A Guidebook to South Carolina Historical Markers


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The South Carolina Historical Marker Program, established in 1936, has approved the installation of more than 1,700 interpretive plaques, each highlighting how places both grand and unassuming have played important roles in the history of the Palmetto State. These roadside markers identify and interpret places valuable for understanding South Carolina's past, including sites of consequential events and buildings, structures, or other resources significant for their design or their association with institutions or individuals prominent in local, state, or national history. This volume includes a concise history of the South Carolina Historical Marker Program and an overview of the marker application process. For those interested in specific historic periods or themes, the volume features condensed lists of markers associated with broader topics such as the American Revolution, African American history, women's history, the Civil War, and Reconstruction. While the program is administered by the South Carolina Department of Archives and History, most markers are proposed by local organizations that serve as a marker's official sponsor, paying its cost and assuming responsibility for its upkeep. In that sense, this inventory is a record not just of places and subjects that the state has deemed worthy of acknowledgment, but of those that South Carolinians themselves have worked to enshrine.




Rosenwald Schools in South Carolina


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In 2002, the National Trust for Historic Preservation named Rosenwald Schools among the country's most endangered historic properties. The SC State Historic Preservation Office and SC African American Heritage Commission began an ongoing effort to identify which of the state's approximately 500 Rosenwald buildings remain. To date 35 schools and one teacherage have been found.







History Happened Here


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For over 75 years markers have been erected across South Carolina's highways, biways, roads, and streets. These markers are now collected into one book containing the marker names, inscriptions, dates erected, sponsoring organizations, coordinates and physical locations. Author and historian Brian Scott takes you on a county-by-county journey as you explore 1,446 historical markers that tell the story of South Carolina. --




African American Historic Places in South Carolina


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"...provides information on properties in South Carolina that are listed in the National Register of Historic Places or have been recognized with South Carolina historical markers and have important assiciations with African American history" --P. i.




Schools on the National Register of Historic Places in South Carolina


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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 23. Chapters: Allen University, Anderson College Historic District, Anderson University (South Carolina), Andrew B. Murray Vocational School, Burroughs School (Conway, South Carolina), Central High School (Central, South Carolina), Claflin University, Clemson University Historic District I, Clemson University Historic District II, College of Charleston, Easley High School Auditorium, Hope Rosenwald School, Liberty Colored High School, Long Creek Academy, Mary H. Wright Elementary School, McMaster School, Old Campus District, University of South Carolina, Voorhees College Historic District, Walhalla Graded School, Winnie Davis Hall, Withers Building, Woodruff High School (South Carolina). Excerpt: The College of Charleston (informally known as C of C) is a public, sea-grant and space-grant university located in historic downtown Charleston, South Carolina, United States. The College was founded in 1770 and chartered in 1785, making it the oldest college or university in South Carolina, the 13th oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the oldest municipal college in the country. The founders of the College include three future signers of the Declaration of Independence (Edward Rutledge, Arthur Middleton and Thomas Heyward) and three future signers of the United States Constitution (John Rutledge, Charles Pinckney and Charles Cotesworth Pinckney). It is said that the College was founded to, "encourage and institute youth in the several branches of liberal education." The College is in company with the Colonial Colleges as one of the oldest schools in the United States. It is a member of the Council of Public Liberal Arts Colleges, the American Association of State Colleges and Universities and the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities. Founded in 1770 and chartered in 1785, the College of...




A Teacher's Guide to African American Historic Places in South Carolina 2015


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This revised edition of A Teacher's Guide to African American Historic Places in South Carolina includes sites identified and approved by The National Register of Historic Places or the South Carolina Historical Marker Program. All of the lesson plans from the previous editions have been revised to eliminate references to the Common Core literacy standards and are replaced with the South Carolina College-and-Career-Ready Standards for English Language Arts. This edition correlates the sites to the 2011 South Carolina Social Studies Academic Standard Indicators. The standard indicators are listed below each site summary.




African American Historic Places in South Carolina


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This publication provides information on properties in South Carolina that are listed in the National Register of Historic Places or have been recognized with South Carolina Historical Markers as of June 2021 and have important associations with African American history.