort CollegeBeaufort College, a college preparatory academy founded in 1795, occupied this Greek Revival building from 1852 to 1861....
- 07-62Beaufort CollegeBeaufort College, a college preparatory academy founded in 1795, occupied this Greek Revival building from 1852 to 1861....
- 04-40Belton AcademyThis site, on a lot donated by Dr. George Brown, was the location of a school for more than a century. Belton Academy, a...
- 06-08Boiling Springs AcademyBoiling Springs Academy was founded by the Boiling Springs Academical Society in 1823, with trustees Hansford Duncan, Jo...
- 46-07Columbia Seminary ChapelThis building was designed by Robert Mills and erected in Columbia, S.C., as the stable and carriage house of the mansio...
- 02-18Downer Institute & SchoolDowner Institute, founded in 1843, was originally located 1.5 mi. NE of this site and operated until 1865. It was named ...
- 04-04Farmers HallBuilt 1826-1828/Home of Pendleton Farmers Society./Organized 1815./Within this hall/THOMAS GREEN CLEMSON,/one of the Soc...
- 20-11Feasterville Female and Male AcademyAround 1840, an academy was established at this site by John Feaster, a noted landowner of this area, for the education ...
- 40-06Former Site of Columbia Theological SeminaryFounded 1828 by Presbyterian Synod of South Carolina and Georgia. Located here 1831. Moved to Decatur, Georgia 1925. Woo...
- 29-08Franklin AcademyOrganized in 1825, was the most widely-known of the four schools that occupied this site. Henry Connelly was its first p...
- 43-22Furman Academy and Theological InstitutionEstablished by the S. C. Baptist Convention in 1825, Furman opened in Edgefield in 1826. Later sites were here at High H...
- 23-14Furman UniversityEstablished in 1825 by the S. C. Baptist Convention, the Furman Academy and Theological Institution opened at Edgefield,...
- 02-54Graniteville AcademyThis Carpenter Gothic school was built in 1848 by the Graniteville Mill, then the largest textile mill in S.C. William G...
- 23-15Greenville Woman's CollegeEstablished in 1854 by the S. C. Baptist Convention, this institution opened as Greenville Baptist Female College in Feb...
- 20-03James Henry Carlisle (1825-1909)Educator, Humanitarian, Religious Leader, College President. He believed that: "The student ought to be educated not sim...
- 46-17King's Mountain Military Academy Site) Micah Jenkins and Asbury Coward, graduates of The Citadel in Charleston, founded this Yorkville school in 1855. Closed...
- 11-03Limestone CollegeFounded in 1845 as the Limestone Springs Female High School by Dr. Thomas Curtis and his son Dr. William Curtis, disting...
- 36-01Lutheran Theological Southern SeminaryHere in 1830, in the house of Colonel John Eigleberger, the Evangelical Lutheran Synod of South Carolina and Adjacent St...
- 36-03Newberry CollegeThis fully accredited Lutheran controlled college was chartered by the General Assembly of South Carolina on December 20...
- 21-13Ney SchoolAbout 1843 Robert Rogers (1808-1882), a planter at "Blooming Grove" in the Back Swamp community of what was then Darling...
- 35-04Old Female AcademyThe oldest part of this building served as Bennettsville Female Academy 1833-1881. It originally stood opposite First Me...
- 40-52Original Site of Columbia CollegeThis land was purchased in 1854 by the South Carolina Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church as the site of Columb...
- 46-85Rock Hill AcademyRock Hill Academy, the first school in the village of Rock Hill, opened in 1855 in a log building near this site. A priv...
- 40-08Site of Columbia Male AcademyTrustees appointed by legislature 1792 were incorporated 1795 and served as trustees for male and female academies. Scho...
- 40-33South Carolina Female Collegiate InstituteAt Barhamville, about ½ mi. west of this point, a famous girls' school, founded by Dr. Elias Marks (1790-1886), was loca...
- 43-24Sumterville AcademyTHIS SCHOOL SITE of one acre was given to trustees in 1837 for use in public education by COL. JOHN BLOUNT MILLER (1782-...
- 37-15The English SchoolWalhalla, in what was Pickens District until Oconee County was created in 1868, was founded by the German Colonization S...
- 04-17Thomas Green Clemson (1807-1888)A native Philadelphian and leading agriculturist, Mr. Clemson was U.S. chargé d'affaires to Belgium, U.S. Superintendent...
- 04-11University HillThree educational institutions have been in this immediate area: Johnson Female University (1856-63) named for William B...
- 19-07Village AcademyOrganized in 1811, the Edgefield Village Academy was located for many years on this site acquired from Col. Eldred Simki...
- 15-07Walterborough AcademyIncorporated December 17, 1834, Walterborough Academy was the forerunner of the present city school system. Its trustees...
- 04-12William Bullein Johnson (1782-1862)President of Triennial, Southern, South Carolina Baptist Conventions. Johnson Female University, founded here in 1848 as...
- 33-02Willington AcademyTwo miles southwest is the site of this famous classical academy which was established in 1804 by Rev. Moses Waddel, D.D...
- 42-18Wofford CollegeWofford College, chartered in 1851, was established by a $100,000 bequest from the Rev. Benjamin Wofford of Spartanburg,...
- 46-52Yorkville Female InstituteYorkville Female Institute or Yorkville Female College was the first school here, where private schools and then public ...
Civil War (1861-1865)
- 37-17Cross Roads Baptist ChurchThis church was founded between 1860 and 1880 by Forch Allen (1823-1911) and members of the Allen and Oglesby families, ...
- 40-12Governor's MansionArsenal Academy, converted from a state arsenal, occupied this square from 1842 to 1865 when Union troops burned all the...
- 07-15Penn SchoolAfter Union occupation of the sea islands in 1861, two northerners, Laura Towne and Ellen Murray, came to help the freed...
Reconstruction (1866-1876)
- 04-24African American School SiteThe one-room frame public school, organized shortly after the Civil War, housed 76 students and 1 teacher by 1870. The s...
- 07-70Beaufort Colored SchoolBeaufort Colored School opened at this site in 1867. The school was housed in a two-story frame residence acquired by th...
- 40-147Benedict CollegeBenedict College, founded in 1870 by the American Baptist Home Mission Society to educate freedmen and their descendants...
- 09-14Bethel A.M.E. Church and SchoolBethel A.M.E. Church was established in 1865 and held its early services under a brush arbor. Bethel was the first A.M.E...
- 12-10Brainerd InstituteThis institute grew out of an 1866 school for freedmen; it became Brainerd Institute in 1868 when the Board of Missions ...
- 46-67Brick HouseIn 1841, Dr. John S. Bratton began construction of a new, all-brick two-story house at Brattonsville. Completed c.1843, ...
- 16-91Cherry Grove Baptist ChurchFormer members of Swift Ceek Baptist Church (3 mi. W) founded this church in 1869, later adopting the name “Cherry Grove...
- 38-26Claflin CollegeClaflin College, founded in 1869 as Claflin University, is the oldest historically black college in S.C. and was establi...
- 40-112Early Howard School SiteOn this site stood Howard School, a public school for blacks established after the Civil War. By 1869 there was a two-st...
- 20-16Fairfield InstituteThis grade school and normal institute for blacks was founded in 1869 during Reconstruction by the Northern Presbyterian...
- 43-54Goodwill SchoolGoodwill School was established by missionaries from the Northern Presbyterian Church shortly after the Civil War. The s...
- 40-111Howard School SiteEstablished after the Civil War, this public school for blacks was located at the NW corner of Hampton & Lincoln streets...
- 25-23Huspah Baptist Church and SchoolHuspah Baptist Church was organized c. 1873. The congregation first met in the homes of church members before erecting a...
- 10-37Laing SchoolLaing School, located here from 1868 to 1953, was founded in 1866 by Cornelia Hancock, a Quaker who had served as a nurs...
- 19-24Macedonia Baptist ChurchOrganized in 1869 with the support of Edgefield Village Baptist Church, this first African American church in Edgefield ...
- 07-16Mather SchoolShortly after the Civil War, Mather School was founded here by Rachel Crane Mather of Boston. In 1882 the Woman's Americ...
- 25-07Morrison AcademyIn old Lawtonville Community, across from this site, was the first Morrison Academy, a one-room elementary and college p...
- 19-23Mt. Pleasant Baptist ChurchMt. Pleasant Baptist Church was organized in 1869 when the African American members of Philippi Baptist Church requested...
- 46-81Mt. Zion SchoolThis was the original location of Mt. Zion School, a public school for African Americans established by Mt. Zion Baptist...
- 34-26Nazarene Baptist ChurchThis congregation traces its roots to enslaved members of Gapway Baptist Church (1 mi. W) who held their own worship ser...
- 37-09Newberry College 1868-1877Newberry College, founded in 1856, moved here from Newberry in 1868 and remained in Walhalla until 1877, returning to Ne...
- 23-56Old Pilgrim Baptist ChurchThis church was founded in 1868 by black members of nearby Clear Spring Baptist Church who named their new church Pilgri...
- 02-19Schofield SchoolThis school was founded by the Freedmen's Bureau shortly after the Civil War to educate freedmen, women, and children. I...
- 39-30Soapstone Church & SchoolThis Baptist congregation likely dates to the 1870s and was organized by Rev. Joseph McJunkin to serve residents of Libe...
- 10-44The Parsonage“The Parsonage,” the home of Rev. James B. Middleton (1839-1918), stood here at 5 Short Court (now President’s Place) un...
- 43-13The Sumter Institute 1867-1901A boarding school for girls located on the northeast corner of Washington and Calhoun Sts. Founded by Laura Fraser Brown...
- 40-222U.S.C. During ReconstructionPeople of African descent have been integral to the history of U.S.C. In the early days of the university enslaved peopl...
- 21-31Wilson SchoolWilson School, later Wilson High School, was the first public school in Florence, and stood here from 1866 to 1906. At f...
New South (1877-1913)
- 02-16Aiken InstituteThe Aiken Institute, which gave this area the name of "Institute Hill," was chartered in 1888. The main building, design...
- 40-152Allen UniversityAllen University, chartered in 1880, was founded by the African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) Church. It had its origin i...
- 32-37Batesburg InstituteThe Batesburg Institute opened here in 1893. Also called the Batesburg Collegiate Institute, it was created by the merge...
- 07-21Beaufort Female Benevolent SocietyThe Society, founded in 1814 to educate and provide relief for destitute children, built this house in 1895 and leased i...
- 30-26Beaverdam Baptist Church and SchoolThis Baptist congregation organized in the 1870s. A church cemetery at this site dates to that period, and early members...
- 10-23Belvidere School SiteIn 1898 Charleston County School District No. 11 bought this land from J. S. Hart and built a public school on the site ...
- 19-09Bettis AcademyEstablished as a result of the inspiration and efforts of the Reverend Alexander Bettis, this educational institution wa...
- 12-11Black Rock Baptist ChurchBlack Rock Baptist Church formally organized by 1874 and was originally part of the Gethsemane Baptist Association. The ...
- 40-149Blossom Street SchoolBlossom Street School, at the corner of what was then Blossom & Gates (now Park) Streets, was built in 1898 as the first...
- 14-28Butler CemeteryThis cemetery dates to at least the 1860s and likely began as a burial ground for white members of the Butler and Nelson...
- 23-53Cedar Grove Baptist ChurchAccording to tradition, this African-American church was organized by Rev. Tom Jones shortly after the Civil War. It hel...
- 39-28Central SchoolThis Classical Revival structure, built 1908-09 by B.E. Grandy, was originally a school for residents of the town of Cen...
- 08-70Cherry Hill ClassroomThis school was built ca. 1876 on land donated by John Campbell for a building that would serve as both a school for Afr...
- 13-17Chesterfield AcademyThe building that stands here once served as the Chesterfield Academy. The first Chesterfield Academy building was locat...
- 13-15Chesterfield High SchoolChesterfield High School, which stood here from 1908 to 1992, was the successor to Chesterfield Academy, an antebellum s...
- 39-10Clemson UniversityClemson University was founded in 1889 as the Clemson Agricultural College of S.C., with its origins in the Morrill Land...
- 46-34Clinton Junior CollegeClinton Junior College, affiliated with the A.M.E. Zion Church, was founded in 1894 by Revs. Nero Crockett and W.M. Robi...
- 42-02Converse CollegeFounded by citizens of Spartanburg in 1889 for the liberal education of women. Named for Dexter Edgar Converse, pioneer ...
- 45-15Cooper's AcademyCooper’s Academy, built in 1905-06, was a private boarding school for the black children of this community until 1927, a...
- 13-05Coulter Memorial Academy SiteOrganized in 1881, this Negro Presbyterian (USA) school was founded by the Rev. J. P. Crawford with support from Mrs. C....
- 42-43Dean Street SchoolThis building began as Dean Street School, a two-story wood frame structure built in 1891 to serve African American resi...
- 41-08Delmar SchoolThis school, established in 1896 as both a grammar and high school, was built as a 1-room building and was expanded to 3...
- 05-16Denmark High SchoolDenmark High School is the second school located at this spot. The first Denmark School, designed by Charles Coker Wilso...
- 05-17Denmark Industrial SchoolThe Denmark Industrial School was started by Elizabeth Evelyn Wright after she made attempts to start a school for black...
- 17-17Dillon Graded School and Dillon Public SchoolThe Dillon School Campus includes a unique collection of educational buildings from different periods, each representing...
- 11-14Dunton Chapel Methodist ChurchDunton Chapel Methodist Church can trace its origins to 1870, when Rev. J.R. Rosemond began preaching in the home of Mil...
- 23-73Fork Shoals SchoolOriginally associated with Fork Shoals Baptist Church, Fork Shoals School was in operation by 1877. A private Fork Shoal...
- 10-143Frederick Deming Jr. Industrial SchoolThe Frederick Deming Jr. Industrial School opened at this site in 1892. It was founded to serve African American residen...
- 30-14Friendship A.M.E. Church & CemeteryThis church held its first services in a nearby brush arbor shortly after the Civil War and was formally organized in 18...
- 46-58Friendship SchoolFriendship College, on this site from 1910 to 1981, was founded in 1891 by Rev. M.P. Hall and sponsored by the Sunday Sc...
- 11-13Gaffney's Old FieldMuch of the land in this area once belonged to Michael Gaffney, proprietor of Gaffney’s Crossroads. The area also served...
- 30-22Hampton Street SchoolBy 1895, this intersection was the site of the Laurens Colored School, eventually known as Hampton Street School. In tha...
- 01-23Harbison CemeteryThis approx. three-acre cemetery dates to at least the 1890s and was created to serve African American residents of the ...
- 16-70Hartsville Graded SchoolThe first public school for the black children of Hartsville and vicinity operated on this site from about 1900 to 1921....
- 02-28Jacksonville SchoolJacksonville School, built by the Jacksonville Lodge in 1895, taught the black children of this community until 1936. Gr...
- 19-17Johnston SchoolsJohnston’s first school opened on this site in 1873. The Male and Female Academy was a boarding school, with Rev. Luther...
- 43-38Kendall InstituteKendall Institute, founded on this site in 1891, was one of the first black schools in Sumter. It was funded by the Boar...
- 14-20Manning SchoolsThe Manning Collegiate Institute, the town’s first public school opened here in early 1890. The two-story frame school w...
- 02-20Marie Cromer Seigler HouseThis house was for many years the home of Marie Cromer Seigler (1882-1964), educator and national pioneer in agricultura...
- 34-12Marion AcademyThis building, the first public school in Marion County, was built in 1886 by the Marion Academy Society, chartered in 1...
- 28-11Mather AcademyMather Academy was founded in 1887 by the New England Southern Conference of the Women's Home Missionary Society of the ...
- 36-16Mollohon Mill and VillageThis mill was built and operated by the Mollohon Manufacturing Co. from 1901 to 1926, when it was sold to the Kendall Co...
- 35-35Murchison SchoolThe Murchison School, built in 1902, was named for John D. Murchison (1826-1892), a merchant and the first mayor of Benn...
- 36-09Newberry College Historic DistrictListed in the National Register of Historic Places are Smeltzer Hall (1877-78), dormitory for women and campus reception...
- 32-55Oak Grove Colored SchoolThis is the former site of Oak Grove Colored School, est. 1900 as a public school for African Americans. It was built on...
- 40-215Olympia Mill SchoolOne of approx. 300 homes built 1900-01 for workers at nearby Olympbia Cotton Mill, this 6-room duplex later housed the O...
- 40-05Original Site of Winthrop CollegeIn 1886, chiefly through the efforts of D. B. Johnson, first superintendent of Columbia public schools, Winthrop Trainin...
- 34-23Palmer School and CemeteryIn 1838 the Palmer family began using this site as a private burial ground. Palmer School was built here c.1887 at the b...
- 04-43Pelzer SchoolsThe first Pelzer Mills School, built in 1881, was a two-story frame building. The school was described as having “the ai...
- 17-15Pine Hill A.M.E. ChurchThis church, founded in 1876, was in Marion County before Dillon County was created in 1910. At first on S.C. Hwy. 34, t...
- 07-50Port Royal Agricultural SchoolThe Port Royal Agricultural School, later the Beaufort County Training School, operated nearby 1901-1955. Offering vocat...
- 04-21Richard W. SimpsonBorn in 1840, Colonel Simpson, lawyer, farmer, and legislator, drafted and executed Thomas Green Clemson's will, establi...
- 46-41Rock Hill High SchoolRock Hill High School has its origins in the Rock Hill Graded School, opened in 1888 for grades 1-9. The name Rock Hill ...
- 37-08Seneca InstituteThe Seneca Institute (later Seneca Junior College) educated African American children of this region from 1899 to 1939. ...
- 07-27Sheldon Union AcademySheldon Union Academy, later Sheldon School, opened in 1893 on this site and educated the black children of rural Sheldo...
- 38-25South Carolina State UniversityS.C. State University was founded in 1896 as the Colored Normal, Industrial, Agricultural & Mechanical College of S.C., ...
- 42-15Spartanburg Methodist CollegeWhile minister of Duncan Memorial Methodist Church, the Rev. David E. Camak established the Textile Industrial Institute...
- 12-12St. Paul Baptist Church at HalsellvilleThis congregation, originally known as St. Paul Colored Baptist Church, was formally organized by 1884 on nearby Goings ...
- 09-25St. Peter AME Church and SchoolThis African Methodist Episcopal (AME) congregation organized in 1880 when five trustees acquired one acre of land at th...
- 25-28Steele Missionary SchoolNorthern teacher Almira S. Steele opened a school for African American children at this site c.1885. Part of the America...
- 23-32Sterling High SchoolSterling High School stood 3/4 mi. southeast of here and served generations of African Americans in Greenville. Founded ...
- 10-147Three Trees SchoolThis was the site of Three Trees School, one of the earliest Black public schools on James Island. Three Trees opened by...
- 16-32Welsh Neck High SchoolThe Welsh Neck Baptist Association initiated this institution as a coeducational boarding school. It opened Sept. 17, 18...
- 04-47White Plains SchoolPreviously housed in a log cabin ½ mi. E, White Plains School moved to this site by 1890. At least sixty pupils attended...
- 04-16Williamston Female CollegeThis college was founded Feb. 12, 1872, by the Reverend Samuel Lander, DD, Methodist minister. The college building stoo...
- 22-20Winyah SchoolsWinyah Indigo School District was created in 1885 to maintain public education in Georgetown. In 1887, the district assu...
World War I and the Interwar Period (1913-1941)
- 04-38"The Hundreds"This area was a hub of African-American life from the late-19th to mid-20th centuries. Anderson County Training School, ...
- 02-50Aiken Graded SchoolThis park is the site of Aiken Graded School, a two-story brick school built 1924-25. It was built for black pupils in g...
- 02-51Aiken Preparatory SchoolAiken Preparatory School (APS), founded in 1916 as a boarding school for “junior gentlemen” in grades 4-8, was a fixture...
- 18-09Alston Graded SchoolAlston Graded School, one of the first African-American schools founded in Dorchester County, stood here from 1910 to 19...
- 32-54Batesburg Colored SchoolThis is the site of Batesburg Colored School, built c.1922 with support from the Julius Rosenwald Foundation. The Colore...
- 23-86Berea SchoolThe first Berea School built at this location opened in 1916. It was a two-story building with an auditorium on the seco...
- 40-226Bethel SchoolAs early as 1908, Bethel School, also known as Blythewood Colored School, opened on land tradition says belonged to Beth...
- 34-24Bethel-Britton's Neck SchoolAlong the nearby stretch of Gresham Road is the site of Bethel or Britton’s Neck School for African Americans. In 1902-2...
- 43-41Beulah SchoolThis two-room African-American school was likely built between 1922 and 1930 for students in grades 1-7. It had 50-100 s...
- 40-210Blythewood SchoolThe first school here built c.1890 was a one-room frame building. In 1921 a two-story brick schoolhouse and auditorium r...
- 40-164Booker T. Washington SchoolThe two-story main building at Booker T. Washington School, built in 1916, stood here until 1975. At first an elementary...
- 38-34Bowman Rosenwald SchoolBowman Rosenwald School, which stood here from 1927 to 1952, was one of several African-American schools in Orangeburg C...
- 46-70Boyd Hill SchoolA new school for African American residents of the Boyd Hill community was built here in 1925 on a 4-acre lot. Designed ...
- 38-54Bull Swamp Colored SchoolIn 1936 the 3-room Bull Swamp Colored School was built near Bull Swamp Baptist Church. The building cost $3,000 and was ...
- 10-67Burke High SchoolThis school, founded in 1910, was the first public high school for African-Americans in Charleston. It succeeded the Cha...
- 16-35Butler SchoolButler School, located on this site since 1921, was the second public school to serve Hartsville's black community and o...
- 05-04Carlisle Military SchoolSC Methodists began an institution on this site in 1892 naming it Carlisle Fitting School, for James H. Carlisle, presid...
- 46-69Carroll Rosenwald SchoolBuilt 1929-30 for $4520, this was originally the Carroll School for African American residents of the nearby Ogden commu...
- 34-17Centenary Rosenwald SchoolCentenary Rosenwald School was built here in 1924-25. It was one of 500 rural schools in S.C. for blacks, constructed wi...
- 39-29Central Colored SchoolThis frame building was constructed c.1925 as a school for African American residents of Central. Known as Central Color...
- 23-102Chapman Grove SchoolThis was the site of Chapman Grove School, est. 1921 by J.H. “Prof.” Chapman and other Black residents of lower Greenvil...
- 13-22Chesterfield Colored SchoolThis was the site of the Chesterfield Colored School, a segregated school built in 1937 to serve African Americans. The ...
- 40-86Columbia Bible CollegeColumbia Bible School classes began in 1923 in the towered building which once stood on this site (originally as Columbi...
- 40-139Columbia Bible College, 1937-1960In 1937 Columbia Bible College (now Columbia International University) acquired the Ainsley Hall House, designed by Robe...
- 26-24Conway High SchoolConway High School was located here from 1929 to 1979. A two-story brick Classical Revival building, its cornerstone was...
- 08-75Cordesville Rosenwald SchoolCordesville Rosenwald School, the first African American public school in Cordesville, S.C., was built on this site in 1...
- 46-75Crawford SchoolCrawford School for African American residents of the Ogden community was built here in 1926-27. The school cost $3,800 ...
- 43-61Dalzell SchoolThis was the site of Dalzell School, a legally white but segregated public school for the “Sumter Turks,” a dark-skinned...
- 16-28David Robert CokerKnown world-wide for developing new varieties and for perfecting superior strains of agricultural crops (including cotto...
- 40-198Dentsville SchoolDentsville Consolidated School opened at this site in 1926. The brick building was the first school in the newly created...
- 23-63Dunean SchoolDunean School, later Dunean Elementary, opened in 1928 with J.H. Anderson as its first principal. Located at the corner ...
- 46-79Durkee Training InstituteDurkee Training Institute, an African American vocational school, opened in 1932 on Crawford Rd. and moved to this site ...
- 46-27Emmett Scott SchoolThis school, founded in 1920, was the first public school for blacks in Rock Hill. Named for Emmett J. Scott (1873-1957)...
- 38-40Felton Training School & TeacherageFelton Training School was completed in 1925 and was financed in part by the Rosenwald Fund (1917-1948). It was a four-t...
- 21-53Florence High SchoolThis three-story building was constructed in 1921 to house Florence High School. A fireproof facility, it was designed b...
- 09-19Fort Motte Rosenwald School SiteThis site was the location of the Fort Motte Rosenwald School, one of two built in Calhoun County between 1924 and 1926....
- 23-45Fountain Inn Rosenwald SchoolThe Fountain Inn Rosenwald School, also known as the Fountain Inn Colored School, was a complex of several buildings bui...
- 46-68George Fish SchoolThis was the site of Fort Mill’s longest operating school dedicated to African Americans. Built on a 4-acre parcel acqui...
- 25-21Gifford Rosenwald SchoolGifford Rosenwald School, sometimes called Gifford Colored School, was built here in 1920-21. It was one of 500 rural sc...
- 11-07Granard Graded and High SchoolThis is the original location of Granard Graded and High School, also known as Granard Street School. It was built here ...
- 27-25Grays Consolidated High SchoolThis school, built in 1927 and rebuilt in 1931, was one of many constructed in the late 1920s, as small rural one- or tw...
- 38-31Great Branch School and TeacherageThe Great Branch School, which stood here from 1918 to the early 1960s, was one of the first Rosenwald schools in S.C. A...
- 23-67Greenville High SchoolThe cornerstone for this building, the third to house Greenville High School, was laid July 27, 1937 and it was first op...
- 25-06Hampton Colored SchoolConstructed for black students, this elementary school was built shortly after Hampton County School District purchased ...
- 01-24Harrisburg SchoolFor more than thirty years, the Harrisburg neighborhood was the site of a public school for local African Americans. Har...
- 46-44Hickory Grove SchoolsHickory Grove School, a two-story brick building constructed in 1916 on Peachtree St., was built for grades 1-11. In 192...
- 38-39Holly Hill Rosenwald SchoolThe Holly Hill Rosenwald School once stood near this location. Built 1926-27, the Holly Hill School was the third school...
- 36-20Hope Rosenwald SchoolThis school, built in 1925-26 at a cost of $2,900, was one of more than 500 rural African-American schools in S.C. funde...
- 46-88Jefferson High SchoolJefferson High School was built at this site c.1924. It was funded with support from the Julius Rosenwald Foundation and...
- 23-99John Street SchoolIn 1921, John Street School for local white children opened at this site. The six-room, one-story brick building fronted...
- 08-78Keith SchoolThis was the site of a public school for African Americna families in this section of lower Berkeley Co. It was housed i...
- 40-136Killian SchoolThis one-room primary school, built about 1925, stood about 1 mi. E, at the intersection of Killian and Longtown Roads, ...
- 29-06Lancaster Normal and Industrial InstituteLocated on this site, Lancaster Normal and Industrial Institute for black students was incorporated in 1905; M. D. Lee w...
- 08-77Laurel Hill SchoolThis is the last site of Laurel Hill School, which served African American families mainly from the community of Alvin. ...
- 30-10Laurens County Training SchoolThe Laurens County Training School, located here 1924-1954, had its origins in Gray Court School, a one-room school foun...
- 02-49Leavelle McCampbell SchoolThis Classical Revival school, built by the Graniteville Mill in 1921-22, was designed by noted Augusta architect Willis...
- 32-49Lexington Graded and High SchoolLexington Graded and High School opened at this site in 1912. The two-story brick building was designed by architect L.D...
- 32-56Lexington Rosenwald High SchoolThis is the site of one of four Lexington Co. schools built with support from the Julius Rosenwald Foundation. The five-...
- 46-71Liberty Hill SchoolLiberty Hill School was built in 1924-25 to serve African American residents of the Catawba area. Its $3,200 cost was pa...
- 43-47Lincoln High SchoolLincoln High School can trace its origins to the establishment of “Lincoln School,” which was built as the first public ...
- 10-47Lincolnville SchoolLincolnville School, the first public school for black students in this community, stood here from 1924 to 1953. Built a...
- 26-20Loris Training SchoolLoris Training School, which stood here from 1928 to 1955, was the first school for black students in Loris and other ne...
- 25-30Macedonia SchoolThis is the site of Macedonia School, an African American public school founded by Macedonia Baptist Church. The congreg...
- 35-39Marlboro Training High SchoolThis school, built in 1928 and founded by the Marlboro Educational Society, was the first high school for black students...
- 07-61Mary Field SchoolFollowing Emancipation, education was a priority for African American families on Daufuskie. Adults and children attende...
- 40-155Matilda A. Evans HouseDr. Matilda A. Evans (1872-1935), an African American physician, as well as a public health and civil rights advocate, l...
- 28-09Midway High SchoolMidway School, established on this site in 1923 with grades 1-11, served Cassatt and other rural areas in Kershaw County...
- 40-163Monteith SchoolThis African-American school, built nearby before 1900, was originally New Hope School, a white school affiliated with U...
- 21-14Mt. Zion Rosenwald SchoolThis school, built in 1925, was the first public school for African American students in the Mars Bluff community. One o...
- 26-17Myrtle Beach Colored SchoolMyrtle Beach Colored School stood here from the early 1930s to 2001. The first public school for African-American studen...
- 35-48New Hill Baptist ChurchOrganized by 1919, this Freewill Baptist congregation first met at a wooded 6.5-acre site approx. ½ mi. north where they...
- 24-21Ninety Six Colored SchoolThe Ninety Six Colored School, built nearby between 1927 and 1932, was a combined elementary and high school through the...
- 08-82Oakley SchoolThis was the site of a public school for African American residents of the Oakley community, originally known as Oakley ...
- 37-07Oconee County Training SchoolOconee County Training School, which educated the African American children of this county from 1925 to 1955, was the su...
- 32-44Old Batesburg-Leesville High SchoolIn 1921, the old Batesburg-Leesville High School, the first joint project undertaken by the two separate towns, opened a...
- 38-56Orangeburg County Training SchoolIn 1924, Elloree School District bought 4 acres at this site from Black farmer Robert L. Williams to build Orangeburg Co...
- 23-100Oscar Street SchoolOscar Street School for African Americans opened at this site in 1930. The one-story, brick-veneer school cost $16,500 a...
- 21-63Palmetto SchoolBy the 1910s this was the site of Palmetto School, a public school for African Americans. It was housed in a wooden buil...
- 23-40Pepper SchoolPepper School, established in 1914-15, was built on land donated “for the children of my community” by William A. Pepper...
- 40-172Pine Grove Rosenwald SchoolThis school, built in 1923 at a cost of $2,500, is one of 500 African-American schools in S.C. funded in part by the Jul...
- 14-12Pleasant Grove SchoolBlack institution built soon after school district purchased the land 1933. School closed 1953 with 5 teachers/159 stude...
- 28-20Red Hill SchoolThis frame building was constructed in 1927-28 to house a school for African American families of Red Hill and surroundi...
- 37-20Retreat Rosenwald SchoolThis school, often called Retreat Colored School, was built in 1923 for the African-American students in and near Westmi...
- 40-113Richlex School SiteJulius Rosenwald, Chicago philanthropist and president of Sears, Roebuck & Co., (1910-1925), helped fund this black scho...
- 41-13Ridge Hill SchoolThis school, built in 1934, replaced the Ridge Hill Rosenwald School, a six-classroom frame school built in 1923-24. Tha...
- 38-37Rocky Swamp Rosenwald SchoolThis is the site of Rocky Swamp Rosenwald School, a frame three-room school built here in 1920-21 for African-American s...
- 16-73Rosenwald Consolidated SchoolThe Julius Rosenwald Consolidated School, built in 1930, was a combined elementary and high school until 1953 and a high...
- 15-25Ruffin Rosenwald SchoolThis frame building dates to 1928-29 and originally housed a segregated school for Black residents of Ruffin. Its cost w...
- 40-203S.C. Education AssociationFormally organized in 1881 as the S.C. Association of Teachers, the S.C. Education Association established its first per...
- 23-66Simpsonville Elementary School) This school was built in 1939 with local funds and with federal funds from the Public Works Administration and the Wor...
- 44-08Sims High SchoolSims High School stood here from 1927 until the early 1970s and was the first black high school in Union County. It was ...
- 40-97Site of Columbia High SchoolDescribed as "Collegiate Italian Renaissance" in style, this school was designed by J. Carroll Johnson, of Urquhart and ...
- 46-39St. Anne's Parochial SchoolSt. Anne’s Church, the first Catholic church in York County, was founded in 1919 by the Rev. William A. Tobin of Columbi...
- 18-24St. George Public High SchoolSt. George High School was built in 1927 on the corner of Raysor and Ridge Sts. In 1936 the school district received a W...
- 18-36St. George Rosenwald SchoolThis wood frame building dates to 1925-26 and was originally a public school for Black residents of St. George and other...
- 34-19St. James A.M.E. ChurchThe congregation of St. James A.M.E. Church first worshipped under a bush arbor in the vicinity of what is now Ariel Cro...
- 26-15St. James Rosenwald SchoolSt. James Rosenwald School, which stood here from the late 1920s until the early 1970s, was one of several African-Ameri...
- 46-74St. James Rosenwald SchoolThis was one of twenty African American schools built in York County in the early 20th c. with support from the Julius R...
- 45-30St. John SchoolThis was the site of St. John School, a public school for African American children of the Moore’s Crossroads area. It w...
- 09-20St. Matthews C.T.S. SiteSt. Matthews County Training School (C.T.S.), one of two Rosenwald Schools in Calhoun County, was built on this 4-acre s...
- 08-74St. Stephen (White) High SchoolSt. Stephen High School was the first public white H.S. for the town of St. Stephen. The current building was built 1928...
- 08-51St. Stephen Colored SchoolSt. Stephen Colored School, the first public African American school in St. Stephen, was built here in 1924-25. A three-...
- 18-30Summerville High SchoolThe 2-story brick building SW of here was built in 1924-25 to house Summerville High School (SHS). The school originally...
- 37-19Tamassee Dar SchoolTamassee DAR School, founded by the S.C. Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) in 1919, was establis...
- 45-26Tomlinson SchoolFormerly enslaved African Americans built the first Tomlinson School in 1866. Overseen by the Freedmen’s Bureau, it was ...
- 45-29Union SchoolThis is the site of Union School, a public school that served African Americans mostly from the Salters and Lane communi...
- 05-06Voorhees CollegeVoorhees College, founded by Elizabeth Evelyn Wright in 1897 as the Denmark Industrial School, was an effort to emphasiz...
- 24-22Ware Shoals SchoolThis school, built in 1926 as Ware Shoals School, was a grammar and high school until 1991 and has been a high school si...
- 37-18West Union Grammar SchoolWest Union Graded School, also known as West Union Grammar School or West Union Elementary School, was built here in 192...
- 38-44Wilkinson High SchoolIn 1938, Orangeburg’s first black high school opened in this building, constructed by the Works Progress Administration....
- 45-21Williamsburg High SchoolThe brick school built here in 1935 consolidated ten rural districts between the Santee and Black Rivers into a single d...
- 30-05Young's SchoolHere at Young's School in 1915 Dr. Wil Lou Gray (1883-1984) initiated for her native county of Laurens a seven-school pr...
World War II and After (1941-present)
- 02-73A.L. Corbett SchoolA.L. Corbett School for grades 1-12 opened at this site in 1954. The $600,000-facility was funded by the state equalizat...
- 35-41Adamsville SchoolAdamsville School opened in 1954 as part of S.C.’s equalization program, an attempt to forestall racial integration by i...
- 30-17Bell Street SchoolThis school, built in 1950, was the third African-American school on Bell Street. Friendship School, founded in 1883 by ...
- 08-66Berkeley Training High SchoolBerkeley Training High School, located here from 1955 to 1970, replaced a four-room wood school 1 mi. S at Main St. and ...
- 42-40Bethune High SchoolBethune High School opened in 1953. It was housed in a brick facility built at this site and funded by the S.C. equaliza...
- 31-19Bishopville High SchoolThis high school, built in 1936, is an excellent example of a Colonial Revival school built by the Public Works Administ...
- 25-26Brunson Rosenwald SchoolThe Brunson Rosenwald School, also known as the Brunson Colored School, was built on this site in 1925-26. The two-teach...
- 23-80Bryson High SchoolBryson H.S. opened in 1954, serving African American students in lower Greenville Co. It was one of the many schools con...
- 10-135C.A. Brown High SchoolThis campus was built in 1962 as a high school for African American residents of Charleston’s East Side. Initially known...
- 32-50Cayce Colored SchoolIn 1927-28, a wood frame school was built on this site to house the Cayce Colored School. It served African American res...
- 07-42Cherry Hill SchoolThis one-room frame school, built ca. 1937, was the first separate school building constructed for African-American stud...
- 26-27Chestnut Consolidated SchoolChestnut Consolidated School, which was located here 1954-1970, was built under the equalization program of Gov. James F...
- 38-50Christ the King Catholic ChurchIn 1930, white Catholic priests in the Redemptorist missionary order assumed charge of local Holy Trinity Parish. In 193...
- 38-51Christ the King Catholic SchoolThis was the site of Christ the King Catholic School for local African Americans. Classes were previously held at Christ...
- 26-23Coastal Carolina UniversityCoastal Carolina University was founded in 1954 as Coastal Carolina Junior College, holding evening classes in Conway Hi...
- 15-22Colleton Training SchoolColleton Training School opened in 1925 and served African American students in the elementary and high school grades. I...
- 31-18Dennis High SchoolDennis High School, built in 1936, was the first high school for African-American students in Lee County. Built on land ...
- 08-39Dixie Training SchoolBerkeley Training High School, first called Dixie Training School, stood here from 1920 until the 1980s. The first publi...
- 35-47East Side SchoolIn addition to classrooms, the original campus included a gymnasium, auditorium, library, labs, a shop, and a former far...
- 24-24Edgewood SchoolThis brick campus opened in 1956 as Edgewood School. Part of Ninety Six School District, Edgewood served local African A...
- 25-27Estill Rosenwald SchoolThe Estill Rosenwald School (Estill Colored School), was built on this site in 1925-26. Funded in part by the Julius Ros...
- 12-13Finley High SchoolFinley High School opened in 1923. It was originally known as Chester Colored High School and located ¼ mi. N on McClure...
- 46-89Fort Mill High SchoolFor over thirty years this was the site of Fort Mill High School. The school moved to this location in 1952-53 and was h...
- 23-61Fountain Inn High SchoolFountain Inn High School was built in 1939 and was the town high school until 1957. It remained in use as Fountain Inn E...
- 18-34Four Holes Public SchoolAround 1964 a segregated 3-room concrete block school was built here for Native American children of the Four Holes comm...
- 22-67Friendly Aid SocietyThe Christian Friendly Aid Society (CFAS), an African American benevolent society, built a lodge here c.1947. The Societ...
- 38-21Hawthorne School of AeronauticsFrom 1941 to 1945, 5924 American & French pilots were trained here, totaling almost 330,000 flight hours. Site is 1 mi. ...
- 26-33Horry-Georgetown TechThe S.C. General Assembly created the state technical college system in 1961 amid growing need for industrial training a...
- 22-21Howard SchoolAfter purchasing this land January 1, 1866, Georgetown Colored Academy built a school here. By 1908 the old building had...
- 39-09Integration With Dignity, 1963Clemson University became the first white college or university in the state to integrate on January 28, 1963. Harvey B....
- 10-78James Simons Elementary SchoolThis school, built in 1919 and designed by local architects Benson & Barbot, was the fifth public elementary school in t...
- 02-34Jefferson High SchoolJefferson High School opened in 1956 as a junior high and high school for African-American students of Beech Island, Bel...
- 09-21John Ford High SchoolIn 1954, this became the new site of John Ford High School, a segregated school for African Americans. Previously known ...
- 23-68John L. Plyler HomeThis house was the boyhood home and birthplace of John L. Plyler (1894-1966), a Furman University alumnus and Harvard La...
- 18-37Kennedy-Jenkins Hill High SchoolKennedy High School opened at this site in 1954-55. It served Black families from Dorchester Co. School District No. 3 (...
- 10-95Laing SchoolThe original Laing School was founded in Mt. Pleasant by the Abolition Society of Pennsylvania in 1866. In 1953, Laing H...
- 32-46Lakeview SchoolThis was the last site of a segregated school for Black residents of Brookland-Cayce School District with roots to at le...
- 17-16Leland Grove SchoolThis is one of a few American Indian schools in S.C., built in 1934 as a one-room school. It averaged about 50 Lumbee In...
- 26-25Levister Elementary SchoolThis school, built in 1953, was one of many African-American schools built by the equalization program of Gov. James F. ...
- 13-18Long High School SiteLong H.S. was completed in 1955 and replaced Coulter Academy as the primary African American H.S. in Cheraw. The school ...
- 14-23Manning Training SchoolManning Training School has origins in the early 20th century with the Slater Fund helped finance Clarendon County Train...
- 07-29Michael C. Riley SchoolsThis is the site of two schools that served the black community of southern Beaufort County for most of the twentieth ce...
- 31-21Mount Pleasant High SchoolMount Pleasant High School opened at this location in 1957. It served African American students from southern Lee County...
- 37-24Mountain Rest SchoolThe building across the road was constructed in 1948 to house the Mountain Rest School. Initially staffed by four teache...
- 35-37Palmer FieldPalmer Field, originally Marlboro Aviation School, operated here from Oct. 1941 to Nov. 1944 as a primary training facil...
- 40-204Palmetto Education AssociationFounded in 1900 as the S.C. State Teachers Association, and known from 1918-1953 as the Palmetto State Teachers Associat...
- 34-18Palmetto High SchoolPalmetto High School, completed in 1953, was built as a school for African American students. It replaced the previous P...
- 22-51Pleasant Hill SchoolPleasant Hill Consolidated School opened in 1938 as an elementary and high school. It also included a cannery and a home...
- 42-01Reidville Public SchoolBuilt in 1948 on the site of Reidville Female College (operated 1871 to 1901), one of two private schools founded in 185...
- 13-16Robert Smalls SchoolRobert Smalls School was built in 1953 as a segregated school for African American students. Construction was funded as ...
- 10-149Rockville Elementary SchoolThis campus was originally Rockville Elementary School. It replaced an older Rockville School that moved to this site be...
- 38-52S.C. State School of LawIn 1946, John H. Wrighten III, a S.C. State student from Edisto Island, applied to all-white Univ. of South Carolina Sch...
- 41-16Saluda High SchoolThis campus was built in 1950 to house Saluda High School. Chartered in 1898 to serve white residents of the town of Sal...
- 41-17Saluda Rosenwald SchoolIn 1924-25 a new school building for African American residents of Saluda was built near here with support from the Juli...
- 02-82Sardis Elementary SchoolSardis Elementary School opened at this site in 1954. The school served African American residents of Salley and surroun...
- 14-24Scott's Branch SchoolPreviously located at Taw Caw Baptist Church outside Summerton and at a site on 1st St., Scott’s Branch School moved her...
- 44-17Sims High SchoolSims High School, located here from 1956 to 1970, replaced a 1927 school on Union Boulevard, which in 1929 had become th...
- 16-80St. Joseph's Catholic ChurchSt. Joseph’s began as a missionary parish to serve Hartsville’s African American community. Established in 1945, the par...
- 10-81The Progressive ClubThe Progressive Club, built in 1962-63, was a store and community center for Johns Island and other Sea Islands until it...
- 10-141Tobin-Boyd Elementary SchoolTobin-Boyd Elementary School opened at this site in 1961 to serve Black residents of the Red Top community. It was part ...
- 10-122W. Gresham Meggett SchoolW. Gresham Meggett School opened in 1952-53 to serve grades 1-8. It was quickly expanded to house James Island’s first b...
- 26-26Whittemore SchoolWhittemore School, one of the first African-American schools in Horry County, educated elementary and high school studen...
- 32-47Wil Lou Gray Opportunity SchoolIn 1921, Wil Lou Gray (1883-1984), State Supervisor of Adult Education, founded the first “Opportunity School” in Tamass...
- 25-25Yemassee Rosenwald SchoolIn 1929 Elvira Jackson sold 4 acres of land to Yemassee School District #26 for $500. The land was to be used to build a...